In my experience even windows machines have problems on windows networks.
Today I have been onsite at a customer where they cannot reliably save documents on their windows 2K server from their windows XP clients.
Bizzare, but true, and the message from Microsoft is wait for SP2.... I'm so glad im a gentooer now for my personal machine, I find it works as advertised when configured correctly (which for me has not been a chore). As ever YMMV.
On Wednesday, Microsoft for the first time divulged specific information about what the Starter Editions will contain. For instance, the bare-bones operating system's screen resolution maxes out at 800-by-600, it lacks support for home networking and shared printers, and only allows three programs to be running simultaneously.
He could, perhaps, be talking about a diff(that would be just the changes in the source code) Could easily for a moderate amount a change in a program be 25kb, although i suspect that SP2 is more than 25kb of changed code...
There's certainly room for improvement, of course. I'd love to see a GUI that can take most tarballs and figure out what dependencies they'll need filled before they're be installed, install those dependencies in an easy, transparent manner, and compile/install the selected application. Gosh, it would be great if it could do that really quickly, too.
You have seen the future, and the future is called gentoo. Seriously though, portage is excellent for installing packages from source, and is easy to use for a linux beginner.
Which examined several ideas about gossip and what you could 'achieve' with it.
they start it as a rumor, sombady else see's it as some real information and put's it online...
from rumor to part of your identity in no time...,
Reminds me of something else in the film, a newspaper story which attributes a 'gossip' magazine for opinion on a criminal case. Regardless of 'the truth' a person's life can be ruined by media, be it print, web or otherwise.
The question is how much do you trust your sources of information?
Most encryption algorithms rely on it being easier to multiply numbers than to factorise them. Quantum computers can easily factorise a large number into a product of primes.
This is how quantum computers can break encryption
I'm not sure what they mean by the encryption that is secure though; Quantum encrytion as such is completely separate from Quantum computers, it is just a clever method using detection of the polarisation of light.
The sending computer begins by sending photons in one of four configuations, two each for the x shape and + shape
The detectors can only tell the difference between the two states if they are detecting using the correct shape.
The reciever then transmits a list saying which detector shape it used for each bit, and the sender sends back information saying when it was a correct guess, thus establishing a cipher key
Now, if someone is intercepting the signal, they will not guess the same way as the reciever, thus they wont have the cipher key at the end (I can't remember if they are detectable becuase they screw with the polarisation or not).
Thus unbreakable crytography.
[Disclaimer: IANAPhysicist, and I know that because I read The Code Book by Simon Singh. He describes it properly and accurately (both secure cryptography and breaking today's algorithms with quantum computers)]
This is about as close as I've gotten to what many old arcade games did as a matter of course, drop players into a world and let them fend for themselves in a situation with pre-determined rules but random everything else.
I personally prefer the paranoia solution. You aren't allowed to know the rules;-). Endless crazy fun
The program provides a list of ip addresses to block email from. It doesn't only target dutch isp customers email, it allows email from known virus offenders to be blocked.
Also in the faq for the program, a dutch ISP can apply to be whitelisted.
So how does this constitute locking down their customers?
In addition, do ISPs want virus spreading customers?
What's the difference between what you describe and the idea of Lotus Improv?
Improv was a truly innovative system, which I think represents a logical method of fast data handling.
Also, could jEdit have been developed if VisiCalc and Improv had not come before it?
To summarise:
Standard license fee is 121 pounds(colour television)
Black and White Television is 40.50 pounds
Registered blind people can apply for a discount of up to 50%
People over the age of 75 do not need a license
But maybe you could extract your revenge on your local community?
Maybe that's not a good idea, as video games are already blamed for a large amount of violence...
Combined with mapping data can we make levels for our favourite games, with pictures of buildings true to life?
What else is needed to successfully colonise mars?
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It's great to see research into technology that can be used for colonisation.
If we can design effective living areas and 'farms' for use on mars, then it just becomes a question of funding.
What else needs designing for use on mars?
Looking forward to taking a trip there.
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In my experience even windows machines have problems on windows networks.
Today I have been onsite at a customer where they cannot reliably save documents on their windows 2K server from their windows XP clients.
Bizzare, but true, and the message from Microsoft is wait for SP2.... I'm so glad im a gentooer now for my personal machine, I find it works as advertised when configured correctly (which for me has not been a chore). As ever YMMV.
On Wednesday, Microsoft for the first time divulged specific information about what the Starter Editions will contain. For instance, the bare-bones operating system's screen resolution maxes out at 800-by-600, it lacks support for home networking and shared printers, and only allows three programs to be running simultaneously.
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So they're bringing back Windows v3.1 then?
Im not sure about the max resolution though
He could, perhaps, be talking about a diff(that would be just the changes in the source code) ...
