More evidence of the US government being completely owned by corporate interests. While P2P systems are being used for some illegal purposes, their intent is to share information (and processing cycles). With grid computing being a "tech du jour", this proposed "law" could (probably would) be enhanced to charge people with negligent virus transmission/hacker activity - if I let others use CPU cycles on my computer and one turns out to breach an FBI firewall, I am therfore responsible for said criminal's actions. Puh-lease people, take the list of politicians supporting this bill and get them out of office!!!
These would be very useful in performing all the menial hospital tasks and free up nurses to do the more important stuff. For instance, why not have bots that empty bedpans, scrub/disinfect the floors (and vac up the occasional 'urp). It would also be beneficial to have 'bots for retrieving/turning the hefty or bedridden patients. This would also help in lowering the nursing staff injuries due to fatty-tossing (I have relatives that routinely lift 500+ lb'ers).
There are some areas around the registry and memory dump settings that could be useful (how many actually send MS their abend dumps?), shutting remote access, and pointing out the usage and benefits of a firewall. When it comes to internet downloads/emails, though, the standard "Don't open unknown emails/attachments" still abounds. Rather lengthy - could do w/o the graphs and standard defs.
When your own people give in and recommend a rival browser, it seems they are admitting the security issues in IE are basically unfixable. This does raise an interesting query - does this mean MS will be less likely to attempt repairing the flaws, ceding some interim revenue to a free competitor that right now is no threat at all, and devote more resources to Longhorn's IE version/replacement?
This is an interesting method to disarm rival countries - buy them out!!! Here's $10M - how 'bout you unscrew that nuclear warhead and attach our new On-Star sattelite? Would you turn that old T35 into a water fountain for $1000? $10k for a MiG crop-duster?
This does extrapolate a little from Sun Tzu and Zhuge Liang's theories on conflicts. Get your enemies to see the benefits of working with you and the 'war' is won without firing a shot.
A bit flamey, but if the billions used to 'pacify' Iraqi unrest were partially paid to the Iraqi citizens, would the current chaos be quelled? If only me magic 8-ball still worked!!.
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I was thinking more of taking store-bought movies (Trick or Treat, Plan 9, etc.) and merging the collection on the big boy. But if you could index a TV season and access easily I see your point.
What is open-price basis? Sounds like a "we'll let people bid until we like a number" pricing scheme.
The 50GB capacity is definitely nice - for HD content - but 63 hrs of regular analog? Don't know if that would actually happen or alot of burned DVDs w/1% storage used. I would not think that current DVD owners would burn multiple movies into 1 DVD backup. It would be nice to have a DVD backup of my computer DASD (only 4 disks!!!)
Self-driving vehicles (destination by traveler, drive by vehicle) are interesting, but the more removed people get from the driving responsibilities, the worse they actually drive - inattention AND inability both are rising. With the 'self-park', people will now lose another driving skill. That important? Not really - I have rarely PP'd (parallel-parked) - but I believe PPing gives important spatial vehicular training that helps in other driving areas.
Any book that exposes "hidden" features or ease-of-use, IMO, makes the toys more enjoyable. Like the hidden API call/DB function that saves development and run times.
I have gotten the Gates email dozens of times - mainly each time my friends/family join the 'Net gen. I even have a canned reply email (from the 2nd time I got one) for these newbies explaining why these companies would not do this. What I have noticed in the last couple years is the proliferation of the 'echain', where I must send 1 to at least 10. I do forward some of these if they are a nice message or would hurt the original sender if I did not send them back (I know - WUSS), but I refuse to clog the wires with the "Fwd to at least 10 people or you'll DIE" letters.
of this technology is for buildings to get built/retrofitted w/solar panels. Then have the system sell the unused energy the solar produces back to the utilities at the highest price and buy energy at the lowest. This would require energy storage cells, though.
Which is why a switchable view is desirable - the 'specific screw' is easy and fast in RDBMS. The parts hierarchy could be very easy and fast in XML representation. Both, of course, require good designers (I have seen some nasty stuff out there).
It is rather intensive to do a relational 'hiearchy' search, whereas an XML representation would allow fast 'object' modeling. One example: Bill of Material. An iterative SQL call would be needed unless the overall part depth was known at query time. I like the idea of hybrid DBMS that allow XML-stored data to be accessible like a relational database. Oracle does this somewhat in their newer releases.
