The fact is that there is no way to tell the difference between a public free hotspot and a misconfigured private access point. That's why I was lobbying for years to have an additional identifier bit added to the 802.11N specification. The "misconfigured bit" would be required to be set by the operator if they did not properly configure their access point. Anyone searching for hotspots could then easily filter out the misconfigured ones.
In my experience, here in Butte County, CA USA, where the judges are elected, I've seen a much stronger tendency towards #2 than #1. Not surprising, as in neighboring Pea County there is a much stronger tendency towards #1.
I know this sounds (is?) crazy, but why not open up the architecture of the old mainframes, and base the next generation of PC hardware on those ideas?
Yeah, but who wants to go back to programming with punchcards? Papercuts can be potentially fatal.
...robots could soon begin patrolling Japanese offices, shopping malls and banks to keep them safe from intruders.
Aww that's nice. But the poison-gas payload release seen being demonstrated in the photo to stop intruders, will cause innocent bystanders in the confined Tokyo buildings to have a very super-happy-fun-mustard-gas time.
(Yes, I am kidding. After the ice-melting incident, I figured I would give a disclaimer this time)
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Stop modding me Insightful. I was fucking joking!
But if people really didn't know that the Celsius scale was defined with 0 as the freezing point of water and 100 as the boiling point; well glad I could be useful. There is no mysterious alien mathematical connection, us humans defined the "connection".
Not really. But I have a hypothesis that it has something to do with heat or as I call it, "anti-cold." There seems to be a relationship between 0 degrees Celsius and ice melting. Likewise a relationship with 100 degrees Celsius and water boiling (when under one atmosphere of pressure). There must be some underlying mathematical connection; for these events and their temperatures surely can not be coincidence. Some day I will solve this mystery, but only when I am properly funded by government grants.
Wow, these guys at Google are good, I mean real good. For them to release not just one, but twoAPIs for Google maps within 24hrs of each other, that place must be swelling with brain-power. They probably don't even have to walk from point A to B, just levitate themselves using their psychokinetic abilities. Flying around the room back and forth as they communicate faster than thought with each other non-verbally that to us mortals, sounds just like a high pitched squeel.
Now only if Slashdot editors had a just fraction of those kind of mental resources, they could maybe... possibly... bang a keyboard with their clubs made human bones while in a circle of gigantic monoliths and type "Google Maps API" in a search before posting a story. But until then, I for one welcome our new Google Maps API-Producing Psychokinetic -Squeeling Duplicate Post-Inducing overloards
I piad for the fastest service at $70 I got 3Mbitss down and 740Kbits up. But I had to be in the best location to get that fully; usually meaning outdoors.
The latency was surprising low, I can't recall exactly, but it was acceptable for wireless service like this and you could probably tolerate playing games over it
I never encountered bandwidth limitation myself. But I was not exactly using this to file whore, since I have an 8Mbs cable-modem pipe.
I subscribed to this service when it was available in the Raleigh area. It was actually quite speedy, when in the right place. The service was very touchy to location, I could barely get any service in my aparment, because of all the trees near-by. However, in RTP, the service was excellent.
My worst experience in the whole trial was when they screwed up my billing.
I'm giving away my secret here, but Network Mirror is more useful than just mirroring. It lets me read stories that only subscribers can, before they are posted to the masses. That's how I have time to research and come up with my witty and interesting comments as first post.
If by "dark age" you mean a time in human history where more information is recorded than ever, yes I suppose we are.
I think more accurately, we are headed towards an age of super-saturation of information. I have no doubt we can store all the data we are currently and will be generating. The question is how do we process it in to something meaningful? Just because we have the ability to archive everything, does not mean it will be useful to the [insert personally welcomed overlord] of the future.
Maybe historians of the future will be fascinated that Clinton's instant-message signoff was "l8ter d00d", but I doubt it. We'll want to save everything now of course, because we can. But the majority of the information I suspect will just be filtered out when actually searched.
Personally, I take the "you never know" ideology and save everything.
Yeah, sorry about that. Unfortunately your particular proposal did not align with my goals for total world domination. Your submission "The Free Simulator for Coconut-Swallow Aerodynamics" while interesting, would not have been useful as I have already researched this topic throughly and concluded ducks are the optimal fowl for coconut transport.
we get VERY pissed at having to clean yet another computer.
Why are you bitching? You've got job security because of them don't you? If you want to be like the Maytag repair man, be my guest. But you don't have a leg to stand on if you can't lock down the machines well enough so that this does not happen.
