This is a fantastic idea for a realistic idea of how great the distances are from planet to planet, and from earth to the sun, but that is about the only thing I can see this being used for. I see this as an over-rated tourist attraction more than anything.
Yes, but 10 years ago, we didn't know all of the devices that are online now with their own IP address were going to be online. Who's to know what is going to be online in 10, 20, or even 30 years. IPv4 has done great so far, but with the security flaws that weren't seen when v4 was created being exploited, we have to implement something that will handle more IP address with better security.
Besides, with broadband access up in most countries, think of what the broadband will be in 10 years New broadband? who cares about 20 extra bytes?
Japan also rolled out 3G wireless before everyone else. Have we incorporated as much as Japan? No. Japan has always been ahead of the curve for this type of stuff. But only because they don't have all of the infrastructure flaws other countries do. Besides, how weird would it be to type::1 instead of 127.0.0.1?
Okay, this is just a little more than SCO to handle, even if they do have funding from Microsoft. The government, although horibly expensive and utterly dumb to most things geek, has their fair share of the alpha-geek. Besides, the government already has a thing for suing Microsoft and winning. Hopefully this will transend to SCO as well.
This is how many companies see the word hacker. Ill things come to mind. They think of all the money they spend to prevent hackers from altering anything in the company.
There are a few companies that put hacks in on purpose, but these companies are, as I said, few and far between.
With all of the people now that use computers, it seems only an inevitablilty. Open Source programs are the ultimate hack. You can change anything on it you like, and the best part is, it is legal to do so under the GPL.
We need more companies that cherish the GPL. I mean, there are plenty of companies that have survived, and profited greatly off of these designs. Red Hat, need I say more? If the initial product is good, they will make their money.
I can understand the thought you are having. I am having a similar one right now. But we as humans can not simply look at the world and "cut our losses" Sure, she may have it rough, if she lives past a year old.
But this is a person, a child, and you should let your emotions get in the way. Saving her life was not vain. But it does two things. And it does these two things well.
1) It gives this girl a second chance at life. There is a posibility that she will be fine, and live a normal life. 2) It gives surgeons, and scientist a base on which to look from. We can see how far we can go in order to become more acurate in treating this types of conditions. If we didn't who knows where we would be today. I mean hell, open heart surgery 50 years ago was considered barbaric, now it is an everyday procedure, and usually quite succesful.
Well, depends if all the parts were replaced at the same time! But I suppose it is a lot different when thinking of people. Obviously they are the same people no matter what organs are replaced, except, I suppose, for the brain. We are our brains.
Seems kinda like replacing parts on cars. It dosen't matter what you replace the car will always have its mileage, until of course you change the engine.
Our brains are our engines. Damn, now I sound like a gear-head.
Maybe using the bank analogy was a bad idea. But what I was more concerned about was information flying through the air. Given enough time, it can be cracked. The more people on an AP the more "special" packets. Unless this is using completly different technology that I am aware of with current high speed wireless APs.
It would seem that putting more electronics in the device would only create more heat. Then you would have to increase the fan speed, and then increase the amount of sound cancelation in turn, increasing the fan speed again. An endless cycle. Why not just go with a case that acts as the heatsink?
The article didn't go in depth (or mention at all) about security the wireless service uses. If this is something that is widespread, I only hope that the security is something to be applauded. I would hate for a user in the home to go to their bank and enter their information only for the ever lurking hacker/cracker to gain access to their information.
Does anybody know of the security protocals used for this?
It doesn't matter what the bandwidth of your pipe coming in is. It only matters what the connection of the other servers and switches is in the "internet cloud" At a rate like that, I would also wonder if ANY of the infrastructure we have in place would be able to keep up. Seems like something that wouldn't happen for decades.
In this day of age, everybody is trying to pull something over somebody else. It is clear in this story that neither company nor government is going to accept the blame in this. A Scapegoat is always a profitable option.
Sadly, scapegoats are usually the one that are the victims in the first place.
