I'm spending about one hour a week fixing Lexmark related problems for relatives (the type of relatives you can't advise to buy a new printer).
I'm just mentioning it because your statement sounds like Lexmark at least delivers. If there is one thing I'm annoyed about this millennium it's the X75 branch trying to cooperate with Win2000/XP. It's almost like a random generator is trying to determine which USB port is good today or if it wants to talk to the printer at all. Sometimes I'm wondering why plain old parallel ports are just as reliable as USB regarding to printers...
I was referring to the obstacles of transporting a full working bomb into the US, not just 15 pounds of DU.
I don't really know if transporting the latter really is newsworthy - it's not unlawful to import DU. Having the '92 plane crash in Amsterdam in mind (a 747 having 850 kg of DU on board used as counterweights) there shouldn't be too much concerns about DU dirtbombs anyway.
IIRC the US had a project in the late 60's which tried to determine how hard it would be to build a nuclear bomb. They employed some freshly graduated physic students which had no prior knowledge about bomb designs but were allowed to use any material being in public domain. After about 3 man years they presented a working design. Taking into account that nowadays there is much more information available to the public it is likely that it would take even less time.
However, you are quite right that it would be incredibly expensive/complicated for a non-government group to obtain amounts of weapon grade uranium or plutonium sufficient for a critical reaction. And even if they would be able to build a nuclear bomb it would still be extremely hard to transport it to a place were it could be of any use for them (I know that it's in theory possible to build bombs the size of a suitcase, but it would be hard enough for a government to build such a device).
I don't really see your point - the concept of virtual desktops or workspaces solves the problem of having many apps open at the same time. I currently have more than 15 windows open and none of them are minimized or behind another window, because I simply aranged them on 4 workspaces. Finding the right worspace isn't difficult either, because I arranged them by topic (shells are on worspace 2 for example, Firefox and Thunderbird are on worspace 3).
Just because neither Apple nor Microsoft have "embraced" this concept doesn't mean we have to reinvent the wheel.
That's a great idea if you are living in Europe and want to visit the US. Has it come to your mind that Martha Stewart isn't broadcasted worldwide? Most European countries only had coverage about her because of the recent legal problems she encountered...
so does the size and weight of a desktop computer really make a difference? IMO it's not a point at all as long as we are comparing recent desktop or workstation computers. Marketing always finds ways to augment certain features, but that isn't really a proof of its superiority.
I'm sorry, but I can move my DIY piece of crap x86 just as fast as any Mini.
It's not less true than let's say 500 years ago - it's just less likely that your country is free to do what it wants because it has agreed to join certain treaties and oranizations (like NATO or WTO or even the UN). But it was your countries' choice after all.
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Yup, the site is for real and they still deliver on schedule (despite of never changing the design since '98).
I'm so glad that I just take two of them out of the drawer nowadays instead of playing a stressful "quest for socks" game every morning - it just makes live easier:)
Don't tell me that a desktop computer won't be moved because of it's weight. Even my 80+ years grandmother could move an average computer to the other side of the room without hassle (if she would ever want to move a computer).
In your example it makes a difference because it is a portable device. But does it make a difference if your desktop computer is 5 kg or e.g. 15? Since you don't move it too often it doesn't really matter at all.
The Mini beats them all in terms of size however, which might make it interesting for people having not much of it to spare.
Well, the point actually is, that you get a ppc (running OSX) for a relatively low price. But compared to similar (x86) solutions it's rather expensive.
So you either like the architecure or you like OSX or you simply love its design (there is nothing wrong about that), but don't tell me that the mini is low cost. It's just a niche Aplle hasn't covered before.
AFAIK SMB used to be an open protocol, so there wasn't any reverse-engineering involved. CIFS might be a different story.
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Mine (being black) usually don't fade before they get holes. And when they start to get holes I throw them away anyway. Seriously - do you boil them? If so you should really try lower temperatures. In my experience 40C (104F) really do the job if the washing maschine is performing well.
I'm on a socks subsription service btw. Wouldn't mention it if I wasn't so happy not having to deal with this issue anymore. They send me 4 pairs every 3 months, which is quite perfect for my needs. Since I started this (6 years ago) they haven't changed the design, so I don't even have to fold matching ones up after washing - I just take two of them out of the drawer every morning. The service is called soxinabox.de btw (only interesting for readers in Germany I guess). I'm of course not affiliated to them.
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C'mon, every kid knows that the dryer eats some of them regularly.
However, there is a way to ease the loss: Always buy the same kind of socks in the same color so you at least don't have to deal with "singles".
However, using a card skimmer it's possible to copy a card and retrieve its PIN at the same time (if you also install a cam). So my example isn't that far fetched. I actually picked it because it's pretty obvious that nobody can travel from London to Lima within 20 minutes.
