I was visiting my local ISP's connection center few months ago, and the DWDM came up there.
Someone asked how much are they able to transfer over the fiber using DWDM. The guy answered that with current 10GBit/s backbone and DWDM equipment, they can throttle up to 140GB traffic through the system.
for me, going from 2.6.7->2.6.8 fixed some nasty problems with serial ata and boot-order(via chipset)
couldn't boot the machine at all with 2.6.7 so that it would recognize my disk controller and drive with root partition
also the change which moved sata hds from ide to scsi devices caused some gray hair and extra work
we've had digital radio broadcasts for ~6 years now
and currently the amount of sold digital recievers countrywide is 0
honestly, the concept really needs some rethinking
there was an article while ago somewhere that most german it projects ended up failing
maybe this is another evidence why that keeps happening
apparently they just can't make up their mind wheter to go one way or another and end up stuck in the switching process
well, 93x land space, lets say 100x budget then..
that would make 6700 billion dollars
now since you brought up CIA fact book,
GDP for USA is 10980 billion dollars
South Korean government is investing half of their GDP for this project during 3 year period of time. If US government would invest even 20% of the budget for same purpose, that would stack up to 6600 billion, which is quite close to the rough estimated amount.
If US government would want to step into hi-tech era and wire real broadband to every home, they could. Apparently people aren't demanding this enough to make things happen.
Since new systems now are running with +1gig memory and with 64-bit systems over 4gig memory is possible, why not run the entire operating system in ram instead of hd and just write differential changes in ramrootfs to disk.
It would probably slightly slow down booting, but that could be avoided by loading software to memory as needed
The brainwashing stuff was just "what if" scenario
You quite clearly asked how someone could mix corrupt code into checked projects, well one way is situation where occasional person slips through the extensive background checks, and if the tester would be corrupt as well, he might alter the test results to look as if the program worked like it was supposed to.
Situation which you described might make the background check on such person less extensive, if his/her immediate family was working at the same place, someone like his/her father for example. The people doing the checks are just human.
It's not very likely, but it is a possibility.
everyone has their price, offer substancial reward and anyone can turn into spy who might alter the code
and often the brainwashing starts from home
did you ever go to church with your dad when you were little?
now what if your dad had've been fundamentalist and started brainwashing you at early age, eventually reaching point where you both were working in a position to stir the world peace with minor changes to some code
the lifelong brainwashing would've altered your sense of responsibility and if your dad would ask you to alter the missile targeting system to do something else, you'd probably do it without hesitating since you'd feel obligated to follow his word
kinda like the suicide bombers in middle east, blowing themselves up in belief of fast entry to heaven by dying as a martyr
who cares about mp3 or aac? those are already in almost every new phone by default
not sure if the production model will have the DVB-M tuner built-in, but the prototype has it, so the major feature would be portable digital tv, not some audio codec support
We've had software and computers for ~30 years now
Going back 200 years, we only began the proper industrialization and everything was pretty much running on steam.
I think it's flawed to try to design software that lasts for decades or centuries.
The technology is constantly evolving, and as the hardware changes, so does the software.
If the hardware developement continues as it does, in 2200 we, or the people then, might be working with hardware running at terahertz speeds with 4096 bit architechtures.
Probably that's an underestimatement, since the evolving curves tend to be exponential.
I don't really think they would still need the software someone wrote for windows 95 200 years ago.
we have the hardware, paper and pen
only problem is that the software, human generally dies of old age around 70-100 years
I haven't yet seen custom-written software from this field, but some re-packaged with silicone enhancemets did catch my eye
This article reminded me of a strange device I saw at the grocery store the other day.
After closer inspection, the machine turned out to be automatic picture burner. You just flipped empty cd in and plugged the memory card from your camera to the drive and with assistance of 2-row lcd display, it burned the contents of your memory card to the cd.
As for starbucks, it was one of the stores I wanted to visit on my trip to usa, and it was slight dissappointment.. their coffee wasn't that good at all, atleast their regular black one
anyone thinking of hacking the coke can to do something else than creating excess litter after drinking it?
like get the signal reading to transfer somewhere else and put that slice from the can to your laptop for example and recieve constant coordinates to trace it, in case of theft for example
Slashdot Mirror
you don't have any friends?
I was visiting my local ISP's connection center few months ago, and the DWDM came up there.
Someone asked how much are they able to transfer over the fiber using DWDM.
