The other half of the space exploration on a string program previously failed, when Russian Scientists discovered they could only push the space probe approximately 3 cms with the fibre.
Some smart yet misguided people have their plot foiled by the weakest link, the human. I'm glad this whole miivi thing has been exposed. I think how it has been brought to light serves as a good reminder to the rest of us. No matter how secure your app, or how great your plan, all it takes is one person who doesn't understand policy or the consequences of following it and all is lost.
Cheers
I agree with you right to the end... I think a voice of reason needs to speak calmly and respond to extreme views. Every group that has a belief is responsible for clarifying their core belief in light of the fringe element who would drag them down by perverting their concepts. This applies, in my opinion, to creationist, evolutionists, Muslims, Christians, and even vi users.
I'm glad some people have had good luck... In the 00-03 range I went through 3 IBMs. They just didn't travel well.
First one was a dud right from the get go. about 3 months and it was replaced as opposed to repaired.
Second one lasted a while, but the power switch wiggled and waggled to an extent it would power on and off somewhat randomly. It went away after about a year and I started having difficulties bringing it through security at airports. Something about security asking for you to power the device and me asking for a plug didn't work.
The last one was pretty good until my laptop bag was clipped by a moped in Rome.... OK so I won't blame IBM for this one.
The 2 Dells I have had since (D800 and m1410) have behaved very well. The D800 still plugs away despite an unfortunate encounter with a juice box wielding toddler a couple years back.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on both those examples.
There are some kids smarter than their parents and there are some that achieve less so. I'm kind of a believer in individual abilities and being shaped by their environment which both are more than just a parent-child programming theory.
Deep blue doesn't out think an opponent what it does is map out all possible conclusions and choose based on probability. Don't get me wrong it's impressive, it's just not intelligence, it's an expert system that has a better memory and faster than most people.
Having reviewed the agenda on the singularity summit and taken a look at the other article I have this hunch there isa missing step in there somehow. Just as many do the 1, 2, 3, 4???, 5 Profit jokes, I am missing step 4 in their info.
The argument as I see it is that being able to regurgitate all of the things everyone knows is super-intelligence. I don't buy that. It's impressive for sure, but reciting without being able to add cognitive reason to it means little, beside a very impressive photo memory parlor trick. It's the cognitive reason bit that I think is missing. I'm unsure how a computer could have a more advanced cognitive reason that the person who designed it.
There are things where an AI can provide learned response, as there are some pointy heads out there that can scenario out a limited scope and a machine could run a mission that is too environmentally unfriendly for humans, but that's not intelligence. That is more of an advanced pavlovian conditioning.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that advanced form of intelligence requires advanced intelligence to create it. I don't think that a machine could evolve above it's current intelligence threshold.
Cheers
kj
I have come to believe that CBC is is to Canadians, like matter is to anti-matter. Maybe that is too harsh, ok like a humidifier is to a de-humidifier. No big bang, but a whole lot of money and futility to reach an impasse.
Breaking "Fake" news, Police march on Youtube headquarters and take their server farm down with a water-cannon. The protest about police brutality appears to have been ended with the loss of only one life. Police are not releasing the name of the victim but indicate one staff member at youtube unfortunately suffered a massive coronary after all of the magic smoke escaped from his computer room. Reporters caught 6 paramedics on tape attempting to carry what appeared to be an obese sysadmin from the building to an ambulance. Protesters could not comment right away, as they have to go upstairs and ask theoir mom's permission before talking to people in real life.
I made this up. I don't condone cruelty to computers of any sort.
Maybe they can take the lead from the Kia commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPGTCYdCHbA which was pulled off air in the province of Ontario after the police association complained about the stereotypes it portrayed. The modified commercial aired last night and it was priceless. All references to police were pulled, but a black screen states that this is the new politically correct ending. The rest of the commercial was of a goat standing in a field eating grass. Sorry no link.
Cheers
Kenny
One area I do use them for is outdoors. I have found even in Canadian Winters they last. I had my 3 exterior lights in my previous house that were still in service after 5 years, they are still CFLs, but I have not asked the new owner if he has replaced them. Note at least in Canada there are CFLs that are rated for outdoor use.
The places I don't use them are
1: anywhere the bulb is visable - this is more a function of my wife not liking the way they look. My argument that an incandescent light bulb is not pretty is quite frankly just not worth it.
