As I've said before when appropriate, Y2K doesn't really affect the critical part of the plant--the core. That's a self-contained unit with hard-wired controls for activation/deactivation (push a button and the rods go up or down to change the neutron flux). The systems that will be affected are the external systems...and those are usually non-critical (like computers used to operate the fuel-loading procedures).
I was interested to see the Farley plant mentioned as one that is behind on the testing...it belongs to the Southern Company and is operated by its subsidiary Alabama Power. Given the recent PR campaign, I would've figured that they would get all the Y2K issues out of the way long before time was up...you really don't want to break your arm patting yourself on your back about what a good job you do, then have to own up to the public that they've been paying for power they didn't receive because the plant had to be shut down...
OK, so you pay based on the meter, but my point is still the same...;)
...especially the processing power available at Blue Mountain. Did I read that right? 6200 processors?
That they can put this kind of effort in is really interesting, and the practical applications like variably-timed onramp traffic signals and wireless traffic co-ordinaters sound useful, is it really worth all the effort? Why not just telecommute or encourage people to use mass-transit?
Does that mean that Intel is developing an entirely new CPU and chipset for it? Is this supposed to just be some kind of interenter appliance with little in the way of memory or storage?
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If no one uses it because they're all waiting for other people to show that the system is reliable, then no one will prove that the system is reliable, and all the people waiting around will still be awaiting the proof....:)
Mark is currently using a rather cute logo for the gaim client. It used to feature the AIM logo with the AIM man hugging a penguin. Now, the AIM symbol and man are cut out with a punch-out shadow on white where they used to be and a message stating that AOL was rather unhappy about the use of the logo.
I can understand why AOL objected...it's obciously a trademark issue as far as they're concerned, but Mark's client wa actually a good thing...it's not like he was defaming them, and he certainly wasn't in the business of making profits off their logo.
I have to agree that a new logo is needed. If my graphics skills were up to it, I'd volunteer (having gotten enough linux support from him that I can't possibly repay him;) ). While you're at it, the gaim team is also looking for a reasonable demon image for the client to satisfy the *bsd users.
Of course, it does remain that for all the trash talk about net junkies having no life, at least they have some semblance of a life on IRC,/., usenet, etc. When you're sitting in front of the TV for ten hours a day, you don't even have that much human contact. Net junkies interact. Boob tubers don't. When you've seen the same Geiko commercial a dozen times in an hour and the same shows on Discovery/History Channel/A & E that were on last year, or the year before that, or the year before that...., and the other new programming is mindless drivel, your mind seeks an escape to something less difficult than being productive but more stimulating than the jello-mold-cum-TV set. I think that's why so many people are delving into linux...they are sick of the same old stuff and want to try something a little more interesting. Welcome to the net. Here you don't have to watch rip-fests! Here you can join in them;)
As the owner of a III, anda college student, I can tell you that it will be more than adequate. I have almost all my notes for this quarter typed on it (with a GoType keyboard), several personal memos, a reasonable-sized address book, calendar appointments reaching all the way back to February (almost daily), a large number of games, a financial calculator, and a draw program, all stored in 2 megs, and I still haven't filled a third of my memory. Don't sweat the extra megs. If you ever really need them (like if you're planning on running palm linux or PalmVNC), then you can always get a memory card. The screen on the III isn't quite as crisp as the one on the IIIx in odd lighting, but the icons, as someone previously mentioned, are much more natural on the III than on the IIIx. As for the IIIe, it sounds like a IIIx minus 2 megs of memory and some other features. I've seen the V in stores, and invariable the buttons on it are mashed while its cousins the Pilot, III, and IIIx are in great shape. The Pilot, of course is outdated, so don't buy one unless you're really short on cash (it lacks infrared). Finally, the VII. The VII is OK if you want to pay hefty wireless charges and want a Palm that's an inch longer than standard. If the wireless is that important, get a III. I saw a wireless adaptor for the III in this month's PC Mag. Hope that helps;)
By the way, I really did like the weather...the only thing I really missed were the occaisional lightning storms (they really are pretty) and the green trees that I grew up with....people in California always said to me "how can you stand the humididty...it must be like taking a shower after your shower!" but you you get used to it to the point that you never notice it (except on really bad days)...like everything, there are trade-offs....nice weather, no trees vs. inclimate weather, pretty trees...it's all what you prefer:)
I agree that California has excellent building codes. After moving back to the southeast, I went around for months looking at buildings thinking "that would never pass earthquake standards." However, we both know that the codes alone are no guarantee of building safety. Two examples come to mind. The first is the freeway in San Francisco that pancaked the top level onto the bottom level. The second is Northridge Meadows (since rebuilt under a different name). Neither one survived earthquakes, although I heard rumors that the Northridge quake was really a 9.something that was automagically adjusted down by the government so that FEMA wouldn't have to pay out as much (even though FEMA still got seriously scammed). My point is that personal risk is a matter of taste. If the sky gets dark, I can look at the weather channel and see if a tornado is coming. If I go curl up in a depression or a closed space without windows, I'll be OK. With a hurricane, I have days or weeks lead time before the thing hits. With an earthquake, I know when it hits. The first few times, it was unnerving. After a while, I got to where I didn't even notice the 3.somethings, although there was a 3.4 that made me think someone had drive a car into the apartment. Granted, I lived in the San Fernando valley from 94-96, so there was no major activity, but that doesn't provide much reassurance after hearing stories about TVs flying across the room at shoulder-level;)
California may be at risk for earthquakes, but here in the southeast, we're at risk for tornadoes and hurricanes. Dad works periodically with GE and said that when they moved a bunch of their employees to North Carolina from San Jose, California, many of them were absolutely terrified of the thunder and lightning, let alone tornadoes and hurricanes. Having also lived in California, I have to say that the lack of a tornado threat is a little more reassuring (Who wants to get picked up by 100 mile-per-hour winds?), but the thought of having your office building come down around you without warning is just as bad. I'd rather deal with the tornadoes and hurricanes, of course (you usually get some warning that they are coming), but some people would rather deal with the risk of being squashed by steel and concrete. I guess it's a matter of preference, but avoiding California just because of the earthquakes doesn't mean a whole lot....