The guy answered that with current 10GBit/s backbone and DWDM equipment, they can throttle up to 140GB traffic through the system.
for me, going from 2.6.7->2.6.8 fixed some nasty problems with serial ata and boot-order(via chipset)
couldn't boot the machine at all with 2.6.7 so that it would recognize my disk controller and drive with root partition
also the change which moved sata hds from ide to scsi devices caused some gray hair and extra work
we've had digital radio broadcasts for ~6 years now
and currently the amount of sold digital recievers countrywide is 0
honestly, the concept really needs some rethinking
there was an article while ago somewhere that most german it projects ended up failing
maybe this is another evidence why that keeps happening
apparently they just can't make up their mind wheter to go one way or another and end up stuck in the switching process
away for good?
nah, they're just preparing for longhorn
as for backup at home, ron's suggestion sounds good way to go, although it doubles the hardware expenses, but still cheaper and faster than tapes
well, 93x land space, lets say 100x budget then..
that would make 6700 billion dollars
now since you brought up CIA fact book,
GDP for USA is 10980 billion dollars
South Korean government is investing half of their GDP for this project during 3 year period of time.
If US government would invest even 20% of the budget for same purpose, that would stack up to 6600 billion, which is quite close to the rough estimated amount.
If US government would want to step into hi-tech era and wire real broadband to every home, they could.
Apparently people aren't demanding this enough to make things happen.
exactly what I thought
I think I have some green donkey kong game from nintendo stashed away somewhere which looks almost identical as that thing
> I have about 18GB of files in my main home dir, and I can search it in seconds with slocate and if I need a content search, with glimpse.
so that's 17,5GB porn and 0,5GB thumbnails?
Since new systems now are running with +1gig memory and with 64-bit systems over 4gig memory is possible,
why not run the entire operating system in ram instead of hd and just write differential changes in ramrootfs to disk.
It would probably slightly slow down booting, but that could be avoided by loading software to memory as needed
The brainwashing stuff was just "what if" scenario
You quite clearly asked how someone could mix corrupt code into checked projects, well one way is situation where occasional person slips through the extensive background checks, and if the tester would be corrupt as well, he might alter the test results to look as if the program worked like it was supposed to.
Situation which you described might make the background check on such person less extensive, if his/her immediate family was working at the same place, someone like his/her father for example.
The people doing the checks are just human. It's not very likely, but it is a possibility.
everyone has their price, offer substancial reward and anyone can turn into spy who might alter the code
and often the brainwashing starts from home
did you ever go to church with your dad when you were little?
now what if your dad had've been fundamentalist and started brainwashing you at early age, eventually reaching point where you both were working in a position to stir the world peace with minor changes to some code
the lifelong brainwashing would've altered your sense of responsibility and if your dad would ask you to alter the missile targeting system to do something else, you'd probably do it without hesitating since you'd feel obligated to follow his word
kinda like the suicide bombers in middle east, blowing themselves up in belief of fast entry to heaven by dying as a martyr
use mirrors instead:
http://www.google.co.jp/
http://www.google.fr/
http://www.google.se/
http://www.google.fi/
http://www.google.ca/
all above seem to be responsive atleast to me
I can't speak for every finn, but I don't know anyone who actually uses that site
who cares about mp3 or aac? those are already in almost every new phone by default
not sure if the production model will have the DVB-M tuner built-in, but the prototype has it, so the major feature would be portable digital tv, not some audio codec support
tracking my movements?
well, I have simple solution for that *snap*++NO CARRIER
distilled with custom milled distillery and temperature monitor boards crafted for the purpose
remember to add volume knob, or it'll make remarks about your software like ARPA bot
We've had software and computers for ~30 years now
Going back 200 years, we only began the proper industrialization and everything was pretty much running on steam.
I think it's flawed to try to design software that lasts for decades or centuries.
The technology is constantly evolving, and as the hardware changes, so does the software.
If the hardware developement continues as it does, in 2200 we, or the people then, might be working with hardware running at terahertz speeds with 4096 bit architechtures.
Probably that's an underestimatement, since the evolving curves tend to be exponential.
I don't really think they would still need the software someone wrote for windows 95 200 years ago.
we have the hardware, paper and pen only problem is that the software, human generally dies of old age around 70-100 years I haven't yet seen custom-written software from this field, but some re-packaged with silicone enhancemets did catch my eye
This article reminded me of a strange device I saw at the grocery store the other day. After closer inspection, the machine turned out to be automatic picture burner. You just flipped empty cd in and plugged the memory card from your camera to the drive and with assistance of 2-row lcd display, it burned the contents of your memory card to the cd.
As for starbucks, it was one of the stores I wanted to visit on my trip to usa, and it was slight dissappointment.. their coffee wasn't that good at all, atleast their regular black one
it is freedom wall, but on which side are you standing?
anyone thinking of hacking the coke can to do something else than creating excess litter after drinking it? like get the signal reading to transfer somewhere else and put that slice from the can to your laptop for example and recieve constant coordinates to trace it, in case of theft for example