Could easily for a moderate amount a change in a program be 25kb, although i suspect that SP2 is more than 25kb of changed code
There's certainly room for improvement, of course. I'd love to see a GUI that can take most tarballs and figure out what dependencies they'll need filled before they're be installed, install those dependencies in an easy, transparent manner, and compile/install the selected application. Gosh, it would be great if it could do that really quickly, too.
You have seen the future, and the future is called gentoo. Seriously though, portage is excellent for installing packages from source, and is easy to use for a linux beginner.
the film Gossip
Which examined several ideas about gossip and what you could 'achieve' with it.
they start it as a rumor, sombady else see's it as some real information and put's it online...
from rumor to part of your identity in no time...,
Reminds me of something else in the film, a newspaper story which attributes a 'gossip' magazine for opinion on a criminal case. Regardless of 'the truth' a person's life can be ruined by media, be it print, web or otherwise.
The question is how much do you trust your sources of information?
Yeah.
Strange but true.
You should read what it says about me in other books.
Most encryption algorithms rely on it being easier to multiply numbers than to factorise them. Quantum computers can easily factorise a large number into a product of primes.
This is how quantum computers can break encryption
I'm not sure what they mean by the encryption that is secure though; Quantum encrytion as such is completely separate from Quantum computers, it is just a clever method using detection of the polarisation of light.
The sending computer begins by sending photons in one of four configuations, two each for the x shape and + shape
The detectors can only tell the difference between the two states if they are detecting using the correct shape.
The reciever then transmits a list saying which detector shape it used for each bit, and the sender sends back information saying when it was a correct guess, thus establishing a cipher key
Now, if someone is intercepting the signal, they will not guess the same way as the reciever, thus they wont have the cipher key at the end (I can't remember if they are detectable becuase they screw with the polarisation or not).
Thus unbreakable crytography.
[Disclaimer: IANAPhysicist, and I know that because I read The Code Book by Simon Singh. He describes it properly and accurately (both secure cryptography and breaking today's algorithms with quantum computers)]
$DIETY the mythical *nix god of a smaller waistline, who would approve at no more being installed!
This is about as close as I've gotten to what many old arcade games did as a matter of course, drop players into a world and let them fend for themselves in a situation with pre-determined rules but random everything else.
;-). Endless crazy fun
I personally prefer the paranoia solution. You aren't allowed to know the rules
rhythm-and-blues artist Samantha Mumba
Here was i thinking she was a rhythm-and-bass artist.
I thought that people like the Blues Brothers were rhythm and blues artists. Well I guess the RIAA knows it's music.
(Yes I do realise that the RIAA did not write this article)
I hate to admit this, but here we have one windows box that handles email. Win2k w/VPOP3. So, you really need three windows boxes to run email?
Did you even think about reading the article?
The program provides a list of ip addresses to block email from. It doesn't only target dutch isp customers email, it allows email from known virus offenders to be blocked.
Also in the faq for the program, a dutch ISP can apply to be whitelisted.
So how does this constitute locking down their customers?
In addition, do ISPs want virus spreading customers?
mod parent up, useful program for windows spyware etc removal.
What's the difference between what you describe and the idea of Lotus Improv?
Improv was a truly innovative system, which I think represents a logical method of fast data handling.
Also, could jEdit have been developed if VisiCalc and Improv had not come before it?
Further information on running costs is available in this document (Starting at about Table 14) and this document
According to the second document licence fee revenue is 2,659million pounds.
License fee information on the bbc website
TV Licensing Website
To summarise:
Standard license fee is 121 pounds(colour television)
Black and White Television is 40.50 pounds
Registered blind people can apply for a discount of up to 50%
People over the age of 75 do not need a license
I was thinking more of capturing the building surfaces as textures, and applying them to polygons in a 3d environment of some kind.
... maybe its worth some code.
However the idea of an sidescroller is quite good
I don't understand how this is any different to driving about to scout out potential targets?
Is there something I'm missing here?
But maybe you could extract your revenge on your local community? Maybe that's not a good idea, as video games are already blamed for a large amount of violence ...
Combined with mapping data can we make levels for our favourite games, with pictures of buildings true to life?
It's great to see research into technology that can be used for colonisation.
If we can design effective living areas and 'farms' for use on mars, then it just becomes a question of funding.
What else needs designing for use on mars?
Looking forward to taking a trip there.
is that an african or european swallow?
if the terrain allows it
and if the ecosystem can support it.
"clock speed" -- a term familiar to PC shoppers as gigahertz or megahertz
Aside from the fact that clock speed is measured in gigahertz or megahertz.
The article also referred to Der Spiegel
As reported in Der Spiegel