Back when Linus started to write his kernel the debate between monolithic and micro kernels still made some sense. But now more features and drivers are being written for linux and it is getting bigger and more bloated. Functions are being put into modules but that only solves half of your problem because a module can still bring down the kernel.
I think AST was right. Linux can't continue to use a monolithic architecture.
You might need to build a dumb USB power supply for it though. How about a 9 volt battery, a resistor and a zener diode?
How about that's extremely inefficient. For an additional $0.50 you can get a voltage regular or DC-DC converter.
Come on, I'm on the digital side of EE and I know better.
Yeah I really should have gone for the switchmode solution and saved a few microwatts. In my day sonny we were glad to have zeners. I had to walk all day in the snow....up hill...oh stuff it.
Java applets give more security to the client than flash applets. Developers prefer flash. Clients would prefer java if they understood the difference. Developers get to choose the technology which gets used on web pages.
More of a meme I think, at least in the context we are seeing it here. I developed a seizure disorder when I was at college. A friend started to act like I had AIDS. Making a big deal out of something which was for me simple and easy to keep under control.
Another friend of mine has some degree of photo-sensitivity. The biggest problem she described to me was the intense flashing sunlight caused by driving past trees with a low sun angle. One moment the sun is right on your face, then it is dark again. Glasses which darken when exposed to strong light would really have helped her, I think.
Right. The problem can only be solved if the Internet removes all forms of anonymity. Otherwise, it's just jumping through hoops which a bot can emulate.
We could see zombies skimming cemeteries for unused human identities.
If Titan has mixed chirality, would this reduce the efficiency of agriculture on that planet? I am thinking that we might try to use indigenous molecules to grow food. If the mix was 50% presumably only half the molecules would work for us.
An engineer gets exposed to an intense magnetic field during an accident in a power station. While recovering from his injuries it turns out that he can no longer extract energy from normal human food. The theory is that the field created a volume of four dimensional space within which he rotated before the power was removed. Faced with the prospect of starving to death he agrees to repeat the exposure in the hope that he will get rotated around the fourth dimension again. Unfortunately he translates along that dimension during the process and reappears inside after the power station after it has been put back into operation.
Wait, he gave away someone else's property? Someone bought the book, sent it to him to have it signed by him, and instead of sending the book back, he gave it away?
That looks a lot like theft to me.
What are they going to do? Track him down in Sri Lanka?
To prove my point that it is perfectly alright to lend your friend a dvd or book, I emailed the IPOS (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore)
Jesus thats brave. Maybe I should send an email to the secret service asking if it is okay to walk up to them with concealed weapons. What could possibly go wrong.
Arthur Clarke used to say that if anybody sent him a book to sign (and send back) he would just give it to a local library. He may lose a sale by doing that but it is more likely he will gain a sale. When I was young I mainly read library books, and books borrowed from other sources. I only bought books when I had the money, which wasn't very often.
Going back 15 or so years that wasn't the case. Copper was really slow then. Somebody up the page is talking about evacuated light guides instead of fibre. That sounds like a good way to cut into latency, and we are doing more with shorter wavelengths these days so maybe bandwidth over fibre improve.
I have read a lot of the history but it isn't clear to me why there was such a large price difference between the Lisa and the Mac. The technology seems to be similar so maybe it came down to low volume/high price vs high volume/low price.
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Back when Linus started to write his kernel the debate between monolithic and micro kernels still made some sense. But now more features and drivers are being written for linux and it is getting bigger and more bloated. Functions are being put into modules but that only solves half of your problem because a module can still bring down the kernel.
I think AST was right. Linux can't continue to use a monolithic architecture.
You might need to build a dumb USB power supply for it though. How about a 9 volt battery, a resistor and a zener diode?
How about that's extremely inefficient. For an additional $0.50 you can get a voltage regular or DC-DC converter. Come on, I'm on the digital side of EE and I know better.
Yeah I really should have gone for the switchmode solution and saved a few microwatts. In my day sonny we were glad to have zeners. I had to walk all day in the snow....up hill...oh stuff it.
You don't need a 9v battery, just 4 1.2v rechargeable AAs. Duct tape the two together and chuck it through an RIAA window hoping it picks up a signal.