How secure are these things? Is it possible for someone to crack into one and have fun with you (like adding an extra $0.02/minute to your charge and directing it to an account in Switzerland?;) ). Just curious....
He states that human rights, international law, freedom of speech, etc. are not necessarily the province of western government. Consider American government (oh, I am a US Citizen (born & raised)). We have this supposed checks and balances system to prevent the government from depriving us of our rights (remember the "due process" clause?).
Would a government that upholds human rights deprive its citizens of land, of wealth, of their own lives without due process? Ours does. Don't believe me? We have "environmental impact" laws that forbid construction activity in an area because of "endangered species" even when those species are thriving or don't even live in the area. We have the RICO law which allows the FBI to seize anything you own even on the suspicion that you are doing something illegal--and they don't always return it either. Ask people suspected of cracking if they got their computers back even when it was proved that they were innocent. We have the careless disregard for life and property shown by the ATF and FBI. Remember Waco? Remember Ruby Ridge? I don't agree with what those folks believed in, but what they were doing wasn't necessarily illegal.
Ever hear what happened to the Mormons in the mid 1800's, courtesy of the US goverment which you so proudly hold up as a model to the world? The government drove them out of the US, refused to answer their cries for mercy as the citizens of Missouri and Illinois deprived them of life, liberty, and happiness. The government sent Johnstone after them with an army on false reports of sedition, and his soldiers did all sorts of cruel things to them.
What about the treatment of black people in this country by the US government? Abraham Lincoln might have "freed the slaves," but the "Emancipation Proclamation" only freed slaves in rebelling states--not loyal ones. There are more examples, if time would permit.
Don't get me wrong--I would still rather live here in the US and have the privileges of Citizenship here, but it isn't perfect, and just because it has the "western-style democracy" that you are so excited about does not in any way mean that it necessarily is more predisposed to human rights. Our politicians may spend a lot of time talking about human rights, but talk does not usually equate to action in our political system, as you well know.
To say that having a democratic system implies a greater degree of human rights and freedoms is a logical fallacy. It may be true in some cases, but it will not necessarily hold true in all cases, and it is conceivable that other forms of government if managed well could provide an equal or better degree of these freedoms than ours does.
What are we gonna do?? We can't bash each other any more about KDE and gnome cause the big shots from each camp are getting friendly!! The world is ending!! We must find a new enemy within the Linux camp to attack!!
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Why is there this obsession with identifying "ingroups" and "outgroups"? Why not all share and be friendly? Why not give Windows its occasional due (it still is generally a better gaming platform, and is the source of inspiration for a lot of Linux development)? As people here have noted, slahdotters tend to get overly religious about [window mangers/desktop environments/word processors/distributions/etc.]. There's such a thing as using what works for you and letting everyone else do what they like (as long as they're doing the same....after all, standing there getting flamed for being moderate isn't right).
we actually came up with a jingle based on it...something like Loot and pillage,rape and burn Rape and burn Rape and burn Loot and pillage, rape and burn All day long!
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As I've said before when appropriate, Y2K doesn't really affect the critical part of the plant--the core. That's a self-contained unit with hard-wired controls for activation/deactivation (push a button and the rods go up or down to change the neutron flux). The systems that will be affected are the external systems...and those are usually non-critical (like computers used to operate the fuel-loading procedures).
