Ive got roadrunner, (got a free upgrade last month too woot) and besides having to call them to make them open all incoming ports (damn them) I havent had a single problem/word from them, and my upload is generally saturated too, youd think theyd be concerned...
After spending about an hour reading all the comments in this thread (and its branches), Id have to say that there arent enough mod points to go around some days...
Staying on topic, however...
Computer technology makes things much cheaper for us to do research and development for spacecraft.
In the Apollo era, ships were designed by (as far as I can tell, Im not rocket scientist) trying to make everything fit in a cylinder. With computers and computational fluid dynamics, we could design fuel systems that are made with fuel lines that have very little flow resistance to increase output (power). Navigational systems have the capability to be *much* smarter (faster, higher capacity, etc), at a fraction of the cost at the time.
Perhaps the order of magnitude mentioned earlier is offset by the advances in technology today... going to mars now might not cost much more than moon missions did in the 60's.
With the added benifit of technology, it may even wind up being cheaper, by lowering the catastrophic failure ration (pure O2 air mixture? we learned a lot that we {thank dog} dont have to learn again).
I work in an AI lab, and we do a lot of work on FMRI scans. Each of them is a gigabyte or two.
Since in orderf to find patterns between brains in different states we need multiple brains for multiple brain activations, this translates to a messload of data. We use dual Opteron systems here with a terabyte of disk each (7 workstations), and they are barely sufficient for the task.
I, for one, would see a significant improvement if I could upgrade past the gigabit we already have running in the lab.
well then... guess that settles it. Incindiary charges built into every new computer from now on.
Then again, I suppose hacking out acpi and cpufreq could have a similar effect... but then the writer wouldnt be able to go back and use infected machines as drones.
The interesting part here is this is a way for insurance companies to duck out on paying out for claims.
Lets say you were doing 56 in a 55.
You were breaking the speed limit, you cant be covered, sorry.
This could lead many places where we dont want it to go.
After that however, I think it could be a fabulous idea.
First.. the google ad system is MUUCH less annoying than MSN's practice of popups (yes, I know, get google toolbar) and annoying large image and flash ads.
I have had a gmail account for a while now, and I am using 15 MBs of it. You dont know how hard it is to try and burn away storage in an email account like that.
Sure, 2 GB is twice as big, but no one will ever use it. Doubtful that anyone will ever use even 1GB of storage in email. That coupled with the ad system makes msn a big loser without major overhauls that our fisher-price pal M$ is probably not willing to do.
Plus, MSN will probably want to charge $6.99 a month for the storage...
How is this really effective?
With a single rickshaw, even with decent class organization, how are these skills going to help people get better jobs or do their work better? Especially when they are barely completing junior high school years?
While it is a nice way to spread tech around, I dont see how it makes life better for people than the same amount of money in other educational things (books, teachers, that much money goes a long way).
IBM deals with a lot of hardware, so theres not a whole lot of doubt that they can keep their business moving on hardware -- much like Sun is doing -- while opening up software for development, which is actually a cost saving measure as well.
Think... people are writing your OS for you. As a company, thats an awesome deal.
I was more worried about the effects it would have on the open source community, since in any case IBM has the legal moral groun no matter what argument they take.
Since the GPL has never really been tested in court (that I know of) it will be interesting to see how it is disassembled and twisted by the SCO lawyers to become ineffective.
IBM has a decent case, it brings to mind the image of a kitten poking at a Rotty.
The GPL is well written enough, it should stand up in court, even against SCO.
At least, I hope it will, or else we have a whole new battle on our hands...
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Ive got roadrunner, (got a free upgrade last month too woot) and besides having to call them to make them open all incoming ports (damn them) I havent had a single problem/word from them, and my upload is generally saturated too, youd think theyd be concerned...
G4 Cubes, Ammo Boxes, Gas Cans, and Guitars, to name a few...
How is that not a troll?
Definitely not insightful, monkeys aren't even allowed inside of voting booths since they'd probably vote for Buchanan instead!
Doesnt matter anymore... the site's been slashdotted.
On that note, anyone have the article text in their history?
I dont know about you, but retiring was all I could think about when I started working...
funny that you mention Microsoft being worried about SCO.
Id love to see SCO sue Microsoft. All our issues would be solved in as much time as it takes Bill Gates to call the Microsoft Legal Team.
Do it!
After spending about an hour reading all the comments in this thread (and its branches), Id have to say that there arent enough mod points to go around some days...
Staying on topic, however...
Computer technology makes things much cheaper for us to do research and development for spacecraft.