2. Anywhere I do lots of reading - I have over the years tried various CFLs for my reading lights and never been happy. Not sure why I didn't like them. The first I tried I thought I was rapidly blinking, but the more recent ones I find their affect on the white pages aggravating for my eyes. But it may be easier to blame the light bulb then the author for my agitation.
3. Anywhere I use a dimmer - will try again now that I realize you need CFLS rated for dimmer will try them again.
Other places I do use them are:
1. In Storage areas as I forget these on somewhat frequently, it also makes it feel less basementy down there
2. In secondary lighting (?) - not task lighting (see dimmer comment above)
I don't know the fcc rules inside out. I beleive the rule you talk about is for adjasent bands. I seem to recall that licensed bands and unlicenesed bands are supposed to be mutual excusive.
FCC arguing aside...
If it was my garage door opener, I would go back to the manufacturer using the consumer protection rule having to do with "product not fit for purpose" . This is close to my heart because there are certain conditions that exist in my home where this DoS would mean I was outside until it was over and my car heater sucks.
Random thoughts-
Someone indcated the keypad would have to be used. This wouldn't work because they transmit in the same frequency as the remotes.
What if you put 2 remotes in your car and set them to opposite ends of the spectrum your opener accepts. Then if it was only a slight infringement on your openers frequency range, you may hit beyond the jam. This should be possible to acheive with a spectrum analyser, a dozen beers and an afternoon.
This makes me think about the external key based override I saw at Sears a while back.
Even though your assessment of how to beef up a laptop was provided free of charge. I'm thinking that perhaps the manufacturer of ruggedized laptops who wish to conform to the military specifications have to perform a more thorough analysis of what fails under severe conditions. This analysis costs money which must be recouped from somewhere. Couple that cost with a limited production run (because there are a lot of us who don't submerge electronics) it ends up being a fairly costly laptop.
Just did a re-read of this and it seems the significant digits are the same as one of the prominent Canadian Lotteries. Is this coincidence or does it say something of the likelihood of you getting your data back..-.-. -.-.---...-.-
Actually a single overwrite is insufficient, if you have a great need for privacy. A single overwrite of zero's or one's would still leave the underlying content decipherable.
What the US DoD recomeneds is a 7 time overwrite. This should be done with a pattern then the compliment of the pattern, a different pattern and it's complement and I can't remember what the other 3 are.
The theory behind this is that magnetic media has a nasty habit of what is on the media affects the next write. So if you had a pattern of 01010101 and overwrote it with 11111111 you would end up with a pattern of 1 1+remenant 1 1+remenant 1 1+ remenant 1 1+ remenant. If the overwrite was all 0's, you would end up with o0o0o0o0 =] .
This is based on the fact that you are trying to counter a serious threat to privacy here. For most guys trying to overwrite cookies from Playboy.com or AshleyMadison.com a double overwrite or so would probably work.
Cheers
Do things in balence. My daughters do some computer, some tv, lots of books, lots of puzzles, lots of Barbie etc...
The programs I prefer for my daughters on the computer are those with purpose. At 5 and 2 I find the best value is the Reader Rabbit software. A bit trailing edge, but that means it works on the no-internet computer. We also have some other software that is more advanced, that they like (various Barbie stuff), but my opinion is it is less valuable. For my toddler she also likes the Winnie the Pooh Toddler (and pre-school) product, but she has a crush on Winnie the Pooh so your results may differ
I guess YMMV . I've run a dell, with its earie I'm openin squeak, for as long as my last 3 brickpads run time combined. In all fairnesss, this one hasn't yet been hit by a moped.... like the 2nd brickpad was.
I do miss the hard battery reboots and random shocks from the earphone jacks though.
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The other half of the space exploration on a string program previously failed, when Russian Scientists discovered they could only push the space probe approximately 3 cms with the fibre.
maybe journalists start counting at 1?
Some smart yet misguided people have their plot foiled by the weakest link, the human. I'm glad this whole miivi thing has been exposed. I think how it has been brought to light serves as a good reminder to the rest of us. No matter how secure your app, or how great your plan, all it takes is one person who doesn't understand policy or the consequences of following it and all is lost. Cheers
Polar bears are North Pole Penguins are South pole Penguins at North pole are called Polar Bear Hors d'oeuvre.
