UltraVNC single click. Its a reverse VNC, designed for this purpose. They double click the executable, and then automatically connects to your listening client.
Its customizable so you can make it look professional if needed. They only have to run the file, it does everything else.
Not worth it. They would be too big to fit inside standard cases, you wouldn't be able to power accessories (eg: external harddrive, other stuff that shouldn't be turned off)
Also, UPSs are pretty efficient, there isn't too much extra loss converting to AC and back. There is no need for this.
From TFA: "Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition easily ranks higher than any other Linux desktop OS we've looked at"
I have a strong feeling they've never tried DSL, Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, etc... After looking through the first 5 pages of search results for "Linux", the only other distribution than Ubuntu was Linpus. I think Ubuntu is great, but if your looking for performance, there are better alternatives out there.
There was recently another article like this, where they tried a small server room with no A/C, just air-cooled. The problem with these is that a few servers will not generate too much heat in a tent, but once you try and scale this to the size of a datacenter, this just will not work due to the amount of heat and lack of airflow.
Also, keeping servers outside seems like a huge security risk, safety hazard, etc.
How is this a tie? How can the lack of an optical drive, any expansion, etc be counted as so low. Also, the X300 only has SSD as an option right now. Compare that to the SSD version of the MacBook Air, and the price is very comparable.
And, as others have mentioned, Hackintosh! They can both run Windows or OSX. Sure, one doesn't ship with the other, but seriously, its not like its that hard to figure out. OS should not have been factored in at all.
They used thicker + heavier + screen height as 3 separate points. That should all be 1 point.
If the point of this extended copyright is so that artists will maintain the copyright for the rest of their lives, why did they go and mention a specific amount of time? Wouldn't it make more sense to just say "until they die", rather than trying to estimate the average lifespan of a modern artist? What if (s)he dies young?
That comparison does not hold. Most people should hopefully be smart enough to kill somebody if they wanted to, though they would probably need instructions to hack the site.
It is like FOX or CNN reporting about a murder, and afterwards discussing easy ways to kill people without being caught.
As for the community: Of course their gonna join in. Free revenge, click here! Who's not going to go for that!?
I'm a part time administrator for a small school computer lab, as well as the full time job of maintaining my family computers. (My family manages to click on the stupidest things...) The nice part about having full admin access to the lab is I can have the machines shut down automatically at a set time, and standby often. Users have no control over the settings, and there is minimal argument over it. However, the second you give the user any freedom, then they will start monkeying with the settings. More often than not, users are extremely impatient, and don't want to wait for the computer to get out of standby and then have to log in. They like the machine to be sitting there, ready to use.
I think a nice method of showing users how much they are saving is by making a small script that takes the system uptime, the known power usage of the computer, and the going electrical rate, and showing how many $$'s have been used by leaving the computer on. Or, for bigger institutions rather than individuals, translate that into how many trees or whatever have been destroyed. (Even if there is no correlation, make one up. Users are stupid.)
Another option is either thin embedded machines during off hours (so they can do web browsing etc, but not wasting the big wattage) or just equip the computers w/those motherboards that have instant-on linux distros, with firefox. 9/10 times people use computer labs are for the internet anyways, if 90% of computers in labs were power efficient terminals, this would be such a trivial problem.
Right, like Google is going to pay 4.7 billion just to be nice and give free access to all. I don't think so. There must be some business model behind their decision. This is Google, they may not be evil, but they are still a business, and need to make money.
Judging buy their current model (Transparency for end users, but get lots of income from companies that advertise through them) I would pose the option that what they are making is ad based. Otherwise, they would have to charge the consumers, which would be a radical change to their normal business model.
As for the power limitation, I doubt that will be raised. Several reasons include: 1) Crazy / Paranoid people who make the law think that powerful wireless signals can and will melt your brain, and must be reduced. 2) Security: If someone finds an exploit and acts as a host / connection node, if they choose to exploit it for illegitimate reasons (eg: stealing passwords, credit cards, etc.), then the less area they can cover with their signal, the better. This of course can have problems if there is a mesh model in place, which would route other connections nodes to his client. Also, you don't want your data to be transmitted further than needed.(eg: If your using WEP, you don't want your signal covering 3 blocks, because it would be an invitation for people to join your network.) 3) Battery life: Whether Google plans to release a phone network (OHA) or a computer network, both laptops and cell phones run on batteries. 4) While High-Powered solutions are great if you are an isolated client, lots of interference and wireless noise is created when you have many high-powered clients in too close an area.
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Anonymity cannot exist without privacy. Sure, they wont know where the packet comes from. But without privacy, nothing stops them from looking that that packets contents, and finding out your name and other information. And if they know your name and personal information, I would not call that being anonymous.
How much will this stuff cost? Is it a resonable production cost, eg: buying a "smart shirt" for $125, or will your be paying a couple hundred to replace the ipod wheel with a small patch of sensitive fabric...
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Their small, portable, cute, and probably taste like chicken!
UltraVNC single click. Its a reverse VNC, designed for this purpose. They double click the executable, and then automatically connects to your listening client.
Its customizable so you can make it look professional if needed. They only have to run the file, it does everything else.
Not worth it. They would be too big to fit inside standard cases, you wouldn't be able to power accessories (eg: external harddrive, other stuff that shouldn't be turned off)
Also, UPSs are pretty efficient, there isn't too much extra loss converting to AC and back. There is no need for this.