Hey Smart Ass, there are more players than Windows Media, Real, and Quicktime. The last 32% is probably controlled by several different players. Just because Windows operates over 90% of the OS market, and Apple with 3% doesn't mean they are the only two. Linux, Unix, Solaris, hell even BeOS and OS/2 probably have their place as well.
Real is just doing what other failing industries are doing. Biting the hand that feeds them.
Real hasn't been losing money because of MLB didn't want to renew the contract as it was previously, it has been losing money because it sucks. Large groups of people (no matter how stupid) will eventually pick the better format. I am not saying that Windows Media is the better format, but when you only have two options, Real or Windows Media, you be the Judge.
You have to keep in mind the 64bit market. Microsoft my sit on their hands until then, but right now they are working on the 64bit operating system (available for free right now). I just hope this wont be the bastard child of longhorn similar to the way ME was the bastard child of XP. Screw it, Linux and OSX already operate in the 64bit environment. I will stick with those.
Does SCO honestly think this will make them look good in the eye's of open source programmers? Or are they doing this to make their name more predominate with Amature or new computer users whom have never heard of SCO, in order to get support?
When you said, "The bare facts are, every job everyone does in the USA can be done cheaper somewhere else" honestly, I laughed. Sure, you're right, they can be done somewhere else cheaper, unless they can't be done somewhere else at all. Think about work that must be done in the United States!
The article says, and I'm not quoting, something to the effect that 40% of all jobs in America were farming jobs a little over a hundred years ago. Now it is only consisting of 3%, did we outsource these jobs? No, we became more efficient at them, and it requires fewer and fewer to run a large farm. Think off all the manufacturers that produce the farm equipment and supplies that farmers use to become productive... The money is still there for the same people even if the same jobs aren't.
The article also says today, the great market of America is Information. Outsourcing is a big problem because of this. But, Farming went from 40% to 3% and 50 years ago, most of the US labor force worked in factories. Today, only about 14% is in manufacturing, but we still have the largest manufacturing economy in the world. As the article says, we just have to figure out what comes after information.
Before you comment on these things, read the damn article first. Or at least make an earnest effort to sound intelligent on the subject. Outsourcing isn't the end of the world, it only means we have to find the next things to do. (to be outsourced!)
One of the original reasons I became completely wireless in the first place was to get rid of telemarketers entirely. Although I do believe there are some fairly good used for this technology, there are far too many ways to abuse it.
Anybody can say, this is good for parents whos children have cell phones, but that is ridiculous. Billy is supposed to be at Jimmy's house but instead he is at the mall. (Billy is going to leave he cell at Jimmy's)
I think there should be no problem with setting up a massive set of rules per user. Cell phones now are becoming more like small computers anyhow, we should be able to set up privacy rules about who, where, when, and how the messages are received. I can do this with my email, including spam, why not with a cell phone?
I can use a proxy server with my regular internet connection, can I do this with a cell phone to thwart potential spam? Obviously there is much more work, time, and consideration that has to be done in order for this to even remotely be good for the majority of users, if Ms Brittney Spears wanna be high school girls loves the fact that gap can send her a discount before she walks in the door great, but leave me the hell alone!
"presuming the usual "all your papers are belong to us" agreement between the school and the student and appropriate legalese between the school and turnitin (and I assume their lawyers have inserted appropriate legalese) it would seem to be legally quite sound."
I really hate this part of my University's legal waiver. Essentially anthing I write, say, and or do in class, for class, or remotely connected to class in anyway they can take for their own property. Alas, I need that piece of paper with my name on it saying I know what I am talking about!
Proffesors use this at my school (Auburn University); however, it is not a university wide thing. I believe my proffesor is one of the few who knows the flaws and gaps in technology because any papers he comes across that have allegedly failed the test he gives the benefit of the doubt to the student to prove this is an original piece of work.
I don't see this as a bad thing, but more of a tool the teachers can use to help them grade hundreds of papers, as long as they realize no system is perfect.
