Honestly, if you think you can just slap a few open piece of software togeather and have a secure functioning browser, you're smoking something. There's a reason there's only 4 browser engines, and that's because it's *hard*.
Yes, a secure browser, that also functions like most of us now expect a browser to function, is hard.
But I think you meant 4 major browser engines. There's also lynx/links. Then there's also WGet/cURL. They don't function like most of us now expect a browser to function, but they're probably more secure.
I've never seen a "PLATO", so "touch-sensitive 8.5"x8.5" bit-mapped plasma screens" gave me visions of a tablet PC/laptop, maybe even like the Apple tablet that's supposed to come out soon.
But I think it's more like the way Wikipedia endangers paper encyclopedias. Remember, this is only for publicly funded textbooks. These open-source books will become, like Wikipedia, the learning source for the masses. But there will be other books, akin to Encyclopedia Brittanica, that are definitely more expensive, but may be better, and will be bought by expensive private schools like Harvard, Yale; maybe even some private high schools.
Also, there may be special topics (e.g. "High Performance Parallel Computing with Brainfuck") that never have books produced with federal funds; these you'll have to pay through the nose for anyway.
But it wouldn't be for something by a state official, or a former official, such as (paraphase*) "[Probe for oil in this location. Probe for oil at this time.]".
* The original quote is owned by the Gingrich family.
Everybody's talking about how this will be useful when they do X. Why can't it be useful now?
If there's a nice open layer somewhere, maybe on the bottom of the chip, how about sending out a clock signal across the entire chip, faster than the current tree/mesh methods? Getting the entire chip in sync this way could probably let it run a good deal faster, too.
If a router is still a computer, then so is a toaster, a watch, and my television set.
For once, "Does it run Linux?" may be a useful test here. As it happens, my router does run Linux (BusyBox). Your toaster probably doesn't. Your watch may or may not, but probably doesn't. Your TV set might, if it's new enough, or if you consider a TiVo part of your TV set.
Well then, screw mobile device. How about using this to recharge electric vehicles? A 12-inch coil is no big deal in an automobile.
I expect that you will want to transfer energy more rapidly to your car than enough to power a single speaker. For more power at similar range, you will probably need a bigger antenna.
(And 20% power loss from transmitter to receiver is pretty horrible efficiency.)
The second page of TFA says they recently demonstrated a 3KW charger for electric vehicles.
It would be great for people without the luxury of a garage, and could mitigate the risks of a high power cable laying around outside all day.
So could a having a cable with a a cable reel and a fixed, locked cabinet, which would also give you a lot better transfer efficiency and capacity than this seems to offer.
No, this isn't really good for home use. But imagine you're a cab driver, driving a plug-in hybrid. Gas is $2-$5/gallon, electricity is $1/gallon-equivalent. Now imagine you can pull up in front of a hotel or airport and automatically start charging your batteries, paid for with your toll pass or something similar, for maybe $1.50/gallon-equivalent, while being immediately available for a fare. Isn't that worth it?
All my local stations had some problems around that time. On Thursday night, CBS had an audio problem (using the wrong channels from the surround sound, I think, so music came through but voices did not.) On Friday morning, ABC was dropping frames, so movements looked jerky. An analog repeater station also somehow switched from PBS to religious programming for awhile. Then on Friday night, PBS digital, a Spanish station, and NBC all went black for awhile (during the hockey game!) But I think they're all settling down now.
So in case any average consumer reads this, let's put an end to that myth. For instance, I'll compare the Starter Win7 disabled list in TFA with Puppy Linux:
Vim: http://www.vim.org/ ssh: Comes with Cygwin screen: Dunno, never used that one. a decent terminal: What's so indecent about cmd.exe? partimage: Try running "diskmgmt.msc" rysnc: Dunno, but rsync comes with Cygwin.:) Apache: Comes with Cygwin. Never worked too hard on configuring it, though. Postfix: Why can't you just use GMail like everybody else?:P Or at least have a dedicated mail server besides your Windows machine? Courier: Wikipedia says it's mainly for Windows. Squirrelmail: See Postfix
I tried installing SRWare Iron a couple of months ago. I actually found it slower than Firefox with NoScript (and a bunch of other plugins). I suspect that, ignoring Javascript, Chromium is slower than Gecko on old, single-processor machines like mine.
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Honestly, if you think you can just slap a few open piece of software togeather and have a secure functioning browser, you're smoking something. There's a reason there's only 4 browser engines, and that's because it's *hard*.
Yes, a secure browser, that also functions like most of us now expect a browser to function, is hard.
But I think you meant 4 major browser engines. There's also lynx/links. Then there's also WGet/cURL. They don't function like most of us now expect a browser to function, but they're probably more secure.
I triple-click (to select paragraphs), which would be even worse!
I've never seen a "PLATO", so "touch-sensitive 8.5"x8.5" bit-mapped plasma screens" gave me visions of a tablet PC/laptop, maybe even like the Apple tablet that's supposed to come out soon.
Not even close!
OK, not exactly, but the same topic was recently discussed in the Uniforms post.
It's just not all that great a development environment.
That's what Firefox + Firebug does for you. OK, it's not Visual Studio or Netbeans, but it's leagues beyond anything in IE.