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I was interested to see the Farley plant mentioned as one that is behind on the testing...it belongs to the Southern Company and is operated by its subsidiary Alabama Power. Given the recent PR campaign, I would've figured that they would get all the Y2K issues out of the way long before time was up...you really don't want to break your arm patting yourself on your back about what a good job you do, then have to own up to the public that they've been paying for power they didn't receive because the plant had to be shut down...
OK, so you pay based on the meter, but my point is still the same...
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...especially the processing power available at Blue Mountain. Did I read that right? 6200 processors?
That they can put this kind of effort in is really interesting, and the practical applications like variably-timed onramp traffic signals and wireless traffic co-ordinaters sound useful, is it really worth all the effort? Why not just telecommute or encourage people to use mass-transit?
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One of my friends told me that that was an SGI machine and that they really do have a 3d fm for it...he wants to see one for Linux, matter of fact...
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Does that mean that Intel is developing an entirely new CPU and chipset for it? Is this supposed to just be some kind of interenter appliance with little in the way of memory or storage?
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If no one uses it because they're all waiting for other people to show that the system is reliable, then no one will prove that the system is reliable, and all the people waiting around will still be awaiting the proof.... :)
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That should've been linux-support.net. I type too many .com's in a day :)
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Mark is currently using a rather cute logo for the gaim client. It used to feature the AIM logo with the AIM man hugging a penguin. Now, the AIM symbol and man are cut out with a punch-out shadow on white where they used to be and a message stating that AOL was rather unhappy about the use of the logo.
;) ). While you're at it, the gaim team is also looking for a reasonable demon image for the client to satisfy the *bsd users.
I can understand why AOL objected...it's obciously a trademark issue as far as they're concerned, but Mark's client wa actually a good thing...it's not like he was defaming them, and he certainly wasn't in the business of making profits off their logo.
I have to agree that a new logo is needed. If my graphics skills were up to it, I'd volunteer (having gotten enough linux support from him that I can't possibly repay him
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Go to the bank, to a friend, to your folks and borrow the necessary cash. At the end of the day/week, sell off enough shares to pay back the loan.
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Of course, it does remain that for all the trash talk about net junkies having no life, at least they have some semblance of a life on IRC, /., usenet, etc. When you're sitting in front of the TV for ten hours a day, you don't even have that much human contact. Net junkies interact. Boob tubers don't. When you've seen the same Geiko commercial a dozen times in an hour and the same shows on Discovery/History Channel/A & E that were on last year, or the year before that, or the year before that ...., and the other new programming is mindless drivel, your mind seeks an escape to something less difficult than being productive but more stimulating than the jello-mold-cum-TV set. I think that's why so many people are delving into linux...they are sick of the same old stuff and want to try something a little more interesting. Welcome to the net. Here you don't have to watch rip-fests! Here you can join in them ;)
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Nice to finally have a little more evidence to discount the rumors ;)
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As the owner of a III, anda college student, I can tell you that it will be more than adequate. I have almost all my notes for this quarter typed on it (with a GoType keyboard), several personal memos, a reasonable-sized address book, calendar appointments reaching all the way back to February (almost daily), a large number of games, a financial calculator, and a draw program, all stored in 2 megs, and I still haven't filled a third of my memory. Don't sweat the extra megs. If you ever really need them (like if you're planning on running palm linux or PalmVNC), then you can always get a memory card. The screen on the III isn't quite as crisp as the one on the IIIx in odd lighting, but the icons, as someone previously mentioned, are much more natural on the III than on the IIIx. As for the IIIe, it sounds like a IIIx minus 2 megs of memory and some other features. I've seen the V in stores, and invariable the buttons on it are mashed while its cousins the Pilot, III, and IIIx are in great shape. The Pilot, of course is outdated, so don't buy one unless you're really short on cash (it lacks infrared). Finally, the VII. The VII is OK if you want to pay hefty wireless charges and want a Palm that's an inch longer than standard. If the wireless is that important, get a III. I saw a wireless adaptor for the III in this month's PC Mag. Hope that helps ;)
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it sounds more like a 3x that got gypped a couple megs.
