The only problem I have with the current way of grid-based computing is that it cost me a decent amount over the year. I have to leave my PC('s) on, which burns up power that could otherwise be saved.
I know several slashdotters leave their computers on 24/7, but I don't. It's akin to leaving a light-bulb on overnight, or leaving the fridge door open. I do have a computer I leave on overnight when it's downloading, but it's a 5headless 00mhz p3 with 256mb ram and it's promptly shut down until I need to download again.
If every person in the US turned on everything electric in their house, the grid would be brought to it's knees. If every person in the US tried to fill up their car at once, the fuel industry would be brought to it's knees. If every person in the US tried to fly at once, the airline industry would be brought to it's knees. If every person in the US hit slashdot at once, slashdot would be brought to it's knees.
You can't build infrastructure to handle everyone at once, all the time. It just doesn't make sense.
WHS does more than just incremental backups. Read up on it.
I don't have an xbox either but many people do. many people also have those media playing boxes.
VNC means third party software. If you're running a windows network everything is built in. Also, has does VNC have audio? Last time I messed with it, it did but it didn't work too well. WHS also gives you a xxxx.microsoft.com address or something like that so you can get to your files from any web browser without any extra software. It's a good solution for people who can run servers for whatever reason or have dynamic addresses.
Hardware requirements # Processor - 1GHz Pentium III or higher # RAM - 512MB RAM # Hard Drive - 80GB Internal Hard Drive # CD/DVD - Any Bootable DVD-ROM Drive (can be removed after install) # Network - 10/100 Network Interface Card
These are pretty realistic requirements too. I've had it running fine on less.
There are times when I've had problems installing windows (and drivers) but usually it's painless. Install windows then install drivers. I rarely have problems or conflicts.
"Task Scheduler to copy files from client to a network share? Can't be all that complex to set up a basic data backup routine..."
- WHS does this automatically and does multiple backups. It also has a nice feature that doesn't copy the same file twice (or more) if it's unchanged. So all those.dll's and such only get backed up once while you still have multiple backups from different dates. WHS also has a restore disc, just boot from that disc and restore the entire drive with a couple clicks, what whatever backup point you wish.
The adding of drives without having to configure much of anything is the best feature I think. Just plug in the drive, internally, usb, firewire, esata, etc. and it will allocate the space and make it one large drive. No need to do software raid. If you want to remove the drive, with a couple clicks it will move all the data off the drive so you don't lose anything.
It's extremely simple. Burn more calories than you intake, period. There is NO reason to make it more complicated than this. Don't give me bull about how obesity is a conspiracy by X, nearly everyone knows exactly what you have to do and they don't do it. There was an article in the Courier Journal (newspaper in Louisville, KY) not long ago and obesity, there was quotes by students from the University of Louisville that basically stated "I know exactly how bad for me it is, but I don't care. It tastes good and I like to eat it."
I lift 3x/week and run 5x/week and watch what I eat and drink. I drink no soda and I don't eat fast food. Guess what, I'm not overweight.
I don't believe a lot of buyers were typical wal-mart customers. These PC's have been blasted all over every tech site for the last several days and each site has been covered in comments about people who want to get one. There are comments on this slashdot article by people who have bought them.
I think a load of these were bought by linux fans wanting to support linux on a retail box. for a low price.
Isn't the problem with mars a lack of a magnetic field which allows the solar wind to strip away the atmosphere? I don't see how we could jump-start a magnetic field, so whats the point of even trying to rebuild the atmosphere if it's all going to blow away?
How about the lack of gravity? Can you build atmospheric pressure comparable to earth with lower gravity?
I saw Zurbin give a talk at my Univ a couple years ago and was going to ask him about it, but I forgot.
I'm sick of finger pointing. Focus on your agenda and work to get it passed. How many democrat bills have been passed vs. how many resolutions against bush and/or cheney?
If they aren't passing because bush is vetoing, that means they aren't working hard enough to work together.
It was bullshit when the impeached clinton, it's bullshit now.
Why would I want to double the size of my battery to achieve the same power output as a Li-ion?
I could see this in devices where you need a high current for a short time, but not for slow drain devices. I personally want a battery (or whatever) that last longer than a Li-ion or Li-polymer in a notebook or phone while staying the same size or going smaller.
I'm a bit off-topic here but I had to bring up what you stated, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." I don't know why people say that, the only thing I can think of is that they have no experience what-so-ever in marketing. A simply Marketing 101 will teach you otherwise.
Bad publicity has destroyed products, bankrupted corporations and bankrupted people. Bad publicity definitely does exit.
I don't believe that whiz-bang cellphones would do as good in the USA as they would in Asia. Asia is much more gadget-oriented than Americans are, not to say there would be no market, just not a strong market.
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The only problem I have with the current way of grid-based computing is that it cost me a decent amount over the year. I have to leave my PC('s) on, which burns up power that could otherwise be saved.
I know several slashdotters leave their computers on 24/7, but I don't. It's akin to leaving a light-bulb on overnight, or leaving the fridge door open. I do have a computer I leave on overnight when it's downloading, but it's a 5headless 00mhz p3 with 256mb ram and it's promptly shut down until I need to download again.
No, by definition murder is the unlawful killing of another human. Self-defense is usually lawful and therefor isn't murder.
From Webster:
Murder - 1: the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought
What about it?
