I know this is much of a logical leap, but why not use two very large fans on each side of the case and no small fans inside the case. There is a lower probability of failure because of the fewer components and also an improvement in noise since large fans don't have to spin as fast to move the same amount of air. This system would also likely help keep everything cool including your hard drive(s) and power supply.
So my question is, why haven't we taken this next logical leep?
I agree with the article, I have posted my senior year project here before and it's great to get feedback. CmdrTaco wrote me and told me to keep hacking at it. As you can probably tell I haven't done as much hacking as I should, I've been busy with a VC startup. It was still great to get some feedback, especially from the founder of slashdot! I will probably do something similar when I have something to show for my new company.
Slashdot is an excellent group of people to get some feedback from because they are generally more willing to put up with bugs and poor layout to try out some new tech. They are also more likely to give their brutally honest opinion, as I'm sure your all well aware of.
The kid should have not turned it on or done anything with his ipod other than place it in a reasonably warm area, perhaps with a fan, for a couple of days. The water would have eventually evaporated out of the Ipod and he might have been able to recover it.
I'm not sure why anyone would question this. It's common practice for companies to invest in competitors to ensure their future existance. The logic being that the dominate company knows the sector will succeed and so it invests in up and coming companies in the sector knowing that if the newcomer takes the sector as google has they will still have a (usually sizable) intrest in the sector. Think of it as insurance or hedging. It's a good idea.
How long before someone bootstraps a distributed Artificial life simulator to their virus and then we all watch in amazement as the first AI evolves and owns all our computers. This could never happen though...right?
It's always good to see linux being adopted elsewhere but I worry about HP's commitment to helping the opensource community. It looks like they sponsor a few project here but thats seems like a far cry from IBM's investment in open source. So my question is this. Do you think HP is simply profiteering off the backs of generous open source developers or are they doing enough as is?
Excuse me, linux was more unix like. I remember when I switched from slackware to redhat back in the 5.2 days. This was back when the new gnome libs were just coming out and I had no idea it would be where it is today. Many of the tools back then were direct rip-offs of common UNIX tools. It's good to see Linux making it's own path these days and I hope it continues. We need to be the leader, not following one.
I've been using pygtk on and off for the last year or so and i've got to say that when used in combination with glade it's a real dream to work in.
I think if a Visual Basic like IDE could be created for those who are afraid of the deep end of text editor, command line tool development we could have a real open source Visual Basic killer on our hands. And i'll take that over C#/Mono any day of the week.
How much of the site needs to be copied or "quoted" before this represents an offense. Clearly at slashdot we benefit from "quoting" parts of sites and then we provide a link, but is this steeling the thunder from the orignal sites we link to? Probably not. Take my site for example slashrank.org it takes some content from slashdot and links to it. Is this OK? I'd say that like slashdot it doesn't "steal the thunder" so to speak from the original and is therfore acceptable.
Computer Associates said its license for Linux is part of a legal settlement with Canopy Group, SCO's major shareholder. In August, Computer Associates signed the SCO license and paid $40 million to Canopy Group to settle breach-of-contract charges, but news of that deal surfaced only recently on Web sites. (Additional reporting by Wei Gu in New York)
It looks like SCO may have tacked on a Linux license rider clause to their much stronger case settlement - the breach-of-contract charge - to use as a publicity stunt such as this or just to extract a little more money from the CA coffers.
As Americans sit and watch other countries do what we should have done 4 months ago, I can only shake my head in dismay at all the money we throw at lawyers to settle something that any moron could figure out.
This isn't Roe v. Wade, it's a simple verification of the code, no ethical delimas to deal with here.
I fear that 30% of this 69% sample group probably doesn't even know how to use Google to find Web sites, USENET postings, pictures, news articles, etc. That's truly sad.
Where are these numbers coming from? 30 % of 69 %, yea and i'm 76.3 % sure your figure is off. i agree, it's fair to say that there are varing degrees of internet savy, but that's usually determined by users needs. think about it, does a cow really need google? no, it needs grass and water(sorry about the cow metaphor, i'm from wi). just as most users only need hotmail and aim.
While some users here have quiped about having to add another 512 MB ram to their brain this is not likely to happen. All a user needs is a communication medium with the brain, then you can plug in anything you want, memory, cpu, cell phone, etc... think of it as usb for the brain, but probably done wirelessly. we'll see though, i might be wrong, but thats never stopped anyone else from posting on slashdot:)
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I know this is much of a logical leap, but why not use two very large fans on each side of the case and no small fans inside the case. There is a lower probability of failure because of the fewer components and also an improvement in noise since large fans don't have to spin as fast to move the same amount of air. This system would also likely help keep everything cool including your hard drive(s) and power supply.