But don't ask me how often frauds are happening between Lima and London - that's a different story;)
Bank accounts aren't really a good example, because I happen to know of some banks which actually do this.
If you withdraw lots of cash in London and 20 minutes later you are using a cash maschine in Lima your account will likely be locked immediately. Not that this compares to suspicious behavior in the computer world (because distance doesn't matter there), but I guess it's the same approach.
Fair enough, a sovereign country can do almost anything within its borders. However, I believe that it's nevertheless valid to complain about unreasonable treatment of visitors.
For example back in the mid 90's I had to declare that I'm not planning any attacks on the White House when I visited the US (coming from Europe). There surely was no harm done to me, but seriously, how childish can it get?
There is a flaw in this argument, because those European privacy laws have different intentions than the Patriot Act (I guess I don't really have to explain the differences).
And as for your second point: If I'm for example buying a book at amazon.de (having created an account there) they have to obey German/EU privacy laws, because they are doing business in Germany. Since I can log into amazon.com with my account I don't really believe that they are following the official safe harbor policy, but in principle they have to respect the laws of the countries they do business in, which has nothing to do with the EU extending laws beyond their borders.
I don't really care Mr. AC, because I won't deploy it until I'm at the top. And even if it happens I'll make sure that administration will be as easy as with any other distro. I don't really see what's dumb with that at all.
Great - I don't want to know how many mod points you just wasted;)
I'm a Gentoo fanboy myself and if I ever happen to work at a place where I'm really in charge of everything and money doesn't matter I'll put Gentoo on every box.
However, this discussion is rather pointless, because everybody will defend the distro he/she feels comfortable with. I can do amazing things with Gentoo, but I'm quite sure that any serious RedHat wiz can do the same with Fedora.
Along with Forbman's comment I would also guess that doubling the CPU speed won't cut the time by half - other factors like bandwith also play a role.
You also have to consider that newer CPUs will likely produce more heat and consume more power. The parts of the article I read suggest that they can't conduct much more heat.
DTrace provides a powerful infrastructure to permit administrators, developers, and service personnel to concisely answer arbitrary questions about the behavior of the operating system and user programs.
So the answer to your question is: no, it's not useful for a "normal" user.
That's exactly how I understand it.
I just believe that those violins and other instruments don't add any value at all if they are played through speakers, because it compromises the whole concept of listening to a piece of music in the most realistic fashion. That's why I think that this technology is only suitable for pieces involving one piano. But that's just 2 cents of opinion.
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How precise are those btw? As you might have noticed many strategy (turn) based games don't require much speed and accuracy.
I'm spending about one hour a week fixing Lexmark related problems for relatives (the type of relatives you can't advise to buy a new printer).
I'm just mentioning it because your statement sounds like Lexmark at least delivers. If there is one thing I'm annoyed about this millennium it's the X75 branch trying to cooperate with Win2000/XP. It's almost like a random generator is trying to determine which USB port is good today or if it wants to talk to the printer at all. Sometimes I'm wondering why plain old parallel ports are just as reliable as USB regarding to printers...
I was referring to the obstacles of transporting a full working bomb into the US, not just 15 pounds of DU. I don't really know if transporting the latter really is newsworthy - it's not unlawful to import DU. Having the '92 plane crash in Amsterdam in mind (a 747 having 850 kg of DU on board used as counterweights) there shouldn't be too much concerns about DU dirtbombs anyway.
IIRC the US had a project in the late 60's which tried to determine how hard it would be to build a nuclear bomb. They employed some freshly graduated physic students which had no prior knowledge about bomb designs but were allowed to use any material being in public domain. After about 3 man years they presented a working design. Taking into account that nowadays there is much more information available to the public it is likely that it would take even less time.
However, you are quite right that it would be incredibly expensive/complicated for a non-government group to obtain amounts of weapon grade uranium or plutonium sufficient for a critical reaction. And even if they would be able to build a nuclear bomb it would still be extremely hard to transport it to a place were it could be of any use for them (I know that it's in theory possible to build bombs the size of a suitcase, but it would be hard enough for a government to build such a device).
I don't really see your point - the concept of virtual desktops or workspaces solves the problem of having many apps open at the same time. I currently have more than 15 windows open and none of them are minimized or behind another window, because I simply aranged them on 4 workspaces. Finding the right worspace isn't difficult either, because I arranged them by topic (shells are on worspace 2 for example, Firefox and Thunderbird are on worspace 3).
Just because neither Apple nor Microsoft have "embraced" this concept doesn't mean we have to reinvent the wheel.
That's a great idea if you are living in Europe and want to visit the US. Has it come to your mind that Martha Stewart isn't broadcasted worldwide? Most European countries only had coverage about her because of the recent legal problems she encountered...
so does the size and weight of a desktop computer really make a difference? IMO it's not a point at all as long as we are comparing recent desktop or workstation computers. Marketing always finds ways to augment certain features, but that isn't really a proof of its superiority.