If every person in the US turned on everything electric in their house, the grid would be brought to it's knees.
If every person in the US tried to fill up their car at once, the fuel industry would be brought to it's knees.
If every person in the US tried to fly at once, the airline industry would be brought to it's knees.
If every person in the US hit slashdot at once, slashdot would be brought to it's knees.
You can't build infrastructure to handle everyone at once, all the time. It just doesn't make sense.
And many of us travel much more than that. I rarely travel under 120mi/day.
lol, yea i'm watching it too on cbs.
i've never missed it, along with charlie brown.
Again, that is money that never should have been spent in the first place, on anything.
The Government needs to spend less money, not just shift spending around.
I've read that the first one was blown down by the Eagle lander lifting off.
Most of the United States can't grow sugarcane. We want we can produce within our borders.
WHS does more than just incremental backups. Read up on it.
I don't have an xbox either but many people do. many people also have those media playing boxes.
VNC means third party software. If you're running a windows network everything is built in. Also, has does VNC have audio? Last time I messed with it, it did but it didn't work too well. WHS also gives you a xxxx.microsoft.com address or something like that so you can get to your files from any web browser without any extra software. It's a good solution for people who can run servers for whatever reason or have dynamic addresses.
Hardware requirements
# Processor - 1GHz Pentium III or higher
# RAM - 512MB RAM
# Hard Drive - 80GB Internal Hard Drive
# CD/DVD - Any Bootable DVD-ROM Drive (can be removed after install)
# Network - 10/100 Network Interface Card
These are pretty realistic requirements too. I've had it running fine on less.
There are times when I've had problems installing windows (and drivers) but usually it's painless. Install windows then install drivers. I rarely have problems or conflicts.
"Task Scheduler to copy files from client to a network share? Can't be all that complex to set up a basic data backup routine..."
.dll's and such only get backed up once while you still have multiple backups from different dates. WHS also has a restore disc, just boot from that disc and restore the entire drive with a couple clicks, what whatever backup point you wish.
- WHS does this automatically and does multiple backups. It also has a nice feature that doesn't copy the same file twice (or more) if it's unchanged. So all those
The adding of drives without having to configure much of anything is the best feature I think. Just plug in the drive, internally, usb, firewire, esata, etc. and it will allocate the space and make it one large drive. No need to do software raid. If you want to remove the drive, with a couple clicks it will move all the data off the drive so you don't lose anything.
Never seen that one!
You win this thread.
It's extremely simple. Burn more calories than you intake, period. There is NO reason to make it more complicated than this. Don't give me bull about how obesity is a conspiracy by X, nearly everyone knows exactly what you have to do and they don't do it. There was an article in the Courier Journal (newspaper in Louisville, KY) not long ago and obesity, there was quotes by students from the University of Louisville that basically stated "I know exactly how bad for me it is, but I don't care. It tastes good and I like to eat it."
I lift 3x/week and run 5x/week and watch what I eat and drink. I drink no soda and I don't eat fast food. Guess what, I'm not overweight.
Imagine that.
Yea I can to on my 8125. Thats getting internet via cell service, not wi-fi.
apples and oranges.
I don't believe a lot of buyers were typical wal-mart customers. These PC's have been blasted all over every tech site for the last several days and each site has been covered in comments about people who want to get one. There are comments on this slashdot article by people who have bought them.
I think a load of these were bought by linux fans wanting to support linux on a retail box. for a low price.
Isn't the problem with mars a lack of a magnetic field which allows the solar wind to strip away the atmosphere? I don't see how we could jump-start a magnetic field, so whats the point of even trying to rebuild the atmosphere if it's all going to blow away?
How about the lack of gravity? Can you build atmospheric pressure comparable to earth with lower gravity?
I saw Zurbin give a talk at my Univ a couple years ago and was going to ask him about it, but I forgot.
I'm sick of finger pointing. Focus on your agenda and work to get it passed. How many democrat bills have been passed vs. how many resolutions against bush and/or cheney?
If they aren't passing because bush is vetoing, that means they aren't working hard enough to work together.
It was bullshit when the impeached clinton, it's bullshit now.
Do lasers follow the inverse square law? I'm guessing it doesn't since it's focused.
Either way, correct alignment seems pretty tough.
That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
I have a couple friends that went into food chemistry after undergrad. I thought about it but decided to stick with organic chemisty.
Good idea. That will also get rid of dump trucks, busses, regular trucks. Basically anything bigger than a regular car.
Why would I want to double the size of my battery to achieve the same power output as a Li-ion?
I could see this in devices where you need a high current for a short time, but not for slow drain devices. I personally want a battery (or whatever) that last longer than a Li-ion or Li-polymer in a notebook or phone while staying the same size or going smaller.
I'm a bit off-topic here but I had to bring up what you stated, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." I don't know why people say that, the only thing I can think of is that they have no experience what-so-ever in marketing. A simply Marketing 101 will teach you otherwise.
Bad publicity has destroyed products, bankrupted corporations and bankrupted people. Bad publicity definitely does exit.
No, that would just make an unreasonable system where anyone with the skill to properly dispose or hide the body would never be found guilty.
I don't believe that whiz-bang cellphones would do as good in the USA as they would in Asia. Asia is much more gadget-oriented than Americans are, not to say there would be no market, just not a strong market.
Or are you just one of those tools who think everybody in innocent just because they say so. She was convicted by a jury of her peers.