So my question is, why haven't we taken this next logical leep?
Checkout weedshare.com because Peer Impact seem to be ripping off their business model from what I can tell.
I agree with the article, I have posted my senior year project here before and it's great to get feedback. CmdrTaco wrote me and told me to keep hacking at it. As you can probably tell I haven't done as much hacking as I should, I've been busy with a VC startup. It was still great to get some feedback, especially from the founder of slashdot! I will probably do something similar when I have something to show for my new company.
Slashdot is an excellent group of people to get some feedback from because they are generally more willing to put up with bugs and poor layout to try out some new tech. They are also more likely to give their brutally honest opinion, as I'm sure your all well aware of.
The kid should have not turned it on or done anything with his ipod other than place it in a reasonably warm area, perhaps with a fan, for a couple of days. The water would have eventually evaporated out of the Ipod and he might have been able to recover it.
Well, here's to next time.
I'm not sure why anyone would question this. It's common practice for companies to invest in competitors to ensure their future existance. The logic being that the dominate company knows the sector will succeed and so it invests in up and coming companies in the sector knowing that if the newcomer takes the sector as google has they will still have a (usually sizable) intrest in the sector. Think of it as insurance or hedging. It's a good idea.
-3cents
How long before someone bootstraps a distributed Artificial life simulator to their virus and then we all watch in amazement as the first AI evolves and owns all our computers. This could never happen though...right?
Slashrank
It's always good to see linux being adopted elsewhere but I worry about HP's commitment to helping the opensource community. It looks like they sponsor a few project here but thats seems like a far cry from IBM's investment in open source. So my question is this. Do you think HP is simply profiteering off the backs of generous open source developers or are they doing enough as is?
Slashrank
Excuse me, linux was more unix like. I remember when I switched from slackware to redhat back in the 5.2 days. This was back when the new gnome libs were just coming out and I had no idea it would be where it is today. Many of the tools back then were direct rip-offs of common UNIX tools. It's good to see Linux making it's own path these days and I hope it continues. We need to be the leader, not following one.
www.slashrank.org
I've been using pygtk on and off for the last year or so and i've got to say that when used in combination with glade it's a real dream to work in. I think if a Visual Basic like IDE could be created for those who are afraid of the deep end of text editor, command line tool development we could have a real open source Visual Basic killer on our hands. And i'll take that over C#/Mono any day of the week.
slashrank
How much of the site needs to be copied or "quoted" before this represents an offense. Clearly at slashdot we benefit from "quoting" parts of sites and then we provide a link, but is this steeling the thunder from the orignal sites we link to? Probably not. Take my site for example slashrank.org it takes some content from slashdot and links to it. Is this OK? I'd say that like slashdot it doesn't "steal the thunder" so to speak from the original and is therfore acceptable.
Computer Associates said its license for Linux is part of a legal settlement with Canopy Group, SCO's major shareholder. In August, Computer Associates signed the SCO license and paid $40 million to Canopy Group to settle breach-of-contract charges, but news of that deal surfaced only recently on Web sites. (Additional reporting by Wei Gu in New York)
It looks like SCO may have tacked on a Linux license rider clause to their much stronger case settlement - the breach-of-contract charge - to use as a publicity stunt such as this or just to extract a little more money from the CA coffers.
Slashrank
Why don't you send a message to the people on the top of this list. Apparently everyone here loves 'em. :)
As Americans sit and watch other countries do what we should have done 4 months ago, I can only shake my head in dismay at all the money we throw at lawyers to settle something that any moron could figure out.
This isn't Roe v. Wade, it's a simple verification of the code, no ethical delimas to deal with here.
I fear that 30% of this 69% sample group probably doesn't even know how to use Google to find Web sites, USENET postings, pictures, news articles, etc. That's truly sad.
Where are these numbers coming from? 30 % of 69 %, yea and i'm 76.3 % sure your figure is off. i agree, it's fair to say that there are varing degrees of internet savy, but that's usually determined by users needs. think about it, does a cow really need google? no, it needs grass and water(sorry about the cow metaphor, i'm from wi). just as most users only need hotmail and aim.
3cents: when two just isn't enough
$1199.00/1000 (GB) = $1.19 per Gig
not the greatest i've seen
While some users here have quiped about having to add another 512 MB ram to their brain this is not likely to happen. All a user needs is a communication medium with the brain, then you can plug in anything you want, memory, cpu, cell phone, etc... think of it as usb for the brain, but probably done wirelessly. we'll see though, i might be wrong, but thats never stopped anyone else from posting on slashdot :)