Actually, something like "phone@jawtheshark.hso" (Homo-Sapien Organism) should be employed. Then, when all the RF mutates us irreveribly, ".mho" (Mutant-Human Organism) could be added.
that American liberties are being subverted by an out of control, increasingly oppressive goverment. It proves the adage 'Those willing to trade freedom for security get neither'. There is no reason for phone number, email address, OR ESPECIALLY financial access #s to be transmitted to ANY agency. This should be treated like the medical testing information, where almost all sensitive information is either hidden or encrypted. IMO all of the new 'security' measures need completely revamped with the focus that most people are NOT willing to sacrifice this much/any freedom for security (and privacy is a freedom).
Seems like a good book to support
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· Score: 3, Informative
I am setting up a Linux (JDS) system for my grandparents, who keep saying they'll never learn. To this end I have been creating a screen-captured document of the common tasks (login, read email, reply to email, delete email, fwd email, create/open documents in OOo, play CD). This book may shortcut some of this. The easier something is to understand the more often it gets used.
This case has a possible out
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Although the courts seem commercially biased, all farmers that grow non-mod'd crops have a basis for lawsuit due to the negligence of Monsanto (and other GMO companies) to control their product. They have, in fact, lowered the value of the farmer's infected crop and (if the farmer grows his own) future crop's seeds. Although in practice this position is absurd (cross-pollination happens regularly depending on land configuration and the wind patterns/strength) the current ruling leaves this argument open for usage (IMO).
This would definitely help Intel and its 'Not'tanium. Then AMD would have to make something similar or pay to use the same design. I am more interested in the System Abstraction layer. Would this simplify direct access to sys devices?
I love the "we have no competition so we'll do as we please" comment. You gotta love hubris of this scale. Too bad when competition does come (wireless anyone?) that same mentality will be their downfall.
in the article is that SCO is interested in being an IP company and not a products company. That would be somewhat OK is they had clear rights to any IP, but only as a static company. No one will buy new products from a company that is focused on what they DID and not what they can DO.
Would you buy a 'new' vehicle that was actually a remade 1978 Chevy Monza with the same 1970s technology?
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More evidence of the US government being completely owned by corporate interests. While P2P systems are being used for some illegal purposes, their intent is to share information (and processing cycles). With grid computing being a "tech du jour", this proposed "law" could (probably would) be enhanced to charge people with negligent virus transmission/hacker activity - if I let others use CPU cycles on my computer and one turns out to breach an FBI firewall, I am therfore responsible for said criminal's actions.
Puh-lease people, take the list of politicians supporting this bill and get them out of office!!!
These would be very useful in performing all the menial hospital tasks and free up nurses to do the more important stuff. For instance, why not have bots that empty bedpans, scrub/disinfect the floors (and vac up the occasional 'urp). It would also be beneficial to have 'bots for retrieving/turning the hefty or bedridden patients. This would also help in lowering the nursing staff injuries due to fatty-tossing (I have relatives that routinely lift 500+ lb'ers).
There are some areas around the registry and memory dump settings that could be useful (how many actually send MS their abend dumps?), shutting remote access, and pointing out the usage and benefits of a firewall. When it comes to internet downloads/emails, though, the standard "Don't open unknown emails/attachments" still abounds. Rather lengthy - could do w/o the graphs and standard defs.
When your own people give in and recommend a rival browser, it seems they are admitting the security issues in IE are basically unfixable. This does raise an interesting query - does this mean MS will be less likely to attempt repairing the flaws, ceding some interim revenue to a free competitor that right now is no threat at all, and devote more resources to Longhorn's IE version/replacement?
This is an interesting method to disarm rival countries - buy them out!!! Here's $10M - how 'bout you unscrew that nuclear warhead and attach our new On-Star sattelite? Would you turn that old T35 into a water fountain for $1000? $10k for a MiG crop-duster? This does extrapolate a little from Sun Tzu and Zhuge Liang's theories on conflicts. Get your enemies to see the benefits of working with you and the 'war' is won without firing a shot. A bit flamey, but if the billions used to 'pacify' Iraqi unrest were partially paid to the Iraqi citizens, would the current chaos be quelled? If only me magic 8-ball still worked!!.
will be using Ray Romano's encryption scheme:
I ehat het su ourtc fo ppealsa!!
It's time to start skimming the gene pool
For tech mags:
Linux Format
Linux Journal
Oracle
Java Developers Jrnl
XML Developers Jrnl
Web Developers Jrnl
For games:
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For others:
Maxim (I like the UK version over US)
Motortrend
Easyriders
Biker
You should really have your appliances setup for XML:
I was thinking more of taking store-bought movies (Trick or Treat, Plan 9, etc.) and merging the collection on the big boy. But if you could index a TV season and access easily I see your point.