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This is a fantastic idea for a realistic idea of how great the distances are from planet to planet, and from earth to the sun, but that is about the only thing I can see this being used for. I see this as an over-rated tourist attraction more than anything.
It is the loop back. Or as some call it, home. But in v6 it is just simply going to be ::1
Besides, with broadband access up in most countries, think of what the broadband will be in 10 years New broadband? who cares about 20 extra bytes?
Japan also rolled out 3G wireless before everyone else. Have we incorporated as much as Japan? No. Japan has always been ahead of the curve for this type of stuff. But only because they don't have all of the infrastructure flaws other countries do. Besides, how weird would it be to type ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1?
Okay, this is just a little more than SCO to handle, even if they do have funding from Microsoft. The government, although horibly expensive and utterly dumb to most things geek, has their fair share of the alpha-geek. Besides, the government already has a thing for suing Microsoft and winning. Hopefully this will transend to SCO as well.
This is how many companies see the word hacker. Ill things come to mind. They think of all the money they spend to prevent hackers from altering anything in the company. There are a few companies that put hacks in on purpose, but these companies are, as I said, few and far between. With all of the people now that use computers, it seems only an inevitablilty. Open Source programs are the ultimate hack. You can change anything on it you like, and the best part is, it is legal to do so under the GPL. We need more companies that cherish the GPL. I mean, there are plenty of companies that have survived, and profited greatly off of these designs. Red Hat, need I say more? If the initial product is good, they will make their money.
I can understand the thought you are having. I am having a similar one right now. But we as humans can not simply look at the world and "cut our losses" Sure, she may have it rough, if she lives past a year old.
But this is a person, a child, and you should let your emotions get in the way. Saving her life was not vain. But it does two things. And it does these two things well.
1) It gives this girl a second chance at life. There is a posibility that she will be fine, and live a normal life.
2) It gives surgeons, and scientist a base on which to look from. We can see how far we can go in order to become more acurate in treating this types of conditions. If we didn't who knows where we would be today. I mean hell, open heart surgery 50 years ago was considered barbaric, now it is an everyday procedure, and usually quite succesful.
Well, depends if all the parts were replaced at the same time! But I suppose it is a lot different when thinking of people. Obviously they are the same people no matter what organs are replaced, except, I suppose, for the brain. We are our brains.
Seems kinda like replacing parts on cars. It dosen't matter what you replace the car will always have its mileage, until of course you change the engine.
Our brains are our engines. Damn, now I sound like a gear-head.
Sure, after nuclear winter sets in.
Yeah Bright Future alright, until nuclear war breaks out. I mean really, its inevitable.
Maybe using the bank analogy was a bad idea. But what I was more concerned about was information flying through the air. Given enough time, it can be cracked. The more people on an AP the more "special" packets. Unless this is using completly different technology that I am aware of with current high speed wireless APs.
It would seem that putting more electronics in the device would only create more heat. Then you would have to increase the fan speed, and then increase the amount of sound cancelation in turn, increasing the fan speed again. An endless cycle. Why not just go with a case that acts as the heatsink?
The article didn't go in depth (or mention at all) about security the wireless service uses. If this is something that is widespread, I only hope that the security is something to be applauded. I would hate for a user in the home to go to their bank and enter their information only for the ever lurking hacker/cracker to gain access to their information.
Does anybody know of the security protocals used for this?
It doesn't matter what the bandwidth of your pipe coming in is. It only matters what the connection of the other servers and switches is in the "internet cloud" At a rate like that, I would also wonder if ANY of the infrastructure we have in place would be able to keep up. Seems like something that wouldn't happen for decades.
/. effect has taken over, none of the pictures can be seen now. Does anybody have a mirror site by chance?
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In this day of age, everybody is trying to pull something over somebody else. It is clear in this story that neither company nor government is going to accept the blame in this. A Scapegoat is always a profitable option.
Sadly, scapegoats are usually the one that are the victims in the first place.
