Why is who announcing it? It's news for Windows users because it's something that Windows has lacked. I don't see anywhere where Microsoft is trumpeting this as some kind of major feature.
Hmmm, this is a common misconception. Space is not "cold" in the way that, say, your freezer is cold. Space is very cold but its specific heat is extremely low due to the general lack of mass. Convection and conduction cooling are essentially impossible, leaving radiation the only real way to dump heat. This can turn out to be more of a challenge than you might think.
For that matter, being a civilian commercial truck driver is a pretty high-risk job. But, they don't have an advanced research projects agency, so I guess their lives are expendable.
Collective 0-0009 looked upon us, and they smiled.
"So you think that you have found a new power," said Collective 0-0009. "Do all your brothers think that?"
"No," we answered.
"What is not thought by all men cannot be true," said Collective 0-0009.
"You have worked on this alone?" asked International 1-5537.
"Many men in the Homes of the Scholars have had strange new ideas in the past," said Solidarity 8-1164, "but when the majority of their brother Scholars voted against them, they abandoned their ideas, as all men must."
SpaceX has proposed an integrated launch abort system design, which has several advantages over the tractor tower approaches used by all prior vehicles: Provides escape capability all the way to orbit versus a tractor system, which is so heavy it must be dumped about four minutes after liftoff. Improves crew safety, as it does not require a separation event, whereas any non-integral system (tractor or pusher), must be dumped on every mission for the astronauts to survive. Reduces cost since the escape system returns with the spacecraft. Enables superior landing capabilities since the escape engines can potentially be used for a precise land landing of Dragon under rocket power. (An emergency chute will always be retained as a backup system for maximum safety.)
So basically, since they have to design a rocket system to propel the capsule anyways, they figure they might as well go ahead and make it flyable. Eventually, they would like to be able to land it on a pad instead of splashing down in the ocean.
We're talking about gravity. The force of gravity is an acceleration. So they patented using a sensor for sensing what the sensor was designed to sense.
RAID is definitely not a backup. For one thing, it (by itself) doesn't keep multiple versions of your files.
However, backing up to external hard drives IS a backup. To be a GOOD backup, you should back up to multiple hard drives. It might be improbable to have two drives fail one right after another, but it's not impossible (especially if there are environmental factors.) The more drives you back up to, the less chance that a multiple failure will hurt you. Ideally, you should always have at least one of the backup drives offsite as well.
Backing up TO a fault-tolerant RAID is a decent idea, but again you ideally want off-site replication in that case.
Possibly not, though. I mean, you can do exactly the same thing with Windows 7, backing up to either any old SMB share, or a USB-connected hard disk(s). Or both.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/bash/
You're welcome.
Oh, what's that? You mean you really wanted Bash + the entire toolchain? And also the same OS conventions and the same security model?
WININATE!
That's already possible, if you are using vhd images.
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LessVirtualMoreMachineWindows7AndTheMagicOfBootToVHD.aspx
Why is who announcing it? It's news for Windows users because it's something that Windows has lacked. I don't see anywhere where Microsoft is trumpeting this as some kind of major feature.
Hmmm, this is a common misconception. Space is not "cold" in the way that, say, your freezer is cold. Space is very cold but its specific heat is extremely low due to the general lack of mass. Convection and conduction cooling are essentially impossible, leaving radiation the only real way to dump heat. This can turn out to be more of a challenge than you might think.
Yes, it does. It can also be used over HTTPS.
No plans? Looking for a job? I hope you aren't being forced out, and I hope it's nothing bad in your personal life.
Good luck.
Depends on your defintion of "burn," no? Thermite is surely not organic but holy hell does it burn.
I've read this story before, back in grade school, when it was called "My Teacher is an Alien."
Or questioning the precepts of statism on Slashdot, for that matter...
For that matter, being a civilian commercial truck driver is a pretty high-risk job. But, they don't have an advanced research projects agency, so I guess their lives are expendable.
Collective 0-0009 looked upon us, and they smiled.
"So you think that you have found a new power," said Collective 0-0009. "Do all your brothers think that?"
"No," we answered.
"What is not thought by all men cannot be true," said Collective 0-0009.
"You have worked on this alone?" asked International 1-5537.
"Many men in the Homes of the Scholars have had strange new ideas in the past," said Solidarity 8-1164, "but when the majority of their brother Scholars voted against them, they abandoned their ideas, as all men must."
"This box is useless," said Alliance 6-7349.
The stadiums are probably more profitable, though. Certainly, they are of greater value to the average citizen.
He'll be the first President of Mars, I suspect.
See also this video they produced:
http://spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php?id=58
From the SpaceX updates page:
SpaceX has proposed an integrated launch abort system design, which has several advantages over the tractor tower approaches
used by all prior vehicles:
Provides escape capability all the way to orbit versus a tractor system, which is so heavy it must be dumped about four minutes after liftoff.
Improves crew safety, as it does not require a separation event, whereas any non-integral system (tractor or pusher), must be dumped on every mission for the astronauts to survive.
Reduces cost since the escape system returns with the spacecraft.
Enables superior landing capabilities since the escape engines can potentially be used for a precise land landing of Dragon under rocket power. (An emergency chute will always be retained as a backup system for maximum safety.)
So basically, since they have to design a rocket system to propel the capsule anyways, they figure they might as well go ahead and make it flyable. Eventually, they would like to be able to land it on a pad instead of splashing down in the ocean.
We're talking about gravity. The force of gravity is an acceleration. So they patented using a sensor for sensing what the sensor was designed to sense.
No, I'm sorry, that's not how it works. "Obviousness" is not a function of "quality."
I really don't see what's so un-intuitive about the "Previous Versions" tab, but to each his own, I guess.
RAID is definitely not a backup. For one thing, it (by itself) doesn't keep multiple versions of your files.
However, backing up to external hard drives IS a backup. To be a GOOD backup, you should back up to multiple hard drives. It might be improbable to have two drives fail one right after another, but it's not impossible (especially if there are environmental factors.) The more drives you back up to, the less chance that a multiple failure will hurt you. Ideally, you should always have at least one of the backup drives offsite as well.
Backing up TO a fault-tolerant RAID is a decent idea, but again you ideally want off-site replication in that case.
Possibly not, though. I mean, you can do exactly the same thing with Windows 7, backing up to either any old SMB share, or a USB-connected hard disk(s). Or both.
Up the irons! I need to run a simulation!
amliebsch at gmail.com
Thanks
But how many BULLETS does it hold? If it can't lovingly defend my baby with a rain of lead, I'll kick its ass!
Calm down. 64 bit Windows still downloads and runs 32 bit IE, by default.