How long do you give it before someone finds their way around this and publishes their method? My school has a firewall, and the site blocking is slightly overzealous, and it took me all of about 10 seconds to get around the URL-based system.
A setup/administration GUI is what Red Hat sells(sold?), what SuSE sells, what Mandrake(or whatever it's called now), Xandros, and Linspire sell... This is probably a sign that Asterisk is here to stay. Or since we knew that already, that Asterisk not finished growing anytime soon.
Well, yes, but I meant the malware on the sites redirected to. Obvoiusly, you can't avoid the DNS cache poisoning, so this would be annoyingly effective for phishing.
This sounds to me like it'll be short-lived. More than ten people in your neighborhood get one and it's all over.
Not likely. I've had about twenty people using their cellphones - from the same carrier - in one room. It's little tricks called CDMA and TDMA - code and time division multiple access. Everyone gets a certain slot of time where they can transmit. It works the same way as a bunch of computers using one ethernet cable as an uplink to the Internet through a router.
Reversable chips are reported to generate far, far less heat.
How's that? I'd think they still would dissipate just as much power, but instead of the unused, not dissipated power being dumped to ground, it would be dumped back into the power input. Whether or not they generate less heat, and interesting application of reversable chips would be in mobile devices-the net power requirement may be reduced. That might be worth the price hike from R&D alone. However, what support circutry will be needed? Is the excess power "clean" or "dirty"(neccesitating filters)? Will this system wind up using more power than it could possibly save? Remember, some energy will always be dissipated as heat. What would really create a remarkable difference in heat dissipation is new material for chips, or chips that run at even lower voltages. It would need to be the former-circuit traces can already be made of platinum, and there is no known superconductor/semiconductor material, so for now, we're stuck with silicon, gallium, etc. compounds.
I think it sure would be nifty to see this type of AP installed in cars
Yes, but what about when they try to outlaw those because they claim that it distracts the driver? If this really does catch on and comes standard on cars, I'll eat my tinfoil hat...
Unfortunately, docs are the one place you may find Open Source stuff lacking. However, you may find that there are some excellent guides listing shortcuts and the like relative to M$ Office features in the built-in docs to OO.org. And if you can't find a reference to something, keep digging. Look on the same (or similar) places on the menus. Good luck.
Ok, that makes sense. But still, that's a bit weak. IANAL, but I thought that if, say, OO.org develops their own version of features that M$ has, then it's not patent infringement (for software) if they didn't copy the source, reverse-engineer, or rip any data. Of course, I could be wrong...you can't develop patented hardware and call it new.
If they don't actively block it, they will certainly never merge it into the mainline. Which means that now any company who insists on proving binary-only modules will now need to maintain the module and the KAL at the same time.
Not neccesarily. What if the KAL is a open-source patch? It never needs to become part of the official kernel source-neither does, say, UML. I didn't say it was not a good idea for companies to open their code anyway-just suggesting a workaround to make it easier for end-users.
So there will be no stable ABI-that's fine. And there will, therefore, be no binary-only modules. That's not so fine to some people. What vendor wants to make their customers recompile their kernel everytime there's a new product? More importantly, who wants to do that?
Here's my solution: provide a kernel abstraction layer; hence, reverse HAL. Here's how it works: a kernel module is the KAL. It provides a semistable ABI to binary-only modules which load into it. I say semistable because it adds new features, not deletes old ones. At the very least, it should provide the older KAL ABIs as patches and compile-time options.
Would this really work? OSS works. It appears to me to be along the same lines. Also LUFS, although that uses a userland program as opposed to the binary-only modules used in my model. Don't ask me how this could be done. I don't program. No, scratch that, I can write a "Hello, World!" app in C...
Though I don't think 10MW will make a huge difference as far as power needs, this certainly does show a good step twords so-called "green power". Here we have a system with theoretically no environmental impact. As for the power limitations..."Of what use, madam, is a newborn baby?" Maybe these can be placed in lakes, canals, mouths of other rivers. Don't get excited too soon...but don't give up on this techlology early either.
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No doubt someone here reads Popular Science. Now, does anyone remember the P2 suit concept a while ago? Sportswear that would use piezoelectric and Peltier effect devices (hence P2) to recharge and control body temperature. Even built-in vital signs monitors or MP3 players. Why couldn't these devices be used in those? Just imagine, out snowboarding(or skiing, just snowsports) and your body suit automatically keeps you warm - or cools you off - using power generated by movement, vibration, and the occasional fall. I want one... Forget the condoms, who's going to buy them at $20 a piece anyway?
