I've run busy mail servers hosting about 6,000 email addresses. I've seen a server run with a load average between 2.0 and 20.0, 24x7 for WEEKS ON END without any complaints. A full megabit of traffic, 24x7, just for EMAIL...
I'm not too sure how this would solve the problem. Yes, white would no longer be the transparent color in software, but if you were to go to a page like google, you'd have black text on a nearly black background. Hardly useable.
LCDs are designed to filter out the light coming through them. Black (RGB 0,0,0) would block all light, red (RGB 255,0,0) would block all but red, and of course white (RGB 255,255,255) lets everything through. You can't assign RGB (4,0,4) as transparent as the LCD surface would only let through ~1.6% of red and blue light, hardly transparent.
I personally think this display is a cheap hack, not worth $1,799. You could buy two LCD displays, disassemble them and stack them if you're savvy enough. I've never tried it, but it obviously can be done. The hard part would be taking off the panel backing without destroying the display.
How is this interesting? If anything, it's a blatent troll.
Of *course* people are going to get around any blocks you put in place. There will always be someone out there that can outdo you.
This is not an issue about the security of Windows. Most of us agree (including myself) that Windows has it's share of security problems. There is no ruse, just Microsoft trying to protect it's profeits... like any corporation should do.
It might be %37 cheaper, it might be %80 cheaper, or it might be %1 cheaper--but we're pretty sure it's cheaper."
Anyone else read this as "It might be percent 37 cheaper, it might be percent 80 cheaper, or it might be percent 1 cheaper--but we're pretty sure it's cheaper"?
Actually, when a major road runs through a town, the lights on that road are timed to work together. They are programmed to let traffic through as smoothly as possible to reduce congestion. However, they are usually timed so that if you drive too fast, you end up waiting at a red light. Try sitting back at a cafe sometime and watch the lights on a main road. They can actually be pretty neat to watch.
What solar panel are you talking about? I realize the article may be slashdotted, but the link to DSI isn't. Go take an acutal LOOK at the device, THEN bless us with your commentary.
While I agree with you that this is terrible, you have the wrong reasoning for countering it. Can you prove that "9 times out of 10" assertion? Can you prove that beyond the shadow of a doubt, data being entered via the keyboard can always be assumed to be interstate material?
Monitoring the connection between the keyboard and the PC is NOT monitoring interstate communication.
Interstate communication happens once data leaves the machine... typically over a network. Then, packet sniffers would be considered wiretapping.
The proper analogy for this would be placing a taperecorder in someone's home or office to listen on their phone calls. IANAL, so I don't know the legality of that. I'm sure someone will chime in on this issue. However, this is the reasoning that should be applied to this situation.
There is a very importaint distinction between physically installing a device to measure the signals between the keyboard and the CPU, and intercepting data that has left the computer. You need physical access to install the recording mechanism. This opens up other legal avenues that can be pursued... trespassing, vandalism, etc.
Again, IANAL, but I don't think that reasoning along the lines of "most of the time it's used this way, so it should be illegal" should be brought before the courts. I know a lot of slashdotters agree with me on that point... the RIAA would never get support from slashdot for such a claim.
While I really like the idea of this battery replacement program, I don't think it would be at all like filling up a tank with gas. IINAEngineer, however I would think that at least initially, the battery for an electric car would be huge... at least far bigger than a typical car battery today. How exactly does one simply change a 200lb* battery? Will a technician do it? And if so, would this fee include his pay?
Perhaps this could be solved by creating a robotic mechanism that removes and installs batteries. However, this would severly limit the design possibilities for future vehicles. Batteries would have to be placed in standardized locations of standardized sizes. Also consider accidents: A gasoline spill can be stopped by the pump technician, and petrol is *relatively* harmless unless exposed to open flame or ingested. Battery acid from a dropped/cracked/faulty battery is an entirely different story.
*Note: 200lbs is a rather rough assumption of what a battery would be. It could easily be halved or doubled... but keep in mind that the design would have to be standardized. My point is that anything even as big as a current car battery could be troublesome for some elderly folks or people with back problems.
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Sonar?
It was a lame attempt at humor, really. I apologize to the slashdot community. :)
Check out their "retro kitchen"... http://www.wymsey.co.uk/wymchron/retro.htm. I mean, who uses Windows 98 these days anyway?
Slow down cowboy!
Slashdot requires you two wait 24 hours before posting a previous story!
Oops, that should have been 419 chip. Even used the preview button and STILL didn't catch it...
Well, I misread it as "New Server Chip Nigeria." Don't ask how I got that from Niagara.
