I was thinking more of electrical discharges frying your computer.
Your PC would indeed 'fry' if placed in a powerful enough electromagnetic field, such as a microwave oven. This is why we usually don't put it in. However this has nothing to do with the PCs clock speed, except maybe that technologically, to increase the CPU clock you need to decrease the gate length and the oxide thickness of your digital technology, making it less robust to fields.
They may not be particularly powerful, but they are there.
For some applications they are powerful enough to be a nuisance. Forget picking up weak amateur radio stations when you are close to a PC. I guess AM broadcast (if weak enough) could even be disturbed by a nearby PC. And indeed also at other frequencies than the clock: your machine may run at 1 GHz, but probably has higher harmonics. Also subharmonics and in short ALL kinds of noise will be created.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. That would meet the minimum system requirements for Longhorn. If not, does it run Linux? At least you can compile Gentoo in under a week...
By its nature a flywheel is heavy and this additional mass also has to be accelerated. And the mechanic control would be difficult/dangerous. Batteries are there already, why not use them...
Your B-school educated manager, or PhD-awarded engineer or researcher, is going to give you respect for a job well done. But if you think that translates into access to a new tier of status and esteem, think again.
1) aren't respect and esteem very related?
2) why should they invite you to their parties? IMHO, everyone should know their place. When you are a manager, try to manage properly. When you are to sweep leaves, sweep them with care. In both cases I will respect you, which is enough 'in return'. Why is it necessary to invite you to parties?
Your B-school educated manager, or PhD-awarded engineer or researcher, is going to give you respect for a job well done. But if you think that translates into access to a new tier of status and esteem, think again.
Respect IMHO is exactly the opposite of what you are suggesting: if I respect someone, I wouldn't mind if he dated my sister, whatever he or she studied. That's what respect is all about.
I'd be morelikely to conclude that this means the schedules are simply wrong. it's so difficult to plan a correct schedule, and asking developers how long they think XYZ will take doesn't really work well.
My schedules usually walk on the very thin edge of what I think is possible, what the other party wants, and what I can get away with. Make a deal. You can always try to bend it afterwards...
The trend is not for newer storage methods to outlast older ones by any stretch of the imagination
Interesting to see that one can convert old movie pelicule to modern DVD standards (to be able to see old family movies), while on the other hand you can also have modern video tapes converted to pellicule for longevity...
What kind of magazine is this "Wired"? No trolling intended, but I find it personally a rather tiring read, because the article is packed with 'couleur locale' and how everything is so diffucult for these poor boys etc. Please talk about their achievement, not about how hard it was etc.
FTA: "He wasn't used to approaching women, let alone well-dressed white women. He saw apprehension flash across her face. Maybe she thought he was trying to sell magazines or candy bars, but he steeled himself..."
All you'd need is a switch and some ethernet cables and you could have yourself a nifty 8 node cluster for under a grand... and bragging rights for probably having one of the worlds smallest clusters.
Unfortunately this would also be the worlds least powerful cluster...
Anyone who really minds about security will take care of it himself and NOT rely on the 'secure network', promises by the providers etc. A part of being paranoid is _exactly_ that you do not trust your security in the hands of others. Personally, wherever I am in the world, I download an ssh client on personal web space that I know is not compromised, and I am far from a security freak.
Big question is: although crime benefits from a little discretion, maybe not all criminals are fully aware of security.
This is indeed a great and _right_ way to do it and one of the cleverest things I read at/.
One more detail may be needed: adjusting for the gamma/color of the monitor, in other words, you may need to play with the hue/saturation settings of the picture.
The picture is dependent from the angle you look at the screen, so the system at least has to know your position. Moreover, it is possible that the image you will be seeing is not completely visible by a (one) webcam on the back. Nice idea, though...
Slashdot Mirror
I have even heard about a guy with TWO complete individual PCs...
Your PC would indeed 'fry' if placed in a powerful enough electromagnetic field, such as a microwave oven. This is why we usually don't put it in. However this has nothing to do with the PCs clock speed, except maybe that technologically, to increase the CPU clock you need to decrease the gate length and the oxide thickness of your digital technology, making it less robust to fields.
For some applications they are powerful enough to be a nuisance. Forget picking up weak amateur radio stations when you are close to a PC. I guess AM broadcast (if weak enough) could even be disturbed by a nearby PC. And indeed also at other frequencies than the clock: your machine may run at 1 GHz, but probably has higher harmonics. Also subharmonics and in short ALL kinds of noise will be created.
This toothing stuff maybe never even existed, except as an effective rumour to frustrate a whole news-for-nerds site in one hit...
Apparently they look something like this
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. That would meet the minimum system requirements for Longhorn. If not, does it run Linux? At least you can compile Gentoo in under a week...
By its nature a flywheel is heavy and this additional mass also has to be accelerated. And the mechanic control would be difficult/dangerous. Batteries are there already, why not use them...
1) aren't respect and esteem very related?
2) why should they invite you to their parties? IMHO, everyone should know their place. When you are a manager, try to manage properly. When you are to sweep leaves, sweep them with care. In both cases I will respect you, which is enough 'in return'. Why is it necessary to invite you to parties? Your B-school educated manager, or PhD-awarded engineer or researcher, is going to give you respect for a job well done. But if you think that translates into access to a new tier of status and esteem, think again.
Respect IMHO is exactly the opposite of what you are suggesting: if I respect someone, I wouldn't mind if he dated my sister, whatever he or she studied. That's what respect is all about.
It's called 'society'. I also only know it from a book. If you want, I can bring it to your basement...
My schedules usually walk on the very thin edge of what I think is possible, what the other party wants, and what I can get away with. Make a deal. You can always try to bend it afterwards...
Probably also thanks to /. your project is late in the first place...
7) enter the market too late.
I have never worked in a company (only academic... sweet...), but can imagine 7) is why 1) to 6) are neglected.
Interesting to see that one can convert old movie pelicule to modern DVD standards (to be able to see old family movies), while on the other hand you can also have modern video tapes converted to pellicule for longevity...
Hm, tough one here. Obviously only the time-resistant media survived...
FTA: "He wasn't used to approaching women, let alone well-dressed white women. He saw apprehension flash across her face. Maybe she thought he was trying to sell magazines or candy bars, but he steeled himself..."
Not quite in "news for nerds"-style...
Unfortunately this would also be the worlds least powerful cluster...
Jobs? What's Steve got to do with it?
Unfortunately, that's true. Some students write so many (linguistic) mistakes (e.g. at exams) that one cannot even start to take these...
1) take enough clean underwear with you...
Big question is: although crime benefits from a little discretion, maybe not all criminals are fully aware of security.
One more detail may be needed: adjusting for the gamma/color of the monitor, in other words, you may need to play with the hue/saturation settings of the picture.
The picture is dependent from the angle you look at the screen, so the system at least has to know your position. Moreover, it is possible that the image you will be seeing is not completely visible by a (one) webcam on the back. Nice idea, though...