That is very interesting. At first glance I tended to agree.
First, I think that it is obvious that I was using a touch of hyperbole.
For the third time (just for clarity) I wouldn't change the "content" just the medium.
I don't think that a large print COPY of the Bible is blasphemous.
Or even an English version;-)
I don't even think that there is anything wrong with someone making a change, or even making a change and redistributing (with the kind permission of the author.) As long as they don't try to pass it off as the real thing.
Say some slashdot troll gets his kicks from putting a copy of the Guide on his site, but replaces references to tea with hot grits (again, with the authors permission to modify and redistribute) I don't see any harm.
This seems equivalent to having wallpaper of the Mona Lisa with a shirt that says "Shit Happens" courtesy of the GIMP.
To put it another way. If I scanned in my copy of Mostly Harmless and converted it, say, to PDF would a copy of that file be more valuable than mona_s_happens.bmp?
Again, we have crossed the divide between atoms and bits. The Mona Lisa is valuable because it is "the one true" Mona Lisa (in atom form)
Adams himself converted the Guide to digital form and resold it (for an early "digital book") Did some "creative control" he exerted maintain its "value" (your word) or is it just as good in pixels as it is in ink?
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
Well, my friend, you could not be more wrong. On every count no less!
1. I am neither clueless, nor a zealot. I offer no evidence, but neither did you.
2. I happen to own at least one copy of each of Mr. Adams works, with the exception of that hippy book, "The Meaning of Lif," and the Infocom Hitchhikers game (which I wish I had.) (yes, I do have Bureaucracy.) I do not begrudge Mr. Adams one cent of his royalty for any of these items.
3. I would sooner paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa, or something vulgar on the Sistine Chapel than alter one of Mr. Adams masterpieces.
Perhaps open was a poor choice of (buzz)words, what I really meant was "will you waive your copyrights on fans producing copies, translations and "ports" to other media types." But in the end these ARE changes, aren't they? So maybe open is what I meant after all.
What I would like is:
1. To be able to reformat his works to other media (as in the CD reference.)
2. and to hear his reaction (as a writer) to the question.
-Peter
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
That has been documented as a typo. I can't remember where I read that though. Maybe his biography (who's name escapes me, perhaps I left it on a bus.)
-Peter
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
I know that "creating content" (buzz word alert) is your livelihood, but how would you feel about "opening" that content at some point?
Do you think, at some point, you may "retire" and make a "gift" of your work to your fans? This becomes more meaningful as books become more of a digital medium. I would love to hand a disc with all of your books on it to a friend.
What I would like to know most of all, is how do you react to this question. Does it seem like a ridiculous question? Does it immediately strike you as something you would not even consider? Is it something you had already considered?
Did you consider piracy when the digital version (I can't remember the name of that computer book doohickey that it was on.) of the Hitchhikers Guide was released? Did the manufacturer convince you that it would not be prevalent, or did you not care?
Is there anything that convinces you that you are outside outside the asylum more than Slashdot?
-Peter
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
I don't know a lot about the topic, but I used to work for a radio guy (in the Army) and from what I gathered in that time, antennae work -specifically- by NOT being grounded. I imagine that this would not add, and might even reduce, EMI.
That is one hell of a sentence.
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
"[. ..]a good distro should protect users from themselves."
If you want to be protected from yourself, use round tipped sisors to cut, crayons to write, and NT as a server OS.
REAL tools are DANGEROUS. The operator must be an expert, and protect himself and those around him with this skill.
You can't make power saws, machine guns, or server OSes that are idiot proof.
That is not to say that this is not a bad mistake, but should Red Hat demand a note from your mommy before you can install beta software (bugs, holes and all) on your system?
Also, I would like to comment that this is NOT a backdoor, it is a wide open front door.
I don't know exactly how it works, but the signal does not change. The GPS unit itself determines if you get "high" or "low" accuracy. For this reason they are stored in arms rooms. I used to be an armorer. We had a bunch of them. -AC (For obvious reasons)
What!? MRE's not filling enough? I am a pretty big guy and I like to eat, but MRE's were always MORE than enough. In fact when I was in the field I could only get down two a day.