From TFA: "Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition easily ranks higher than any other Linux desktop OS we've looked at"
I have a strong feeling they've never tried DSL, Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, etc... After looking through the first 5 pages of search results for "Linux", the only other distribution than Ubuntu was Linpus. I think Ubuntu is great, but if your looking for performance, there are better alternatives out there.
Hmm, wonder if this new kernel will finally do something about power consumption in laptops...
Also, the kexec-based hibernation sounds interesting, hopefully new distro releases will start playing around with these.
There was recently another article like this, where they tried a small server room with no A/C, just air-cooled. The problem with these is that a few servers will not generate too much heat in a tent, but once you try and scale this to the size of a datacenter, this just will not work due to the amount of heat and lack of airflow.
Also, keeping servers outside seems like a huge security risk, safety hazard, etc.
No, that would be Todd Davis. Its 2 articles below this one, not that hard to check...
pirated?
Arr! give me all your photons!
Sure, placement and receipt are a huge factor, but this is still a huge step forward.
What telco would that be?
I've been looking for a new telco, and that sounds great.
How is this a tie?
How can the lack of an optical drive, any expansion, etc be counted as so low.
Also, the X300 only has SSD as an option right now. Compare that to the SSD version of the MacBook Air, and the price is very comparable.
And, as others have mentioned, Hackintosh! They can both run Windows or OSX. Sure, one doesn't ship with the other, but seriously, its not like its that hard to figure out. OS should not have been factored in at all.
They used thicker + heavier + screen height as 3 separate points. That should all be 1 point.
I don't see how the MBA can even get close.
If the point of this extended copyright is so that artists will maintain the copyright for the rest of their lives, why did they go and mention a specific amount of time? Wouldn't it make more sense to just say "until they die", rather than trying to estimate the average lifespan of a modern artist? What if (s)he dies young?
Can't come with a pony. They can't be powered of solar power. Sorry to disappoint you. Would you like a complementary pink hairbrush?
That comparison does not hold. Most people should hopefully be smart enough to kill somebody if they wanted to, though they would probably need instructions to hack the site.
It is like FOX or CNN reporting about a murder, and afterwards discussing easy ways to kill people without being caught.
As for the community: Of course their gonna join in. Free revenge, click here! Who's not going to go for that!?
I'm a part time administrator for a small school computer lab, as well as the full time job of maintaining my family computers. (My family manages to click on the stupidest things...) The nice part about having full admin access to the lab is I can have the machines shut down automatically at a set time, and standby often. Users have no control over the settings, and there is minimal argument over it. However, the second you give the user any freedom, then they will start monkeying with the settings. More often than not, users are extremely impatient, and don't want to wait for the computer to get out of standby and then have to log in. They like the machine to be sitting there, ready to use.
I think a nice method of showing users how much they are saving is by making a small script that takes the system uptime, the known power usage of the computer, and the going electrical rate, and showing how many $$'s have been used by leaving the computer on. Or, for bigger institutions rather than individuals, translate that into how many trees or whatever have been destroyed. (Even if there is no correlation, make one up. Users are stupid.)
Another option is either thin embedded machines during off hours (so they can do web browsing etc, but not wasting the big wattage) or just equip the computers w/those motherboards that have instant-on linux distros, with firefox. 9/10 times people use computer labs are for the internet anyways, if 90% of computers in labs were power efficient terminals, this would be such a trivial problem.
He has great projects/ideas, but why only windows! Nothing hes made supports OS X or Linux! :(
He should at least open the source!
Right, like Google is going to pay 4.7 billion just to be nice and give free access to all. I don't think so. There must be some business model behind their decision. This is Google, they may not be evil, but they are still a business, and need to make money.
Judging buy their current model (Transparency for end users, but get lots of income from companies that advertise through them) I would pose the option that what they are making is ad based. Otherwise, they would have to charge the consumers, which would be a radical change to their normal business model.
As for the power limitation, I doubt that will be raised. Several reasons include:
1) Crazy / Paranoid people who make the law think that powerful wireless signals can and will melt your brain, and must be reduced.
2) Security: If someone finds an exploit and acts as a host / connection node, if they choose to exploit it for illegitimate reasons (eg: stealing passwords, credit cards, etc.), then the less area they can cover with their signal, the better. This of course can have problems if there is a mesh model in place, which would route other connections nodes to his client. Also, you don't want your data to be transmitted further than needed.(eg: If your using WEP, you don't want your signal covering 3 blocks, because it would be an invitation for people to join your network.)
3) Battery life: Whether Google plans to release a phone network (OHA) or a computer network, both laptops and cell phones run on batteries.
4) While High-Powered solutions are great if you are an isolated client, lots of interference and wireless noise is created when you have many high-powered clients in too close an area.
Anonymity cannot exist without privacy. Sure, they wont know where the packet comes from. But without privacy, nothing stops them from looking that that packets contents, and finding out your name and other information. And if they know your name and personal information, I would not call that being anonymous.
How much will this stuff cost?
Is it a resonable production cost, eg: buying a "smart shirt" for $125, or will your be paying a couple hundred to replace the ipod wheel with a small patch of sensitive fabric...
you have to PAY for proprietary???
Woops.