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Um, is there a printable version? Maybe someone could put this on the Wikipedia? If that hasn't already been done...
How long do you give it before someone finds their way around this and publishes their method? My school has a firewall, and the site blocking is slightly overzealous, and it took me all of about 10 seconds to get around the URL-based system.
A setup/administration GUI is what Red Hat sells(sold?), what SuSE sells, what Mandrake(or whatever it's called now), Xandros, and Linspire sell... This is probably a sign that Asterisk is here to stay. Or since we knew that already, that Asterisk not finished growing anytime soon.
Wow, I wish I knew how to translate legalese.
Indeed. That's like working the math for Doom using an abacus and d20s. Well, close. The Apollo thing is more impressive.
Well, yes, but I meant the malware on the sites redirected to. Obvoiusly, you can't avoid the DNS cache poisoning, so this would be annoyingly effective for phishing.
I bet that malware is Internet Explorer-specific.
Just put lead shielding around your GPU and other "noisy" items. No, wait, that would block airflow. Anyone for lead heatsinks?
I wish. And maybe someone will invent the metaverse and get me a fiberoptic connection, too.
Ah, so evolution is just a theory! Oops, I just violated the first amendment...
Unfortunately, docs are the one place you may find Open Source stuff lacking. However, you may find that there are some excellent guides listing shortcuts and the like relative to M$ Office features in the built-in docs to OO.org. And if you can't find a reference to something, keep digging. Look on the same (or similar) places on the menus. Good luck.
Just wait until another student gets their hands on the pass. I'm not the only one with a cruel sense of humor.
Ok, that makes sense. But still, that's a bit weak. IANAL, but I thought that if, say, OO.org develops their own version of features that M$ has, then it's not patent infringement (for software) if they didn't copy the source, reverse-engineer, or rip any data. Of course, I could be wrong...you can't develop patented hardware and call it new.
Maybe Microsoft wants to sue them for the "Office" part? Appearently they thought they could sue Lindows for the "indows" part...
Not neccesarily. What if the KAL is a open-source patch? It never needs to become part of the official kernel source-neither does, say, UML. I didn't say it was not a good idea for companies to open their code anyway-just suggesting a workaround to make it easier for end-users.
So there will be no stable ABI-that's fine. And there will, therefore, be no binary-only modules. That's not so fine to some people. What vendor wants to make their customers recompile their kernel everytime there's a new product? More importantly, who wants to do that?
Here's my solution: provide a kernel abstraction layer; hence, reverse HAL. Here's how it works: a kernel module is the KAL. It provides a semistable ABI to binary-only modules which load into it. I say semistable because it adds new features, not deletes old ones. At the very least, it should provide the older KAL ABIs as patches and compile-time options.
Would this really work? OSS works. It appears to me to be along the same lines. Also LUFS, although that uses a userland program as opposed to the binary-only modules used in my model. Don't ask me how this could be done. I don't program. No, scratch that, I can write a "Hello, World!" app in C...
But the witty banter is what makes watching news fun! Edit out commercials and worthless news-that's how it should work.
Though I don't think 10MW will make a huge difference as far as power needs, this certainly does show a good step twords so-called "green power". Here we have a system with theoretically no environmental impact. As for the power limitations..."Of what use, madam, is a newborn baby?" Maybe these can be placed in lakes, canals, mouths of other rivers. Don't get excited too soon...but don't give up on this techlology early either. -- Rock the vote. Be a part of 20 million loud, this November 4.
That is simply not true. A friend of mine who is a sociologist studied this very phenomenon and found that it didn't exist.
Ah, so you "know a guy..." who disproved the "I know a guy..." phenomenon? Isn't that kind of pointless?
But then, I believe that statistically, your friend is wrong, so maybe my standpoint is strange too...
No doubt someone here reads Popular Science. Now, does anyone remember the P2 suit concept a while ago? Sportswear that would use piezoelectric and Peltier effect devices (hence P2) to recharge and control body temperature. Even built-in vital signs monitors or MP3 players. Why couldn't these devices be used in those? Just imagine, out snowboarding(or skiing, just snowsports) and your body suit automatically keeps you warm - or cools you off - using power generated by movement, vibration, and the occasional fall. I want one... Forget the condoms, who's going to buy them at $20 a piece anyway?