I think this is the same idea as Windows Mini-port drivers.
Works great for things that don't actually need a driver in the first place (like modems and tape drives) But in my experience (with windows) it is not so good for other devices.
In other words, you aint gonna run video with this.
Balance has to do with gravity, which is only equivalent to spacial orentation (very) locally.
In other words, if you define a certain direction as "down" with a gyro, then travel to the other side of the earth it will point in EXACTLY the wrong direction.
I'm not a scholor of Latin, but AFAIK circa means "round" (as circular) and is used similarly to "'round" in English (or "'round-bout" in redneck, as in 'taint it 'round-bout supper time?)
The page is clearly dated October 1993, so (in my quite humble opinion) since we have an exact year, it is not proper to use circa.
When last I check, Illinois a member of the Republic of the United States of America. I believe that this is still the case.
Where did this "confiscate personal property and ask questions later" mindset come from?
Contrary to what you seem to believe, police officers are not "the law," and, therefore "cuz Mr. police officer says so" does not qualify as "due process of law."
In short, READ THE CONSTITUTION and maybe a little HISTORY. Failure to do so is the great failure of this nation.
If they used a "standard" controller you could. But I don't see 16 megs as much of a gain. Can you find a 2.5 inch drive that is less than a gig these days?
I can't speak to the particular device in question, but there is a class of devices (of which this device may be a member) for which the "utils" are fdisk, mkfs, mount, cp, rm, mv. (or even fdisk, format, copy, del, move.)
They use a standard IDE interface, and the OS doesn't care if there is a spinning platter beneath the interface.
I suspect that this one is like that. The site that this thread is all about is (self admittedly) rough, but it appears that the guy has removed the "flash" and used it's IDE connector to attach the hdd.
This theory is further supported by the fact that there is and IDE connector, and the box is clearly quite "striped down." I don't think there is an unused IDE connector as it ships.
Hemos observed that this would make a perfect X terminal with a 2.5 inch HDD.
Why would you need the hard drive? 16meg is PLENTY of room to make this thing boot off the network. In fact you could even boot locally, though you might have to get X off of NFS. (I honestly don't know how big a basic X setup for use as an X terminal is. I kind of suspect that it would also fit in that 16megs.) This eliminates the expense (and pain in the ass, did you see how the IDE cable has to be rigged?) of buying and installing a drive, and still gives you a nice X term.
I would get one, but I am doing the same thing with my old Toshiba notebook (using the included 2.5 inch drive.)
Too much emphasis on books can also be a bad thing. The last thing schools need is to become a school for a "society of book critics."
I agree that public schools are becoming too "vo-tech" oriented, but I don't see how CS classes to learn to use the "tool"that is the computer are any different from a Lit class. It is a class to learn to get the most out of a tool, and an opportunity to learn to think critically.
I think that this is an important point, because critical thinking has taken a back seat to "don't do drugs" and "use a condom." Perhaps exposure to the uncompromising logic of computers will yield a generation who do not have to be told that "drugs are bad, mmmkay."
You might disagree with the philosophy, but it makes perfect sence to develop software that takes lots of CPU cycles and puts them to a useful purpose.
I do not disagree. But the original question was "what is this poor performance buying me?" What is this "useful purpose of which you speak?
Slashdot Mirror
That is very interesting. At first glance I tended to agree.
;-)
First, I think that it is obvious that I was using a touch of hyperbole.
For the third time (just for clarity) I wouldn't change the "content" just the medium.
I don't think that a large print COPY of the Bible is blasphemous.
Or even an English version
I don't even think that there is anything wrong with someone making a change, or even making a change and redistributing (with the kind permission of the author.) As long as they don't try to pass it off as the real thing.
Say some slashdot troll gets his kicks from putting a copy of the Guide on his site, but replaces references to tea with hot grits (again, with the authors permission to modify and redistribute) I don't see any harm.
This seems equivalent to having wallpaper of the Mona Lisa with a shirt that says "Shit Happens" courtesy of the GIMP.
