It depends on the construction of the room. If it's designed well enough, all the flat surfaces are waterproof and there's a drain under the 'bed'. Take out soft bedding (which is gonna be washed anyway), hose the place down. Automatically charge the person who checked in (Since you already have credit card details tied to the room) extra for leaving it like a shithole.
Sadly this ideal world would involve developers making sure apps are fully interoperable. Looking at the differences between Linux distros, different versions of Windows and even XPSP1 to XPSP2 it ain't gonna happen.
I considered putting together a service like this, then realised there's not a chance in hell of sites wanting to push user notifications to another site. Hell, fewer and fewer are doing email notification
Look on the plus side - people looking to punch holes through the great firewall of China are generally those who submit their work back to an open forum, so the world as a whole has gained far better privacy, anonymous routing, tunnelling... the list goes on.
Almost. The Genesis probe was to collect solar wind particles, and had no actual chute failure. What had happened was that accelerometers designed to trigger the chutes once the unit had reached the appropriate speed were installed backwards.
As is to be expected in this situation, the probe wasn't flying backwards when it needed to trigger the chutes and subsequently it hit the desert with a rather satisfying thud.
This mission to the comet's tail is very, very similar with an almost identical 'landing' planned. Lets hope the same guy didn't fit components on both.
"General purpose computing, while I agree shouldn't be as troubling and hazardous as it is [for Windows users]"
You what? Troubling? Hazardous? I'm sure trying to remember 101 cryptic commands to use in the shell is so much less troubling for 99% of people...
I'm fairly indifferent to the whole OS wars, if anything OS X is the far better of the three big ones, but to call Windows troubling and hazardous is just trolling.
Anyway, I thought the overheating issue was with the PSU block, not the console itself. This 'watercooler' is just a waste of money for the same people who put 'Type-R' stickers on their body-modded cars. A complete non-story.
Is the fact that the first ad which appears at the base of the article is "Buy latest anti-virus software. Protect your PC with Symantec" part of some grand scheme? I thought that was the beginning of the list.
I find the fact that on the Apple online store you can one-click purchase anything quite worrying. Using the online store you can configure a £16,000 ($27,500ish) Power Mac, something I most certainly do not want to be able to purchase on a whim or by mis-clicking.
The reason most new cars have on-board computers is safety, strangely enough. The computer alerts you to problems, adapts engine operation to let you safely stop in the event of a failure, and in our new car also controls adaptive braking (Adjusts with speed of travel, prevents locking, sliding on ice, and generally makes for smoother and faster braking), predictive lighting (Adjusts headlight dip depending on speed and steering so you can see further at higher speed), steering correction (Notices erratic steering and alerts you to it). It also runs climate control, satnav, all the instruments, and central locking.
These systems are not all one computer though, there are seperate subsystems for various bits with the drive-by-wire being about as raw as you can get.
Yes. The 6th Form I attend has banned music which can be overheard. No problem with people listening to iPods/whatever, but if it's too loud it gets confiscated for the rest of the day.
What we need is digital optics. Keep the transparent bit the same, but have clear markings every 1/4 volume. Then a short press upwards with the glass dispenses 1/4 volume, a longer press 1/2, and longer still the full volume.
Nah, I'm thinking too deep here. Just a good bartender will do.
So, why is a kernel not an operating system? Where does the difference come in?
In understand the difference between kernel and shell, but not between kernel and OS. Explanation would be appreciated, preferably without a dose of OSS-pimping.
As for seperating applications from kernel/shell/os/whatever, I grasp that bit.
Why don't you enquire at the exhibit, instead of asking on Slashdot?
Worthless no, feature for the masses yes. But why should the masses not have something just because it is unavailable to a minority who cannot enjoy it? It's like saying nobody can go mountaineering because a few people in wheelchairs find it difficult.
I live in fear of the day you need to fit spaceships with indicator lights to let satellites know which way they're turning. Could you imagine trying to merge into a lane full of geostationary satellites?
But for 99% of people it is acceptable for home use, like for 99% of people a standard 1 phase 250V power supply (UK, yes I know) is acceptable for home use. If you need more, you pay for it.
Not only does this allow the US to jam the Galileo frequencies without taking out GPS, it lets the EU jam GPS without taking out Galileo.
Galileo is still in development, and I suspect that those un-jammable modifications to GPS will find their way into Galileo's (currently technically superior) technology. The whole thing will prompt another arms race with more and more satellites of higher accuracy until the whole thing is an esentially unjammable mess.
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It depends on the construction of the room. If it's designed well enough, all the flat surfaces are waterproof and there's a drain under the 'bed'. Take out soft bedding (which is gonna be washed anyway), hose the place down. Automatically charge the person who checked in (Since you already have credit card details tied to the room) extra for leaving it like a shithole.
See 'Moving Pictures' by Terry Pratchett. Huge girl carrying ape up tall building? Done.
