comparing software development to insurance is brilliant, it maps very well into the real world. Yes a major project is too big for a single small company to do, but spread the cost around, and it works.
I think the idea that piracy funds drug dealing is one that is easily dismissed, given that world wide drug dealing is a far larger business than all of the movie and music biz combined.
That is real science at work. The sound of discovery isn't "eureka I have found", but rather, "hmm, that is odd", or in this case, "there is something here, but what is it?"
When the next generation of motherboards comes out with support for 4-8 serial disk ports, as well as the USB, Firewire, LAN, and other ports, then ATA can be left for cdroms and the like.
I'd think the public school community would be much more open to, and used to working with the community, and user groups, than say leaders of big business.
The X-files episode was great fun made of big show. I expect the Simpsons to take a poke at any other show out there that has a run like the X-files did. That the stars of the show were willing participate is just great.
That is one of the reasons it can keep going, as there will always be new material to satire.
Had a friend who hooked up a Bigmouth card, one of the first telephone response units, which called the cops when triggered, and the cops caught the guys red handed, still in the house.
This was like 15 years ago, this was a turbo xt pc.
Alarm systems are very simple electronics, its running all the wiring for the sensors thats expensive.
ECC is Error correcting memory, it has the ability to fix the memory error (single bit) on the fly.
I worked in a VAX shop a while ago, which had ECC memory. One day we started logging memory errors. Other than the error count going up, we didn't notice it, and could wait till the end of the day to call service, so they would come in after hours.
Look at the license of the BSD's, this is what software developed with public money should be released as.
The TCP/IP stack, which has been adopted by just about everyone, to great benefit is the prime example.
The GPL folks can use the BSD code, as can MS, and the rest of the commercial world. If the taxpayers have paid for the developement of the code, it should be free across the board from there, as its paid for.
So for an OS that they have a full year or so of experience with, it only took them two days to get it setup. And this is for a company with the resources to do it, I can only imagine how hard it must be for a mear mortal to setup.
The municipality has a monopoly over the right of way, they own it.
This to me is no different than the paved roads and sewer system, or utility poles the electric company leases land for from the municipality.
The only difference I see is that they are cutting out the middle man, phone and cable companies, who have both purchased monopolies from the municipality.
For non rack mounted equipment, wire shelving works very well. It holds up well, and allows for ventilation and water flow (from fire sprinklers). You can then tie wrap the cables to the shelving.
And either black anodized or chrome plated depending on decor.
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comparing software development to insurance is brilliant, it maps very well into the real world. Yes a major project is too big for a single small company to do, but spread the cost around, and it works.
This is a model that will work for open software.
I think the idea that piracy funds drug dealing is one that is easily dismissed, given that world wide drug dealing is a far larger business than all of the movie and music biz combined.
That is real science at work. The sound of discovery isn't "eureka I have found", but rather, "hmm, that is odd", or in this case, "there is something here, but what is it?"
When the next generation of motherboards comes out with support for 4-8 serial disk ports, as well as the USB, Firewire, LAN, and other ports, then ATA can be left for cdroms and the like.
Is if the pvr had the ability to recognize repeated commercials, and would allow the user to skip over a commerical they have already seen.
I mean seeing the same damn cell phone ads over and over again isn't going to make me buy something I don't have any use for.
I'd think the public school community would be much more open to, and used to working with the community, and user groups, than say leaders of big business.
It fits with their model of parent participation.
There is a fine line between art and graffiti, and this man successfully walked that line.
Part performance, part painting, part film, it covers a lot.
The X-files episode was great fun made of big show. I expect the Simpsons to take a poke at any other show out there that has a run like the X-files did. That the stars of the show were willing participate is just great.
That is one of the reasons it can keep going, as there will always be new material to satire.
For as long as people keep insisting that sending spam doesn't hurt anyone cause they can just hit the delete key.
Had a friend who hooked up a Bigmouth card, one of the first telephone response units, which called the cops when triggered, and the cops caught the guys red handed, still in the house.
This was like 15 years ago, this was a turbo xt pc.
Alarm systems are very simple electronics, its running all the wiring for the sensors thats expensive.
They need to offer a sweet deal on a cd set to sell along with it. Allow Walmart to hit a price point, like under USD $20.
He should have the non-private information in his life posted to the 'net, then he can see and feel the effects of his proposed legislation.
After a few questions at a press conference about his personal shopping habits, he should wise up fairly quickly.
To error is human, to really foul up, you need a computer.
ECC is Error correcting memory, it has the ability to fix the memory error (single bit) on the fly.
I worked in a VAX shop a while ago, which had ECC memory. One day we started logging memory errors. Other than the error count going up, we didn't notice it, and could wait till the end of the day to call service, so they would come in after hours.
ECC is the answer to the problem you describe.
Take your audio stream, and encode it down, then it will transfer in no time at all.
even at 50Kb (modem speed) its not going to take more than a few minutes to download an hours worth of spoken voice.
If you setup an ftp site, it would make archives readily availble in the future.
Look at the license of the BSD's, this is what software developed with public money should be released as.
The TCP/IP stack, which has been adopted by just about everyone, to great benefit is the prime example.
The GPL folks can use the BSD code, as can MS, and the rest of the commercial world. If the taxpayers have paid for the developement of the code, it should be free across the board from there, as its paid for.
you mean like treating email as plain text? Yes that would work well.
yes, recognize urls and other items, and allow a link to launch the appropriate application, but I don't need HTML in my email.
So for an OS that they have a full year or so of experience with, it only took them two days to get it setup. And this is for a company with the resources to do it, I can only imagine how hard it must be for a mear mortal to setup.
Put an id on the sensor that tells it which table it is sitting on.
The bar table top should be able to place where the glass is located, at least enough for a server to replace.
The municipality has a monopoly over the right of way, they own it.
This to me is no different than the paved roads and sewer system, or utility poles the electric company leases land for from the municipality.
The only difference I see is that they are cutting out the middle man, phone and cable companies, who have both purchased monopolies from the municipality.
Good for the consumer and municipal taxpayer.
Training and implementation and testing takes time. Pencil and paper are easy. Many of these units will need to be delivered 1-2 years in advance.
So they are right to get started on this now.
Not to mention building the back end network.
so we are talking CAN$100 which is worth like what these days, USD $62?
It sucks, just not as badly as USD$100.
For non rack mounted equipment, wire shelving works very well. It holds up well, and allows for ventilation and water flow (from fire sprinklers). You can then tie wrap the cables to the shelving.
And either black anodized or chrome plated depending on decor.
I'd suggest giving the major items their own names, so that they can be refered to by the staff easily.
For something like a cluster of servers for a single task, use a name to refer to the total, and numbers for the individual units.
The article is specifically about serial communications, and notes that lan transmission is safe, because as you point out, it blinks per packet.