Perhaps it was a doctor?
I guess if the US government insists on snooping in your safe-deposit-box-like email account...the next step is to get a Swiss Email Account.
I wonder if Swiss banks would actually provide such accounts?
Sounds like another interesting random number or two for everybody to put in their sig.
But I think it's more like the way Wikipedia endangers paper encyclopedias. Remember, this is only for publicly funded textbooks. These open-source books will become, like Wikipedia, the learning source for the masses. But there will be other books, akin to Encyclopedia Brittanica, that are definitely more expensive, but may be better, and will be bought by expensive private schools like Harvard, Yale; maybe even some private high schools.
Also, there may be special topics (e.g. "High Performance Parallel Computing with Brainfuck") that never have books produced with federal funds; these you'll have to pay through the nose for anyway.
It may go for more, but I'd bet someone at least bids that amount.
For example, if they had sold a paper copy of 1984 illegally, they aren't allowed to burn down the house of anyone who purchased it.
No, that would be reserved for buyers of Farenheit 451.
Since he was in the federal government, that quote is in the public domain.
But it wouldn't be for something by a state official, or a former official, such as (paraphase*) "[Probe for oil in this location. Probe for oil at this time.]".
* The original quote is owned by the Gingrich family.
Yes, because we all know that every locale has magic electricity faeries just waiting to produce low-carbon-footprint electricity.
I sea some potential ones. So does Ken Salazar .
Everybody's talking about how this will be useful when they do X. Why can't it be useful now?
If there's a nice open layer somewhere, maybe on the bottom of the chip, how about sending out a clock signal across the entire chip, faster than the current tree/mesh methods? Getting the entire chip in sync this way could probably let it run a good deal faster, too.
Or would reflections be a problem or something?
If a router is still a computer, then so is a toaster, a watch, and my television set.
For once, "Does it run Linux?" may be a useful test here. As it happens, my router does run Linux (BusyBox). Your toaster probably doesn't. Your watch may or may not, but probably doesn't. Your TV set might, if it's new enough, or if you consider a TiVo part of your TV set.
I expect that you will want to transfer energy more rapidly to your car than enough to power a single speaker. For more power at similar range, you will probably need a bigger antenna.
(And 20% power loss from transmitter to receiver is pretty horrible efficiency.)
The second page of TFA says they recently demonstrated a 3KW charger for electric vehicles.
It would be great for people without the luxury of a garage, and could mitigate the risks of a high power cable laying around outside all day.
So could a having a cable with a a cable reel and a fixed, locked cabinet, which would also give you a lot better transfer efficiency and capacity than this seems to offer.
No, this isn't really good for home use. But imagine you're a cab driver, driving a plug-in hybrid. Gas is $2-$5/gallon, electricity is $1/gallon-equivalent. Now imagine you can pull up in front of a hotel or airport and automatically start charging your batteries, paid for with your toll pass or something similar, for maybe $1.50/gallon-equivalent, while being immediately available for a fare. Isn't that worth it?
All my local stations had some problems around that time. On Thursday night, CBS had an audio problem (using the wrong channels from the surround sound, I think, so music came through but voices did not.) On Friday morning, ABC was dropping frames, so movements looked jerky. An analog repeater station also somehow switched from PBS to religious programming for awhile. Then on Friday night, PBS digital, a Spanish station, and NBC all went black for awhile (during the hockey game!) But I think they're all settling down now.
Actually, I've seen instructions for making a portable DTV with Free Software!
1. Get an eee PC 1000 40G.
2. Get a Hauppauge HVR 950 USB tuner.
3. Follow the setup instructions.
Although you probably need a car or generator to recharge it.
So in case any average consumer reads this, let's put an end to that myth. For instance, I'll compare the Starter Win7 disabled list in TFA with Puppy Linux:
Wall Wart Linux Server - $99
USB Hub - $15
USB VGA video card - $50
USB flash drive - $35
Building your own nettop computer - priceless!
Vim: http://www.vim.org/ :) :P Or at least have a dedicated mail server besides your Windows machine?
ssh: Comes with Cygwin
screen: Dunno, never used that one.
a decent terminal: What's so indecent about cmd.exe?
partimage: Try running "diskmgmt.msc"
rysnc: Dunno, but rsync comes with Cygwin.
Apache: Comes with Cygwin. Never worked too hard on configuring it, though.
Postfix: Why can't you just use GMail like everybody else?
Courier: Wikipedia says it's mainly for Windows.
Squirrelmail: See Postfix
I tried installing SRWare Iron a couple of months ago. I actually found it slower than Firefox with NoScript (and a bunch of other plugins). I suspect that, ignoring Javascript, Chromium is slower than Gecko on old, single-processor machines like mine.
Actually, as far as seat belts go, that's true. Otherwise, we'd all be using 5-point harnesses.
There really is a balance between convenience/price and the pursuit of perfection, even in safety.
This flu kills healthy people by causing fluid buildup in the lungs.
So, yes, quit smoking!
Easy solution: Ping each computer before attempting WOL. If it's there, don't wake it up or send a shutdown command. If not, do both.
If there's a firewall issue with ping, try something else, like accessing a networked drive or something.