I think they'd hate my solution more... as it would hand their frickin' money machine over to the people it ground up to generate cash.
If they screwed up once or twice more, they would be greeters at Wal-Mart.
Not to mention the surge the economy would experience if corporate assets were handed down to the middle class, who actually contribute to the economy.
My suggestion to curb corporate malfeasance would be for the victims to be awarded the corporate assets.
Then the stockholders MIGHT be more inclined to watch more carefully what they put their money into!
Here's to investor responsibility - eventually responsibility has to land somewhere... the system as it stands is broken - so let's harness the marketplace to fix it.
Why do I get the feeling that in five years you will ask the man-in-the-street what Linux is and they will reply, "That's that IBM stuff, right? Runs on all the 'puters!"
Because the Pu-240 is a neutron emitter, would cause premature detonation, *mumble mumble mumble* kilogram disks stacked in a beryllium tube with about *mumble mumble mumble* kg of high explosive *mumble mumble mumble* at one end, each separated by a material such as *mumble mumble mumble* - explosive compression enhanced by simply cutting a hole in each disk and rotating them *mumble mumble mumble* degrees... stick the whole thing in a block of carbon-doped concrete, put it in the trunk of a car, and drive it up to *mumble mumble mumble*. Yield roughly *mumble mumble mumble* kilotons. Hmmm. Add a little cobalt to the *mumble mumble mumble*... you could make one to test, and have *mumble mumble mumble* left for use.
Of course you realize that in real life I'm a pastry chef.
This looks like a possible solution to something I'm actually working on...
Especially this (from the AMD link): AMD Alchemy(TM) Au1500(TM) Processor and AMD Alchemy(TM) DBAu1500(TM) Development Board
The AMD Alchemy(TM) Au1500(TM) processor provides a high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip (SOC) for the Internet Edge Device market. These devices include thin clients, Web servers, routers, printers, wired and wireless gateways, Wireless Access Points (WAPs), handheld computing, Web pads, set top boxes, and multimedia applications.
Features of the Au1500 processor include the following: Optimum performance at very low power Highly integrated features: on-chip memory controllers, a 66MHz PCI 2.2 controller, and Internet access peripherals Runs a variety of operating systems, including Windows® CE.NET, Linux, and VxWorks Integration of peripherals with this unique, very high-performance MIPS®-compatible core can provide lower system costs, smaller form factors, lower system power requirements, simpler designs at multiple performance points, and shorter design cycles The AMD Alchemy(TM) DBAu1500(TM) development board allows you to evaluate the operation and performance of the Au1500 processor. This highly versatile system serves multiple purposes: Chip evaluation Software development Example of hardware systems design using the Au1500 processor
I just got a Tivo 2 unit from Circuit City, and I'm going to hook it up to my cable, broadband, and wireless (encrypted) network. Any high points or gotchas? (Yes, I'm reading the FM, but you know that stuff usually misses one or two salient points) Will I get one of these apps when the unit updates?
Having RTFA, I'm even mor impressed by the EMPLOYEE comments... they have a very clear view of what the currents in the market are like, and a lot of them cite Apple as having a strong 'cool' factor that they would like Intel to compete with, as well as addressing the reliability / complexity factor of a PC as a home appliance.
>Is it basically the same as catching a fish and throwning it back becasue it was too little?
Catch, beta, and release?
Seriously, though, I like seeing Corps release code under the GPL, but hope that more large, profitable applications are to follow... imagine the possible extensions and innovation possible.
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From the article:
"Our biggest problem is durability of the probes. Typically they last for about six months."
I'd say a bigger problem is that to make this work, you have to stick friggin' needles into the brain!
How about some sort of non-invasive sensor cap as the "next step."
>Eight(!) people take Slashdot seriously enough to put me on their Foes list.
I added you and you didn't update your sig - I was so crushed that I made you (neutral) again.
Now you're in for it - I'm going to make you a Friend
I think they'd hate my solution more... as it would hand their frickin' money machine over to the people it ground up to generate cash.
If they screwed up once or twice more, they would be greeters at Wal-Mart.
Not to mention the surge the economy would experience if corporate assets were handed down to the middle class, who actually contribute to the economy.
How about /salad
(Please no "tossed salad" jokes)
My suggestion to curb corporate malfeasance would be for the victims to be awarded the corporate assets.
Then the stockholders MIGHT be more inclined to watch more carefully what they put their money into!
Here's to investor responsibility - eventually responsibility has to land somewhere... the system as it stands is broken - so let's harness the marketplace to fix it.
>What is number going to for us? Is it going to feed us? No. It would be better if the computer power was used for cancer research or finding aliens.