Hey Smart Ass, there are more players than Windows Media, Real, and Quicktime. The last 32% is probably controlled by several different players. Just because Windows operates over 90% of the OS market, and Apple with 3% doesn't mean they are the only two. Linux, Unix, Solaris, hell even BeOS and OS/2 probably have their place as well.
Real is just doing what other failing industries are doing. Biting the hand that feeds them. Real hasn't been losing money because of MLB didn't want to renew the contract as it was previously, it has been losing money because it sucks. Large groups of people (no matter how stupid) will eventually pick the better format. I am not saying that Windows Media is the better format, but when you only have two options, Real or Windows Media, you be the Judge.
You have to keep in mind the 64bit market. Microsoft my sit on their hands until then, but right now they are working on the 64bit operating system (available for free right now). I just hope this wont be the bastard child of longhorn similar to the way ME was the bastard child of XP. Screw it, Linux and OSX already operate in the 64bit environment. I will stick with those.
Does SCO honestly think this will make them look good in the eye's of open source programmers? Or are they doing this to make their name more predominate with Amature or new computer users whom have never heard of SCO, in order to get support?
When you said, "The bare facts are, every job everyone does in the USA can be done cheaper somewhere else" honestly, I laughed. Sure, you're right, they can be done somewhere else cheaper, unless they can't be done somewhere else at all. Think about work that must be done in the United States!
The article says, and I'm not quoting, something to the effect that 40% of all jobs in America were farming jobs a little over a hundred years ago. Now it is only consisting of 3%, did we outsource these jobs? No, we became more efficient at them, and it requires fewer and fewer to run a large farm. Think off all the manufacturers that produce the farm equipment and supplies that farmers use to become productive... The money is still there for the same people even if the same jobs aren't.
The article also says today, the great market of America is Information. Outsourcing is a big problem because of this. But, Farming went from 40% to 3% and 50 years ago, most of the US labor force worked in factories. Today, only about 14% is in manufacturing, but we still have the largest manufacturing economy in the world. As the article says, we just have to figure out what comes after information.
Before you comment on these things, read the damn article first. Or at least make an earnest effort to sound intelligent on the subject. Outsourcing isn't the end of the world, it only means we have to find the next things to do. (to be outsourced!)
One of the original reasons I became completely wireless in the first place was to get rid of telemarketers entirely. Although I do believe there are some fairly good used for this technology, there are far too many ways to abuse it. Anybody can say, this is good for parents whos children have cell phones, but that is ridiculous. Billy is supposed to be at Jimmy's house but instead he is at the mall. (Billy is going to leave he cell at Jimmy's) I think there should be no problem with setting up a massive set of rules per user. Cell phones now are becoming more like small computers anyhow, we should be able to set up privacy rules about who, where, when, and how the messages are received. I can do this with my email, including spam, why not with a cell phone? I can use a proxy server with my regular internet connection, can I do this with a cell phone to thwart potential spam? Obviously there is much more work, time, and consideration that has to be done in order for this to even remotely be good for the majority of users, if Ms Brittney Spears wanna be high school girls loves the fact that gap can send her a discount before she walks in the door great, but leave me the hell alone!
"presuming the usual "all your papers are belong to us" agreement between the school and the student and appropriate legalese between the school and turnitin (and I assume their lawyers have inserted appropriate legalese) it would seem to be legally quite sound."
I really hate this part of my University's legal waiver. Essentially anthing I write, say, and or do in class, for class, or remotely connected to class in anyway they can take for their own property. Alas, I need that piece of paper with my name on it saying I know what I am talking about!
Proffesors use this at my school (Auburn University); however, it is not a university wide thing. I believe my proffesor is one of the few who knows the flaws and gaps in technology because any papers he comes across that have allegedly failed the test he gives the benefit of the doubt to the student to prove this is an original piece of work. I don't see this as a bad thing, but more of a tool the teachers can use to help them grade hundreds of papers, as long as they realize no system is perfect.