In the Apollo era, ships were designed by (as far as I can tell, Im not rocket scientist) trying to make everything fit in a cylinder. With computers and computational fluid dynamics, we could design fuel systems that are made with fuel lines that have very little flow resistance to increase output (power). Navigational systems have the capability to be *much* smarter (faster, higher capacity, etc), at a fraction of the cost at the time.
Perhaps the order of magnitude mentioned earlier is offset by the advances in technology today... going to mars now might not cost much more than moon missions did in the 60's.
With the added benifit of technology, it may even wind up being cheaper, by lowering the catastrophic failure ration (pure O2 air mixture? we learned a lot that we {thank dog} dont have to learn again).
amen.
The US government being involved sounds suspiciously to me like what has been happening in China for years...
agreed, too many people use that excuse when asked to sign a petition, go to a rally, etc -- that things have been worse.
so? theyre only going to get worse again unless you get up and work to preserve the freedoms that you enjoy.
There may be a glimmer of hope for this country yet...
I work in an AI lab, and we do a lot of work on FMRI scans. Each of them is a gigabyte or two.
Since in orderf to find patterns between brains in different states we need multiple brains for multiple brain activations, this translates to a messload of data. We use dual Opteron systems here with a terabyte of disk each (7 workstations), and they are barely sufficient for the task.
I, for one, would see a significant improvement if I could upgrade past the gigabit we already have running in the lab.
so, it requests the root password
In romanian?
well then... guess that settles it. Incindiary charges built into every new computer from now on.
Then again, I suppose hacking out acpi and cpufreq could have a similar effect... but then the writer wouldnt be able to go back and use infected machines as drones.
This entire thread (from parent down) should be modded up informative for the play by play of the dissection of the trojan. Good job, guys. Damn good.
imblaze is a verbatim copy of gaim with ads added in, but its also old news (months and months).
I was there when it broke in IRC, and it was kept quiet. Things are still being done behind the scenes to remedy the problem.
I think he also meant to include weight by association. An ateroid the size of a VW weighs significantly more than a VW...
The best part of that is, once they are unstable, we will have cheaper rockets and can just fire the unstable reactors at the sun!
The interesting part here is this is a way for insurance companies to duck out on paying out for claims. Lets say you were doing 56 in a 55. You were breaking the speed limit, you cant be covered, sorry. This could lead many places where we dont want it to go. After that however, I think it could be a fabulous idea.
4 inch diameter, damn
I was thinking this might also be a story on nanotechnology... a 4" long telescope.
oh well, back to work.
So now big brother corporate is trying to milk the olympics for all they're worth as well?
Is nothing sacred?
This calls for a revolution
First.. the google ad system is MUUCH less annoying than MSN's practice of popups (yes, I know, get google toolbar) and annoying large image and flash ads.
I have had a gmail account for a while now, and I am using 15 MBs of it. You dont know how hard it is to try and burn away storage in an email account like that.
Sure, 2 GB is twice as big, but no one will ever use it. Doubtful that anyone will ever use even 1GB of storage in email. That coupled with the ad system makes msn a big loser without major overhauls that our fisher-price pal M$ is probably not willing to do.
Plus, MSN will probably want to charge $6.99 a month for the storage...
insert weak rimshot here
The thing I have to wonder about is:
How is this really effective?
With a single rickshaw, even with decent class organization, how are these skills going to help people get better jobs or do their work better? Especially when they are barely completing junior high school years?
While it is a nice way to spread tech around, I dont see how it makes life better for people than the same amount of money in other educational things (books, teachers, that much money goes a long way).
found some blog on it that explains it well.4 /05/05/310.aspx
http://blogs.galaxycow.com//vermyndax/archive/200
In certain areas of the southwest US, fiber is being run into test areas to see if it is a financially viable upgrade to the infrastructure.
:D
I forget exactly who is doing it, but Im in one of the areas and first in line to get it.
/me waits for his 45Mbit connection
IBM deals with a lot of hardware, so theres not a whole lot of doubt that they can keep their business moving on hardware -- much like Sun is doing -- while opening up software for development, which is actually a cost saving measure as well.
Think... people are writing your OS for you. As a company, thats an awesome deal.
I was more worried about the effects it would have on the open source community, since in any case IBM has the legal moral groun no matter what argument they take.
Perhaps Im thinking too far ahead here...
Since the GPL has never really been tested in court (that I know of) it will be interesting to see how it is disassembled and twisted by the SCO lawyers to become ineffective.
IBM has a decent case, it brings to mind the image of a kitten poking at a Rotty.
The GPL is well written enough, it should stand up in court, even against SCO.
At least, I hope it will, or else we have a whole new battle on our hands...