Because of course aliens will feed us...
They even will bring a cookbook with them, "To Serve Mankind."
You could try one of my favorites - BackOrifice...
You can get it lots of places.
Why do I get the feeling that in five years you will ask the man-in-the-street what Linux is and they will reply, "That's that IBM stuff, right? Runs on all the 'puters!"
Re your sig:
>Famous last words: "I ate what?" -plato
Shouldn't that be:
Famous last words: "I drank WHAT!?" - Socrates
Actually the title was a pun:
I was making a statement that justifies or defends someone (an apologia for Richard Clarke) by citing his apology.
Because the Pu-240 is a neutron emitter, would cause premature detonation, *mumble mumble mumble* kilogram disks stacked in a beryllium tube with about *mumble mumble mumble* kg of high explosive *mumble mumble mumble* at one end, each separated by a material such as *mumble mumble mumble* - explosive compression enhanced by simply cutting a hole in each disk and rotating them *mumble mumble mumble* degrees... stick the whole thing in a block of carbon-doped concrete, put it in the trunk of a car, and drive it up to *mumble mumble mumble*. Yield roughly *mumble mumble mumble* kilotons. Hmmm. Add a little cobalt to the *mumble mumble mumble*... you could make one to test, and have *mumble mumble mumble* left for use.
Of course you realize that in real life I'm a pastry chef.
Clarke does deserve some kudos as the only responsible government official to apologize to the 9-11 victims's families.
But if I set the code to music and sang it, I could copyright it... :)
I must buy this... even if I don't have so much time to do projects, at least I can see how folks are doing it nowadays...
Yes, you can Google stuff, but nothing compares to the portability of dead trees.
I can wallow in the memories of the projects (some now illegal, alas, if done today) I did as a young nerd (1964-1984).
*scribbles info on back of napkin*
This looks like a possible solution to something I'm actually working on...
Especially this (from the AMD link):
AMD Alchemy(TM) Au1500(TM) Processor and AMD Alchemy(TM) DBAu1500(TM) Development Board
The AMD Alchemy(TM) Au1500(TM) processor provides a high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip (SOC) for the Internet Edge Device market. These devices include thin clients, Web servers, routers, printers, wired and wireless gateways, Wireless Access Points (WAPs), handheld computing, Web pads, set top boxes, and multimedia applications.
Features of the Au1500 processor include the following:
Optimum performance at very low power
Highly integrated features: on-chip memory controllers, a 66MHz PCI 2.2 controller, and Internet access peripherals
Runs a variety of operating systems, including Windows® CE.NET, Linux, and VxWorks
Integration of peripherals with this unique, very high-performance MIPS®-compatible core can provide lower system costs, smaller form factors, lower system power requirements, simpler designs at multiple performance points, and shorter design cycles
The AMD Alchemy(TM) DBAu1500(TM) development board allows you to evaluate the operation and performance of the Au1500 processor. This highly versatile system serves multiple purposes:
Chip evaluation
Software development
Example of hardware systems design using the Au1500 processor
Does fewers licenses means I wonts be ables to plays mines Warcrafts froms mines usereds boxs?
*Shakes head*
So, fewer types of licenses means less confusion?
I thought this was Open Source...
I guess the new policy is:
The key IS the game.
>a 2-ton pig...
Which would count as "one serving?"
I just got a Tivo 2 unit from Circuit City, and I'm going to hook it up to my cable, broadband, and wireless (encrypted) network.
Any high points or gotchas?
(Yes, I'm reading the FM, but you know that stuff usually misses one or two salient points)
Will I get one of these apps when the unit updates?
Having RTFA, I'm even mor impressed by the EMPLOYEE comments... they have a very clear view of what the currents in the market are like, and a lot of them cite Apple as having a strong 'cool' factor that they would like Intel to compete with, as well as addressing the reliability / complexity factor of a PC as a home appliance.
From the link:
Linux Journal Is Currently Unavailable Due to a DDoS Attack
Sorry for any inconvenience.
>Is it basically the same as catching a fish and throwning it back becasue it was too little?
Catch, beta, and release?
Seriously, though, I like seeing Corps release code under the GPL, but hope that more large, profitable applications are to follow... imagine the possible extensions and innovation possible.
*Scratches head*
Maybe it's just a mystery, but how was that flamebait?
I thanked him for serving his country, and advised him to look out for the locals... wtf is wrong with those sentiments?
>I am currently a soldier in Iraq, and have the ability to get satellite-based internet, thanks to a few of the locals.
First, thanks for your service.
Second, I'd keep my eye on your "locals."
The Surgeon General has his fingers in many a pie, despite the well-known fact that pie juice causes cancer...