NASA and the Department of Energy use Linux, and have for years. They use Linux Beowulf clusters for computational fluid dynamics. Most of them have an SCI backbone for inter-node communications. Although, I guess nowadays for CFD you might as well write multithreaded code that's compatible with OpenMosix and, instead of spending a ton of $ on a cluster, run the simulations on your employees' workstations.
Oh, and you might as well not bother imagining a Beowulf cluster of those babies... it's been done.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching on magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc. 1989
I'm wondering, could the tax on CD-Rs create a black market in them?
Also, what's the deal with people that legitimately use CD-Rs for backup purposes (ie, backing up databases of company customer data) paying taxes to support those who use them to burn copyrighted music? Although I guess it makes sense if you look at it as transfer payments in a larger "welfare state" view.
Can they really charge $.25/unit for preformatted media? I understand charging per device that preformats the media, because that device actually has program code that implements the FAT file system. The media don't implement the algorithms needed to use FAT, they just store a static snapshot of the output of the algorithms. It's like charging users of MS Word a license fee per document.
$100K for a year will hire maybe two contractors or one really good contractor. Contractors don't usually charge per task, either, but per hour - so you don't have any guarantee this way that the code will be done either.
That's what I was saying, actually. Presumably people read the AUP/TOS for their employers' computer systems before coming onboard with the company. If I saw a clause like that and knew they had the technical capability of monitoring my usage, I wouldn't use IM for personal purposes or read Slashdot at work.;)
How did Isaacs (second study) decide whose IM usage to monitor?
To comply with ethics and privacy laws, did she have to notify users that their IM conversations would be monitored? Or ask them if they accepted that their IM conversations would be monitored?
Also, were the users able to converse via IM with users outside the company? If so, were those conversations monitored as well?
I'm not saying the results are biased, I'm just saying I wish Isaacs revealed more about the sample.
Australia turns off Internet access for entire nation.
"Filing individual lawsuits against every ISP proved to be too expensive. We were going to file a class-action lawsuit against ISPs as media which make pirating music and movies possible, but Telstra and the other major ISPs just ended up folding," said a government official on condition of anonymity.
The official would not comment on whether radio stations would be sued for distributing songs over the airwaves without encryption and rights management.
"It's premature, but all I can say is that we're considering it."
...is an awesome mathematician/cryptographer. I'm working on a project (on SourceForge, but it's not nearly far enough along for me to announce anything on/. yet) based on his digital cash system, and some other things he's done. Yes, I know it's patented, but it's really meant as a proof-of-concept type deal.
I just hope that if Chaum starts a company for his e-voting solution, it fares better than Digicash. IIRC, he wouldn't sell to M$ for $100M or to Visa for $40M, but ended up bankrupting Digicash and having to leave it. I'm not sure if I've got all the details right, so anyone's welcome to correct me.
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Now, imagine that each time this entry crosses the Internet, government keyword parsers are triggered and the entire TCP session gets flagged for later review.
Slashdot Mirror
were you masturbating and downloading child porn over the wireless connections at the same time?
NASA and the Department of Energy use Linux, and have for years. They use Linux Beowulf clusters for computational fluid dynamics. Most of them have an SCI backbone for inter-node communications. Although, I guess nowadays for CFD you might as well write multithreaded code that's compatible with OpenMosix and, instead of spending a ton of $ on a cluster, run the simulations on your employees' workstations.
Oh, and you might as well not bother imagining a Beowulf cluster of those babies... it's been done.
No...
The last lines in the "2112" rock opera are:
Attention all planets of the Solar Federation
Attention all planets of the Solar Federation
Attention all planets of the Solar Federation
We have assumed control
We have assumed control
We have assumed control
Attention all planets of the Solar Federation. All your pain pill are belong to us.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching on magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc. 1989
Check out Ai Research. Really interesting stuff. The world may not be there yet, but it's getting closer!
I'm wondering, could the tax on CD-Rs create a black market in them?
Also, what's the deal with people that legitimately use CD-Rs for backup purposes (ie, backing up databases of company customer data) paying taxes to support those who use them to burn copyrighted music? Although I guess it makes sense if you look at it as transfer payments in a larger "welfare state" view.
Can they really charge $.25/unit for preformatted media? I understand charging per device that preformats the media, because that device actually has program code that implements the FAT file system. The media don't implement the algorithms needed to use FAT, they just store a static snapshot of the output of the algorithms. It's like charging users of MS Word a license fee per document.
Those Vegans might have some dirty nukes pointed at cow-eating infidels...
The Open Code Market is being developed just for that purpose. :)
$100K for a year will hire maybe two contractors or one really good contractor. Contractors don't usually charge per task, either, but per hour - so you don't have any guarantee this way that the code will be done either.
I'd be just fine with that.
:(
Maybe that's why I can't get a date.
Vegans really ARE aliens from another solar system!
I'm off to eat some meat.
There goes my sex life. Where am I going to buy cheap Viagra now?!
That's what I was saying, actually. Presumably people read the AUP/TOS for their employers' computer systems before coming onboard with the company. If I saw a clause like that and knew they had the technical capability of monitoring my usage, I wouldn't use IM for personal purposes or read Slashdot at work. ;)
How did Isaacs (second study) decide whose IM usage to monitor?
To comply with ethics and privacy laws, did she have to notify users that their IM conversations would be monitored? Or ask them if they accepted that their IM conversations would be monitored?
Also, were the users able to converse via IM with users outside the company? If so, were those conversations monitored as well?
I'm not saying the results are biased, I'm just saying I wish Isaacs revealed more about the sample.
...it would have to use Chaumian digital cash. Anonymous, untraceable.
I'd still be worried about muggers in the city cutting off my hand.
In Soviet US, thief cut hand off YOU!
Australia turns off Internet access for entire nation.
"Filing individual lawsuits against every ISP proved to be too expensive. We were going to file a class-action lawsuit against ISPs as media which make pirating music and movies possible, but Telstra and the other major ISPs just ended up folding," said a government official on condition of anonymity.
The official would not comment on whether radio stations would be sued for distributing songs over the airwaves without encryption and rights management.
"It's premature, but all I can say is that we're considering it."
...is an awesome mathematician/cryptographer. I'm working on a project (on SourceForge, but it's not nearly far enough along for me to announce anything on /. yet) based on his digital cash system, and some other things he's done. Yes, I know it's patented, but it's really meant as a proof-of-concept type deal.
I just hope that if Chaum starts a company for his e-voting solution, it fares better than Digicash. IIRC, he wouldn't sell to M$ for $100M or to Visa for $40M, but ended up bankrupting Digicash and having to leave it. I'm not sure if I've got all the details right, so anyone's welcome to correct me.
That's Dom/sub, you insensitive clod!
...am glad I don't live there.
What, you were expecting an overlords joke?
It was a joke. That's why it's modded Funny. :P
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:P
Now, imagine that each time this entry crosses the Internet, government keyword parsers are triggered and the entire TCP session gets flagged for later review.
Reload often for maximum government annoyance!
Let's just all switch our root hints files to the ORSC root servers! Then we'll show them ALL who's boss!
Mwahahahahahaha...
I've used old cabling to fish through the new cabling. I'm lazy like that.