Now we have silicon scammers!
Don't tell me you missed the '?'. Where's the following "expr:expr"?
Those margins of error will get you every time.
I'm not too sure how this would solve the problem. Yes, white would no longer be the transparent color in software, but if you were to go to a page like google, you'd have black text on a nearly black background. Hardly useable.
LCDs are designed to filter out the light coming through them. Black (RGB 0,0,0) would block all light, red (RGB 255,0,0) would block all but red, and of course white (RGB 255,255,255) lets everything through. You can't assign RGB (4,0,4) as transparent as the LCD surface would only let through ~1.6% of red and blue light, hardly transparent.
I personally think this display is a cheap hack, not worth $1,799. You could buy two LCD displays, disassemble them and stack them if you're savvy enough. I've never tried it, but it obviously can be done. The hard part would be taking off the panel backing without destroying the display.
Where's the "+1 Sarcastic" mod?
Seriously though. This is hardly a drop in the bucket for Microsoft.
Everyone knows real programmers use GWBASIC!
*ducks*
Come now, this is slashdot. We all know Windows = evil!
*ducks*
That's no balloon... it's a space station!
So are Linux and Windows more able to be Compatible, or are they more able to duke it out now?
How is this interesting? If anything, it's a blatent troll.
Of *course* people are going to get around any blocks you put in place. There will always be someone out there that can outdo you.
This is not an issue about the security of Windows. Most of us agree (including myself) that Windows has it's share of security problems. There is no ruse, just Microsoft trying to protect it's profeits... like any corporation should do.
It might be %37 cheaper, it might be %80 cheaper, or it might be %1 cheaper--but we're pretty sure it's cheaper."
Anyone else read this as "It might be percent 37 cheaper, it might be percent 80 cheaper, or it might be percent 1 cheaper--but we're pretty sure it's cheaper"?
Actually, when a major road runs through a town, the lights on that road are timed to work together. They are programmed to let traffic through as smoothly as possible to reduce congestion. However, they are usually timed so that if you drive too fast, you end up waiting at a red light. Try sitting back at a cafe sometime and watch the lights on a main road. They can actually be pretty neat to watch.
If that is what he meant, then I apologize for jumping at it.
What solar panel are you talking about? I realize the article may be slashdotted, but the link to DSI isn't. Go take an acutal LOOK at the device, THEN bless us with your commentary.
Wrong wrong wrong wrong!
While I agree with you that this is terrible, you have the wrong reasoning for countering it. Can you prove that "9 times out of 10" assertion? Can you prove that beyond the shadow of a doubt, data being entered via the keyboard can always be assumed to be interstate material?
Monitoring the connection between the keyboard and the PC is NOT monitoring interstate communication. Interstate communication happens once data leaves the machine... typically over a network. Then, packet sniffers would be considered wiretapping.
The proper analogy for this would be placing a taperecorder in someone's home or office to listen on their phone calls. IANAL, so I don't know the legality of that. I'm sure someone will chime in on this issue. However, this is the reasoning that should be applied to this situation.
There is a very importaint distinction between physically installing a device to measure the signals between the keyboard and the CPU, and intercepting data that has left the computer. You need physical access to install the recording mechanism. This opens up other legal avenues that can be pursued... trespassing, vandalism, etc.
Again, IANAL, but I don't think that reasoning along the lines of "most of the time it's used this way, so it should be illegal" should be brought before the courts. I know a lot of slashdotters agree with me on that point... the RIAA would never get support from slashdot for such a claim.
The battery in the article may be lithium, but I doubt that the market would be 100% lithium batteries.
While I really like the idea of this battery replacement program, I don't think it would be at all like filling up a tank with gas. IINAEngineer, however I would think that at least initially, the battery for an electric car would be huge... at least far bigger than a typical car battery today. How exactly does one simply change a 200lb* battery? Will a technician do it? And if so, would this fee include his pay?
Perhaps this could be solved by creating a robotic mechanism that removes and installs batteries. However, this would severly limit the design possibilities for future vehicles. Batteries would have to be placed in standardized locations of standardized sizes. Also consider accidents: A gasoline spill can be stopped by the pump technician, and petrol is *relatively* harmless unless exposed to open flame or ingested. Battery acid from a dropped/cracked/faulty battery is an entirely different story.
*Note: 200lbs is a rather rough assumption of what a battery would be. It could easily be halved or doubled... but keep in mind that the design would have to be standardized. My point is that anything even as big as a current car battery could be troublesome for some elderly folks or people with back problems.