What is open-price basis? Sounds like a "we'll let people bid until we like a number" pricing scheme. The 50GB capacity is definitely nice - for HD content - but 63 hrs of regular analog? Don't know if that would actually happen or alot of burned DVDs w/1% storage used. I would not think that current DVD owners would burn multiple movies into 1 DVD backup. It would be nice to have a DVD backup of my computer DASD (only 4 disks!!!)
Self-driving vehicles (destination by traveler, drive by vehicle) are interesting, but the more removed people get from the driving responsibilities, the worse they actually drive - inattention AND inability both are rising. With the 'self-park', people will now lose another driving skill. That important? Not really - I have rarely PP'd (parallel-parked) - but I believe PPing gives important spatial vehicular training that helps in other driving areas.
Any book that exposes "hidden" features or ease-of-use, IMO, makes the toys more enjoyable. Like the hidden API call/DB function that saves development and run times.
I have gotten the Gates email dozens of times - mainly each time my friends/family join the 'Net gen. I even have a canned reply email (from the 2nd time I got one) for these newbies explaining why these companies would not do this. What I have noticed in the last couple years is the proliferation of the 'echain', where I must send 1 to at least 10. I do forward some of these if they are a nice message or would hurt the original sender if I did not send them back (I know - WUSS), but I refuse to clog the wires with the "Fwd to at least 10 people or you'll DIE" letters.
of this technology is for buildings to get built/retrofitted w/solar panels. Then have the system sell the unused energy the solar produces back to the utilities at the highest price and buy energy at the lowest. This would require energy storage cells, though.
Do the rings make the same noise represented on the Star Trek Voyager intro?
More gunpowder for me and my 10.00 caliber 'deer rifle'.
Which is why a switchable view is desirable - the 'specific screw' is easy and fast in RDBMS. The parts hierarchy could be very easy and fast in XML representation. Both, of course, require good designers (I have seen some nasty stuff out there).
It is rather intensive to do a relational 'hiearchy' search, whereas an XML representation would allow fast 'object' modeling. One example: Bill of Material. An iterative SQL call would be needed unless the overall part depth was known at query time. I like the idea of hybrid DBMS that allow XML-stored data to be accessible like a relational database. Oracle does this somewhat in their newer releases.
Actually, something like "phone@jawtheshark.hso" (Homo-Sapien Organism) should be employed. Then, when all the RF mutates us irreveribly, ".mho" (Mutant-Human Organism) could be added.
that American liberties are being subverted by an out of control, increasingly oppressive goverment. It proves the adage 'Those willing to trade freedom for security get neither'. There is no reason for phone number, email address, OR ESPECIALLY financial access #s to be transmitted to ANY agency. This should be treated like the medical testing information, where almost all sensitive information is either hidden or encrypted. IMO all of the new 'security' measures need completely revamped with the focus that most people are NOT willing to sacrifice this much/any freedom for security (and privacy is a freedom).
I am setting up a Linux (JDS) system for my grandparents, who keep saying they'll never learn. To this end I have been creating a screen-captured document of the common tasks (login, read email, reply to email, delete email, fwd email, create/open documents in OOo, play CD). This book may shortcut some of this. The easier something is to understand the more often it gets used.
Although the courts seem commercially biased, all farmers that grow non-mod'd crops have a basis for lawsuit due to the negligence of Monsanto (and other GMO companies) to control their product. They have, in fact, lowered the value of the farmer's infected crop and (if the farmer grows his own) future crop's seeds. Although in practice this position is absurd (cross-pollination happens regularly depending on land configuration and the wind patterns/strength) the current ruling leaves this argument open for usage (IMO).
This would definitely help Intel and its 'Not'tanium. Then AMD would have to make something similar or pay to use the same design. I am more interested in the System Abstraction layer. Would this simplify direct access to sys devices?
I love the "we have no competition so we'll do as we please" comment. You gotta love hubris of this scale. Too bad when competition does come (wireless anyone?) that same mentality will be their downfall.
in the article is that SCO is interested in being an IP company and not a products company. That would be somewhat OK is they had clear rights to any IP, but only as a static company. No one will buy new products from a company that is focused on what they DID and not what they can DO. Would you buy a 'new' vehicle that was actually a remade 1978 Chevy Monza with the same 1970s technology?