And with Google Maps, the path that the stolen item has taken to get in to the buyers' hands can be interactively displayed! Useful if the item is in poor condition, as you can bitch at the original owner.
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Sorry. Should have said I was being sarcastic.
I read that as -8 friends.
(Yes, I am kidding)
Aww that's nice. But the poison-gas payload release seen being demonstrated in the photo to stop intruders, will cause innocent bystanders in the confined Tokyo buildings to have a very super-happy-fun-mustard-gas time.
(Yes, I am kidding. After the ice-melting incident, I figured I would give a disclaimer this time)
Stop modding me Insightful. I was fucking joking!
But if people really didn't know that the Celsius scale was defined with 0 as the freezing point of water and 100 as the boiling point; well glad I could be useful. There is no mysterious alien mathematical connection, us humans defined the "connection".
Wow, these guys at Google are good, I mean real good. For them to release not just one, but two APIs for Google maps within 24hrs of each other, that place must be swelling with brain-power. They probably don't even have to walk from point A to B, just levitate themselves using their psychokinetic abilities. Flying around the room back and forth as they communicate faster than thought with each other non-verbally that to us mortals, sounds just like a high pitched squeel.
Now only if Slashdot editors had a just fraction of those kind of mental resources, they could maybe... possibly... bang a keyboard with their clubs made human bones while in a circle of gigantic monoliths and type "Google Maps API" in a search before posting a story. But until then, I for one welcome our new Google Maps API-Producing Psychokinetic -Squeeling Duplicate Post-Inducing overloards
I piad for the fastest service at $70 I got 3Mbitss down and 740Kbits up. But I had to be in the best location to get that fully; usually meaning outdoors.
The latency was surprising low, I can't recall exactly, but it was acceptable for wireless service like this and you could probably tolerate playing games over it
I never encountered bandwidth limitation myself. But I was not exactly using this to file whore, since I have an 8Mbs cable-modem pipe.
I subscribed to this service when it was available in the Raleigh area. It was actually quite speedy, when in the right place. The service was very touchy to location, I could barely get any service in my aparment, because of all the trees near-by. However, in RTP, the service was excellent.
My worst experience in the whole trial was when they screwed up my billing.
Also, if there is an accident, the reaction will burn itself out...
If there was an uncontrolled reaction, wouldn't it burn a hole in the Earth through the crust spewing red-hot maaagma?
It will be available just in time to power Longhorn on the latest Intel. Oh yeah, and maybe restore power to the undersea Internet link to Pakistan.
Internet to Pakistan
Did anyone else at first think the Internet was trying to speak to Pakistan? "Internet to Pakistan: Microsoft called, they want their OS back."
I'm giving away my secret here, but Network Mirror is more useful than just mirroring. It lets me read stories that only subscribers can, before they are posted to the masses. That's how I have time to research and come up with my witty and interesting comments as first post.
I for one, welcome our new resident-evil canine-zombie overlords.
I think more accurately, we are headed towards an age of super-saturation of information. I have no doubt we can store all the data we are currently and will be generating. The question is how do we process it in to something meaningful? Just because we have the ability to archive everything, does not mean it will be useful to the [insert personally welcomed overlord] of the future.
Maybe historians of the future will be fascinated that Clinton's instant-message signoff was "l8ter d00d", but I doubt it. We'll want to save everything now of course, because we can. But the majority of the information I suspect will just be filtered out when actually searched.
Personally, I take the "you never know" ideology and save everything.
Dear Michal,
Yeah, sorry about that. Unfortunately your particular proposal did not align with my goals for total world domination. Your submission "The Free Simulator for Coconut-Swallow Aerodynamics" while interesting, would not have been useful as I have already researched this topic throughly and concluded ducks are the optimal fowl for coconut transport.
Sincerly,
Google Inc.
we get VERY pissed at having to clean yet another computer.
Why are you bitching? You've got job security because of them don't you? If you want to be like the Maytag repair man, be my guest. But you don't have a leg to stand on if you can't lock down the machines well enough so that this does not happen.
Was that a stab at irony? You could have just said compounded "OMG, 19% of techies who can't do basic arithmatic have been fired!!!!!" once a week.
Now only if they could do this with Skynet, we might just be able to postpone Judgement Day another 6 years.
And with Google Maps, the path that the stolen item has taken to get in to the buyers' hands can be interactively displayed! Useful if the item is in poor condition, as you can bitch at the original owner.