Sadly this ideal world would involve developers making sure apps are fully interoperable. Looking at the differences between Linux distros, different versions of Windows and even XPSP1 to XPSP2 it ain't gonna happen.
My clock is set by radio and has no manual adjust, you insensitive clod!
I considered putting together a service like this, then realised there's not a chance in hell of sites wanting to push user notifications to another site. Hell, fewer and fewer are doing email notification
Look on the plus side - people looking to punch holes through the great firewall of China are generally those who submit their work back to an open forum, so the world as a whole has gained far better privacy, anonymous routing, tunnelling... the list goes on.
Almost. The Genesis probe was to collect solar wind particles, and had no actual chute failure. What had happened was that accelerometers designed to trigger the chutes once the unit had reached the appropriate speed were installed backwards.
As is to be expected in this situation, the probe wasn't flying backwards when it needed to trigger the chutes and subsequently it hit the desert with a rather satisfying thud.
This mission to the comet's tail is very, very similar with an almost identical 'landing' planned. Lets hope the same guy didn't fit components on both.
I thought all true geeks had to have a floppy drive? How else do you flash the BIOS?
"General purpose computing, while I agree shouldn't be as troubling and hazardous as it is [for Windows users]"
You what? Troubling? Hazardous? I'm sure trying to remember 101 cryptic commands to use in the shell is so much less troubling for 99% of people...
I'm fairly indifferent to the whole OS wars, if anything OS X is the far better of the three big ones, but to call Windows troubling and hazardous is just trolling.
Anyway, I thought the overheating issue was with the PSU block, not the console itself. This 'watercooler' is just a waste of money for the same people who put 'Type-R' stickers on their body-modded cars. A complete non-story.
Perl, Python, Ruby...
That's for a Google Account, not a gMail account.
.NET passport, but a .NET passport is not necessarily a Hotmail account.
It's like a Hotmail account is automatically a
Is the fact that the first ad which appears at the base of the article is "Buy latest anti-virus software. Protect your PC with Symantec" part of some grand scheme? I thought that was the beginning of the list.
Strange, I have this urge to mod you Up for that.
Can we get a full set here?
Ask yourself - what is bad about those sites having persistent data?
Objecting to them knowing who you are is akin to walking into every shop you visit wearing a full disguise with fake moustache, it's pointless.
I find the fact that on the Apple online store you can one-click purchase anything quite worrying. Using the online store you can configure a £16,000 ($27,500ish) Power Mac, something I most certainly do not want to be able to purchase on a whim or by mis-clicking.
The reason most new cars have on-board computers is safety, strangely enough. The computer alerts you to problems, adapts engine operation to let you safely stop in the event of a failure, and in our new car also controls adaptive braking (Adjusts with speed of travel, prevents locking, sliding on ice, and generally makes for smoother and faster braking), predictive lighting (Adjusts headlight dip depending on speed and steering so you can see further at higher speed), steering correction (Notices erratic steering and alerts you to it). It also runs climate control, satnav, all the instruments, and central locking.
These systems are not all one computer though, there are seperate subsystems for various bits with the drive-by-wire being about as raw as you can get.
Yes. The 6th Form I attend has banned music which can be overheard. No problem with people listening to iPods/whatever, but if it's too loud it gets confiscated for the rest of the day.
What we need is digital optics. Keep the transparent bit the same, but have clear markings every 1/4 volume. Then a short press upwards with the glass dispenses 1/4 volume, a longer press 1/2, and longer still the full volume.
Nah, I'm thinking too deep here. Just a good bartender will do.
So, why is a kernel not an operating system? Where does the difference come in?
In understand the difference between kernel and shell, but not between kernel and OS. Explanation would be appreciated, preferably without a dose of OSS-pimping.
As for seperating applications from kernel/shell/os/whatever, I grasp that bit.
Why don't you enquire at the exhibit, instead of asking on Slashdot?
Worthless no, feature for the masses yes. But why should the masses not have something just because it is unavailable to a minority who cannot enjoy it? It's like saying nobody can go mountaineering because a few people in wheelchairs find it difficult.
It does?
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I live in fear of the day you need to fit spaceships with indicator lights to let satellites know which way they're turning. Could you imagine trying to merge into a lane full of geostationary satellites?
The reasoning behind this is that you can't (easily) show off many of the new features in any kind of public demo, they need hands-on meddling.
But for 99% of people it is acceptable for home use, like for 99% of people a standard 1 phase 250V power supply (UK, yes I know) is acceptable for home use. If you need more, you pay for it.
Not only does this allow the US to jam the Galileo frequencies without taking out GPS, it lets the EU jam GPS without taking out Galileo.
Galileo is still in development, and I suspect that those un-jammable modifications to GPS will find their way into Galileo's (currently technically superior) technology. The whole thing will prompt another arms race with more and more satellites of higher accuracy until the whole thing is an esentially unjammable mess.