Come to think it forget about the signal. Just short the rechargeable AAs and chuck them through the window
If it had Wifi, you could just stick it to the bottom of a table at your favorite coffee shop.
You might need to build a dumb USB power supply for it though. How about a 9 volt battery, a resistor and a zener diode?
Java applets give more security to the client than flash applets. Developers prefer flash. Clients would prefer java if they understood the difference. Developers get to choose the technology which gets used on web pages.
Is 7% a "high" death rate?
Wikipedia has normal flu mortality at 0.1%.
Which is pretty much the number of people who are always within a few months of death because of age and/or illness.
This is a myth.
More of a meme I think, at least in the context we are seeing it here. I developed a seizure disorder when I was at college. A friend started to act like I had AIDS. Making a big deal out of something which was for me simple and easy to keep under control.
Another friend of mine has some degree of photo-sensitivity. The biggest problem she described to me was the intense flashing sunlight caused by driving past trees with a low sun angle. One moment the sun is right on your face, then it is dark again. Glasses which darken when exposed to strong light would really have helped her, I think.
I can imagine situations where the ability to quickly remove a visual stimulus would actually help a person with photosensitive epilepsy.
I guess ultimately Bill Gates, is just this guy, you know?
Good to hear it from his brain care specialist.
A new wii must be less than 180 Euros. Mine cost 300 AUD.
installing unauthorized software shouldn't void the warranty (unless, of course, the software is what caused the malfunction).
So can Apple be made to do warranty repairs on jailbroken iphones?
Right. The problem can only be solved if the Internet removes all forms of anonymity. Otherwise, it's just jumping through hoops which a bot can emulate.
We could see zombies skimming cemeteries for unused human identities.
Yet the Wikipedia didn't bat an eyelash when Jimbo started Wikia using 'wiki' in the name. Double standard.
Wikipedia didn't invent the term "wiki".
If you encrypt SMS the message will simply be too long. Email on the other hand does not suffer from such limitations.
To encrypt you need to compress. The encrypted message could easily be smaller than the plain text.
If Titan has mixed chirality, would this reduce the efficiency of agriculture on that planet? I am thinking that we might try to use indigenous molecules to grow food. If the mix was 50% presumably only half the molecules would work for us.
Arthur C Clarke wrote a great story about this.
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An engineer gets exposed to an intense magnetic field during an accident in a power station. While recovering from his injuries it turns out that he can no longer extract energy from normal human food. The theory is that the field created a volume of four dimensional space within which he rotated before the power was removed. Faced with the prospect of starving to death he agrees to repeat the exposure in the hope that he will get rotated around the fourth dimension again. Unfortunately he translates along that dimension during the process and reappears inside after the power station after it has been put back into operation.
If you are using the beta interface, don't.
Wait, he gave away someone else's property? Someone bought the book, sent it to him to have it signed by him, and instead of sending the book back, he gave it away? That looks a lot like theft to me.
What are they going to do? Track him down in Sri Lanka?
Yeah but thats in case you borrow a book on bomb manufacture and they have to report you to the ATF.
To prove my point that it is perfectly alright to lend your friend a dvd or book, I emailed the IPOS (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore)
Jesus thats brave. Maybe I should send an email to the secret service asking if it is okay to walk up to them with concealed weapons. What could possibly go wrong.
Arthur Clarke used to say that if anybody sent him a book to sign (and send back) he would just give it to a local library. He may lose a sale by doing that but it is more likely he will gain a sale. When I was young I mainly read library books, and books borrowed from other sources. I only bought books when I had the money, which wasn't very often.
In the USA, reselling a book is totally legal. I imagine that renting one is, too. Which part of the copyright law are they accused of breaking?
Apparently some people actually borrow books from libraries without paying at all. Its a scandal.
Going back 15 or so years that wasn't the case. Copper was really slow then. Somebody up the page is talking about evacuated light guides instead of fibre. That sounds like a good way to cut into latency, and we are doing more with shorter wavelengths these days so maybe bandwidth over fibre improve.
I have read a lot of the history but it isn't clear to me why there was such a large price difference between the Lisa and the Mac. The technology seems to be similar so maybe it came down to low volume/high price vs high volume/low price.
It's those pesky optical logic gates that are holding us back.
Oddly enough I know a physicist who is working on exactly that. He uses diamond as a substrate, doped with atoms which function as logic gates.