To put it another way. If I scanned in my copy of Mostly Harmless and converted it, say, to PDF would a copy of that file be more valuable than mona_s_happens.bmp?
Again, we have crossed the divide between atoms and bits. The Mona Lisa is valuable because it is "the one true" Mona Lisa (in atom form)
Adams himself converted the Guide to digital form and resold it (for an early "digital book") Did some "creative control" he exerted maintain its "value" (your word) or is it just as good in pixels as it is in ink?
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
Well, my friend, you could not be more wrong. On every count no less!
1. I am neither clueless, nor a zealot. I offer no evidence, but neither did you.
2. I happen to own at least one copy of each of Mr. Adams works, with the exception of that hippy book, "The Meaning of Lif," and the Infocom Hitchhikers game (which I wish I had.) (yes, I do have Bureaucracy.) I do not begrudge Mr. Adams one cent of his royalty for any of these items.
3. I would sooner paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa, or something vulgar on the Sistine Chapel than alter one of Mr. Adams masterpieces.
Perhaps open was a poor choice of (buzz)words, what I really meant was "will you waive your copyrights on fans producing copies, translations and "ports" to other media types." But in the end these ARE changes, aren't they? So maybe open is what I meant after all.
What I would like is:
1. To be able to reformat his works to other media (as in the CD reference.)
2. and to hear his reaction (as a writer) to the question.
-Peter
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
That has been documented as a typo. I can't remember where I read that though. Maybe his biography (who's name escapes me, perhaps I left it on a bus.)
-Peter
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
Mr. Adams,
I know that "creating content" (buzz word alert) is your livelihood, but how would you feel about "opening" that content at some point?
Do you think, at some point, you may "retire" and make a "gift" of your work to your fans? This becomes more meaningful as books become more of a digital medium. I would love to hand a disc with all of your books on it to a friend.
What I would like to know most of all, is how do you react to this question. Does it seem like a ridiculous question? Does it immediately strike you as something you would not even consider? Is it something you had already considered?
Did you consider piracy when the digital version (I can't remember the name of that computer book doohickey that it was on.) of the Hitchhikers Guide was released? Did the manufacturer convince you that it would not be prevalent, or did you not care?
Is there anything that convinces you that you are outside outside the asylum more than Slashdot?
-Peter
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
I don't know a lot about the topic, but I used to work for a radio guy (in the Army) and from what I gathered in that time, antennae work -specifically- by NOT being grounded. I imagine that this would not add, and might even reduce, EMI.
That is one hell of a sentence.
Slashdot cries out for open standards, then breaks them.
"[. . .]a good distro should protect users from themselves."
If you want to be protected from yourself, use round tipped sisors to cut, crayons to write, and NT as a server OS.
REAL tools are DANGEROUS. The operator must be an expert, and protect himself and those around him with this skill.
You can't make power saws, machine guns, or server OSes that are idiot proof.
That is not to say that this is not a bad mistake, but should Red Hat demand a note from your mommy before you can install beta software (bugs, holes and all) on your system?
Also, I would like to comment that this is NOT a backdoor, it is a wide open front door.
Hmm, don't know how that happened. I did a preview, but I did not look very closely so make sure that it did not put my nick on it.
;-)
My TS expired a couple of months ago anyway
-Pete
I don't know exactly how it works, but the signal does not change. The GPS unit itself determines if you get "high" or "low" accuracy. For this reason they are stored in arms rooms. I used to be an armorer. We had a bunch of them. -AC (For obvious reasons)
Two words: Thermal monitoring.
What!? MRE's not filling enough? I am a pretty big guy and I like to eat, but MRE's were always MORE than enough. In fact when I was in the field I could only get down two a day.
Weird.
I guess no one actually read the FAQ.
The current implementation is for the purpose of getting it all working. Optimization to follow.
Some apply logic and crawl before they attempt to run.
See the FAQ
-Peter
I think this is the same idea as Windows Mini-port drivers.
Works great for things that don't actually need a driver in the first place (like modems and tape drives) But in my experience (with windows) it is not so good for other devices.