I'm sorry, but I can move my DIY piece of crap x86 just as fast as any Mini.
Tsunamis don't have much effect on the open sea, so deep ocean habitats are pretty save I guess.
It's not less true than let's say 500 years ago - it's just less likely that your country is free to do what it wants because it has agreed to join certain treaties and oranizations (like NATO or WTO or even the UN). But it was your countries' choice after all.
Yup, the site is for real and they still deliver on schedule (despite of never changing the design since '98). I'm so glad that I just take two of them out of the drawer nowadays instead of playing a stressful "quest for socks" game every morning - it just makes live easier :)
Don't tell me that a desktop computer won't be moved because of it's weight. Even my 80+ years grandmother could move an average computer to the other side of the room without hassle (if she would ever want to move a computer).
In your example it makes a difference because it is a portable device. But does it make a difference if your desktop computer is 5 kg or e.g. 15? Since you don't move it too often it doesn't really matter at all.
The Mini beats them all in terms of size however, which might make it interesting for people having not much of it to spare.
Well, the point actually is, that you get a ppc (running OSX) for a relatively low price. But compared to similar (x86) solutions it's rather expensive. So you either like the architecure or you like OSX or you simply love its design (there is nothing wrong about that), but don't tell me that the mini is low cost. It's just a niche Aplle hasn't covered before.
AFAIK SMB used to be an open protocol, so there wasn't any reverse-engineering involved. CIFS might be a different story.
Mine (being black) usually don't fade before they get holes. And when they start to get holes I throw them away anyway. Seriously - do you boil them? If so you should really try lower temperatures. In my experience 40C (104F) really do the job if the washing maschine is performing well.
I'm on a socks subsription service btw. Wouldn't mention it if I wasn't so happy not having to deal with this issue anymore. They send me 4 pairs every 3 months, which is quite perfect for my needs. Since I started this (6 years ago) they haven't changed the design, so I don't even have to fold matching ones up after washing - I just take two of them out of the drawer every morning. The service is called soxinabox.de btw (only interesting for readers in Germany I guess). I'm of course not affiliated to them.
C'mon, every kid knows that the dryer eats some of them regularly.
However, there is a way to ease the loss: Always buy the same kind of socks in the same color so you at least don't have to deal with "singles".
However, using a card skimmer it's possible to copy a card and retrieve its PIN at the same time (if you also install a cam). So my example isn't that far fetched. I actually picked it because it's pretty obvious that nobody can travel from London to Lima within 20 minutes.
But don't ask me how often frauds are happening between Lima and London - that's a different story ;)
Bank accounts aren't really a good example, because I happen to know of some banks which actually do this.
If you withdraw lots of cash in London and 20 minutes later you are using a cash maschine in Lima your account will likely be locked immediately. Not that this compares to suspicious behavior in the computer world (because distance doesn't matter there), but I guess it's the same approach.
Fair enough, a sovereign country can do almost anything within its borders. However, I believe that it's nevertheless valid to complain about unreasonable treatment of visitors.
For example back in the mid 90's I had to declare that I'm not planning any attacks on the White House when I visited the US (coming from Europe). There surely was no harm done to me, but seriously, how childish can it get?
There is a flaw in this argument, because those European privacy laws have different intentions than the Patriot Act (I guess I don't really have to explain the differences).
And as for your second point:
If I'm for example buying a book at amazon.de (having created an account there) they have to obey German/EU privacy laws, because they are doing business in Germany. Since I can log into amazon.com with my account I don't really believe that they are following the official safe harbor policy, but in principle they have to respect the laws of the countries they do business in, which has nothing to do with the EU extending laws beyond their borders.
I don't really care Mr. AC, because I won't deploy it until I'm at the top. And even if it happens I'll make sure that administration will be as easy as with any other distro.
I don't really see what's dumb with that at all.
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Great - I don't want to know how many mod points you just wasted
I'm a Gentoo fanboy myself and if I ever happen to work at a place where I'm really in charge of everything and money doesn't matter I'll put Gentoo on every box.
However, this discussion is rather pointless, because everybody will defend the distro he/she feels comfortable with. I can do amazing things with Gentoo, but I'm quite sure that any serious RedHat wiz can do the same with Fedora.
Along with Forbman's comment I would also guess that doubling the CPU speed won't cut the time by half - other factors like bandwith also play a role. You also have to consider that newer CPUs will likely produce more heat and consume more power. The parts of the article I read suggest that they can't conduct much more heat.
That's exactly how I understand it. I just believe that those violins and other instruments don't add any value at all if they are played through speakers, because it compromises the whole concept of listening to a piece of music in the most realistic fashion. That's why I think that this technology is only suitable for pieces involving one piano. But that's just 2 cents of opinion.