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By the way, I really did like the weather...the only thing I really missed were the occaisional lightning storms (they really are pretty) and the green trees that I grew up with....people in California always said to me "how can you stand the humididty...it must be like taking a shower after your shower!" but you you get used to it to the point that you never notice it (except on really bad days)...like everything, there are trade-offs....nice weather, no trees vs. inclimate weather, pretty trees...it's all what you prefer :)
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I agree that California has excellent building codes. After moving back to the southeast, I went around for months looking at buildings thinking "that would never pass earthquake standards." However, we both know that the codes alone are no guarantee of building safety. Two examples come to mind. The first is the freeway in San Francisco that pancaked the top level onto the bottom level. The second is Northridge Meadows (since rebuilt under a different name). Neither one survived earthquakes, although I heard rumors that the Northridge quake was really a 9.something that was automagically adjusted down by the government so that FEMA wouldn't have to pay out as much (even though FEMA still got seriously scammed). My point is that personal risk is a matter of taste. If the sky gets dark, I can look at the weather channel and see if a tornado is coming. If I go curl up in a depression or a closed space without windows, I'll be OK. With a hurricane, I have days or weeks lead time before the thing hits. With an earthquake, I know when it hits. The first few times, it was unnerving. After a while, I got to where I didn't even notice the 3.somethings, although there was a 3.4 that made me think someone had drive a car into the apartment. Granted, I lived in the San Fernando valley from 94-96, so there was no major activity, but that doesn't provide much reassurance after hearing stories about TVs flying across the room at shoulder-level ;)
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California may be at risk for earthquakes, but here in the southeast, we're at risk for tornadoes and hurricanes. Dad works periodically with GE and said that when they moved a bunch of their employees to North Carolina from San Jose, California, many of them were absolutely terrified of the thunder and lightning, let alone tornadoes and hurricanes. Having also lived in California, I have to say that the lack of a tornado threat is a little more reassuring (Who wants to get picked up by 100 mile-per-hour winds?), but the thought of having your office building come down around you without warning is just as bad. I'd rather deal with the tornadoes and hurricanes, of course (you usually get some warning that they are coming), but some people would rather deal with the risk of being squashed by steel and concrete. I guess it's a matter of preference, but avoiding California just because of the earthquakes doesn't mean a whole lot....
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How secure are these things? Is it possible for someone to crack into one and have fun with you (like adding an extra $0.02/minute to your charge and directing it to an account in Switzerland? ;) ). Just curious....
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...is a Swedish actress...hence the Swedish accent. If you want to hear a Spanish accent, listen to Antonio Banderas.
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well, mostly :)
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...that you just stated my main point without the surrounding logic ;)
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He states that human rights, international law, freedom of speech, etc. are not necessarily the province of western government. Consider American government (oh, I am a US Citizen (born & raised)). We have this supposed checks and balances system to prevent the government from depriving us of our rights (remember the "due process" clause?).
Would a government that upholds human rights deprive its citizens of land, of wealth, of their own lives without due process? Ours does. Don't believe me? We have "environmental impact" laws that forbid construction activity in an area because of "endangered species" even when those species are thriving or don't even live in the area. We have the RICO law which allows the FBI to seize anything you own even on the suspicion that you are doing something illegal--and they don't always return it either. Ask people suspected of cracking if they got their computers back even when it was proved that they were innocent. We have the careless disregard for life and property shown by the ATF and FBI. Remember Waco? Remember Ruby Ridge? I don't agree with what those folks believed in, but what they were doing wasn't necessarily illegal.
Ever hear what happened to the Mormons in the mid 1800's, courtesy of the US goverment which you so proudly hold up as a model to the world? The government drove them out of the US, refused to answer their cries for mercy as the citizens of Missouri and Illinois deprived them of life, liberty, and happiness. The government sent Johnstone after them with an army on false reports of sedition, and his soldiers did all sorts of cruel things to them.
What about the treatment of black people in this country by the US government? Abraham Lincoln might have "freed the slaves," but the "Emancipation Proclamation" only freed slaves in rebelling states--not loyal ones. There are more examples, if time would permit.
Don't get me wrong--I would still rather live here in the US and have the privileges of Citizenship here, but it isn't perfect, and just because it has the "western-style democracy" that you are so excited about does not in any way mean that it necessarily is more predisposed to human rights. Our politicians may spend a lot of time talking about human rights, but talk does not usually equate to action in our political system, as you well know.
To say that having a democratic system implies a greater degree of human rights and freedoms is a logical fallacy. It may be true in some cases, but it will not necessarily hold true in all cases, and it is conceivable that other forms of government if managed well could provide an equal or better degree of these freedoms than ours does.
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This is a very well reasoned article. The points made are valid whether you like the American political system or not.
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...and a remedial English grammar class.
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What are we gonna do?? We can't bash each other any more about KDE and gnome cause the big shots from each camp are getting friendly!! The world is ending!! We must find a new enemy within the Linux camp to attack!!
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Why is there this obsession with identifying "ingroups" and "outgroups"? Why not all share and be friendly? Why not give Windows its occasional due (it still is generally a better gaming platform, and is the source of inspiration for a lot of Linux development)? As people here have noted, slahdotters tend to get overly religious about [window mangers/desktop environments/word processors/distributions/etc.]. There's such a thing as using what works for you and letting everyone else do what they like (as long as they're doing the same....after all, standing there getting flamed for being moderate isn't right).
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It should be "Loot and pillage, rape and burn" :)
we actually came up with a jingle based on it...something like
Loot and pillage,rape and burn
Rape and burn
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