In other words, you aint gonna run video with this.
-Peter
I am not a biologist.
I think that there is a difference between organic and biologial (as in biotech.)
There is a world of difference between a buckyball and a plant or animal cell. (Self replecation comes to mind.)
-Peter
Good point, but mulitpliers are getting higher, and (intel) caches are getting smaller! (At least at the moment.)
-Peter
I am not an EE type, but it seems obvious to me that with the silly mutilpliers out there (6x+) memory latency is at least as important as bandwidth.
IMHO real life problems tend to be bursty, not sustained.
-Peter
Balance has to do with gravity, which is only equivalent to spacial orentation (very) locally.
In other words, if you define a certain direction as "down" with a gyro, then travel to the other side of the earth it will point in EXACTLY the wrong direction.
-Peter
I'm not a scholor of Latin, but AFAIK circa means "round" (as circular) and is used similarly to "'round" in English (or "'round-bout" in redneck, as in 'taint it 'round-bout supper time?)
The page is clearly dated October 1993, so (in my quite humble opinion) since we have an exact year, it is not proper to use circa.
Am I wrong on this?
When last I check, Illinois a member of the Republic of the United States of America. I believe that this is still the case.
Where did this "confiscate personal property and ask questions later" mindset come from?
Contrary to what you seem to believe, police officers are not "the law," and, therefore "cuz Mr. police officer says so" does not qualify as "due process of law."
In short, READ THE CONSTITUTION and maybe a little HISTORY. Failure to do so is the great failure of this nation.
** I don't know anything about the I-Opener **
If they used a "standard" controller you could. But I don't see 16 megs as much of a gain. Can you find a 2.5 inch drive that is less than a gig these days?
-Peter
I can't speak to the particular device in question, but there is a class of devices (of which this device may be a member) for which the "utils" are fdisk, mkfs, mount, cp, rm, mv. (or even fdisk, format, copy, del, move.)
They use a standard IDE interface, and the OS doesn't care if there is a spinning platter beneath the interface.
I suspect that this one is like that. The site that this thread is all about is (self admittedly) rough, but it appears that the guy has removed the "flash" and used it's IDE connector to attach the hdd.
This theory is further supported by the fact that there is and IDE connector, and the box is clearly quite "striped down." I don't think there is an unused IDE connector as it ships.
-Peter
Oh, yeah, I forgot about the need for a NIC.
This is not relevent today, but there are USB NICs out there, and hopefully they will be suppored soon.
-Peter
Hemos observed that this would make a perfect X terminal with a 2.5 inch HDD.
Why would you need the hard drive? 16meg is PLENTY of room to make this thing boot off the network. In fact you could even boot locally, though you might have to get X off of NFS. (I honestly don't know how big a basic X setup for use as an X terminal is. I kind of suspect that it would also fit in that 16megs.) This eliminates the expense (and pain in the ass, did you see how the IDE cable has to be rigged?) of buying and installing a drive, and still gives you a nice X term.
I would get one, but I am doing the same thing with my old Toshiba notebook (using the included 2.5 inch drive.)
Too much emphasis on books can also be a bad thing. The last thing schools need is to become a school for a "society of book critics."
I agree that public schools are becoming too "vo-tech" oriented, but I don't see how CS classes to learn to use the "tool"that is the computer are any different from a Lit class. It is a class to learn to get the most out of a tool, and an opportunity to learn to think critically.
I think that this is an important point, because critical thinking has taken a back seat to "don't do drugs" and "use a condom." Perhaps exposure to the uncompromising logic of computers will yield a generation who do not have to be told that "drugs are bad, mmmkay."
I seem to remember MS pushing DLLs, citing two benefits:
1. Standardization, look and feel is guaranteed to be consistent if you are using a lib to do the job.
2. (the relevant part) Disk Space, less repetition = less disk space.
-Peter
You might disagree with the philosophy, but it makes perfect sence to develop software that takes lots of CPU cycles and puts them to a useful purpose.
I do not disagree. But the original question was "what is this poor performance buying me?" What is this "useful purpose of which you speak?
-Peter