I agree with you right to the end... I think a voice of reason needs to speak calmly and respond to extreme views. Every group that has a belief is responsible for clarifying their core belief in light of the fringe element who would drag them down by perverting their concepts. This applies, in my opinion, to creationist, evolutionists, Muslims, Christians, and even vi users.
I'm glad some people have had good luck... In the 00-03 range I went through 3 IBMs. They just didn't travel well.
The 2 Dells I have had since (D800 and m1410) have behaved very well. The D800 still plugs away despite an unfortunate encounter with a juice box wielding toddler a couple years back.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on both those examples.
There are some kids smarter than their parents and there are some that achieve less so. I'm kind of a believer in individual abilities and being shaped by their environment which both are more than just a parent-child programming theory.
Deep blue doesn't out think an opponent what it does is map out all possible conclusions and choose based on probability. Don't get me wrong it's impressive, it's just not intelligence, it's an expert system that has a better memory and faster than most people.
KJ
Having reviewed the agenda on the singularity summit and taken a look at the other article I have this hunch there isa missing step in there somehow. Just as many do the 1, 2, 3, 4???, 5 Profit jokes, I am missing step 4 in their info. The argument as I see it is that being able to regurgitate all of the things everyone knows is super-intelligence. I don't buy that. It's impressive for sure, but reciting without being able to add cognitive reason to it means little, beside a very impressive photo memory parlor trick. It's the cognitive reason bit that I think is missing. I'm unsure how a computer could have a more advanced cognitive reason that the person who designed it. There are things where an AI can provide learned response, as there are some pointy heads out there that can scenario out a limited scope and a machine could run a mission that is too environmentally unfriendly for humans, but that's not intelligence. That is more of an advanced pavlovian conditioning. I guess what I'm trying to say is that advanced form of intelligence requires advanced intelligence to create it. I don't think that a machine could evolve above it's current intelligence threshold. Cheers kj
I have come to believe that CBC is is to Canadians, like matter is to anti-matter. Maybe that is too harsh, ok like a humidifier is to a de-humidifier. No big bang, but a whole lot of money and futility to reach an impasse.
and spell check them good.
Breaking "Fake" news, Police march on Youtube headquarters and take their server farm down with a water-cannon. The protest about police brutality appears to have been ended with the loss of only one life. Police are not releasing the name of the victim but indicate one staff member at youtube unfortunately suffered a massive coronary after all of the magic smoke escaped from his computer room. Reporters caught 6 paramedics on tape attempting to carry what appeared to be an obese sysadmin from the building to an ambulance. Protesters could not comment right away, as they have to go upstairs and ask theoir mom's permission before talking to people in real life.
I made this up. I don't condone cruelty to computers of any sort.
Maybe they can take the lead from the Kia commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPGTCYdCHbA which was pulled off air in the province of Ontario after the police association complained about the stereotypes it portrayed.
The modified commercial aired last night and it was priceless. All references to police were pulled, but a black screen states that this is the new politically correct ending. The rest of the commercial was of a goat standing in a field eating grass. Sorry no link.
Cheers
Kenny
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Being Flamebait on Slashdot - Priceless
Slashdot posts like this prove you are a Troll. For everything else, use made up statisitcs.
Great now we can start DoSing planets. You just had to put a link up on \.
kj
One area I do use them for is outdoors. I have found even in Canadian Winters they last. I had my 3 exterior lights in my previous house that were still in service after 5 years, they are still CFLs, but I have not asked the new owner if he has replaced them. Note at least in Canada there are CFLs that are rated for outdoor use. The places I don't use them are 1: anywhere the bulb is visable - this is more a function of my wife not liking the way they look. My argument that an incandescent light bulb is not pretty is quite frankly just not worth it. 2. Anywhere I do lots of reading - I have over the years tried various CFLs for my reading lights and never been happy. Not sure why I didn't like them. The first I tried I thought I was rapidly blinking, but the more recent ones I find their affect on the white pages aggravating for my eyes. But it may be easier to blame the light bulb then the author for my agitation. 3. Anywhere I use a dimmer - will try again now that I realize you need CFLS rated for dimmer will try them again. Other places I do use them are: 1. In Storage areas as I forget these on somewhat frequently, it also makes it feel less basementy down there 2. In secondary lighting (?) - not task lighting (see dimmer comment above)
I don't know the fcc rules inside out. I beleive the rule you talk about is for adjasent bands. I seem to recall that licensed bands and unlicenesed bands are supposed to be mutual excusive. FCC arguing aside... If it was my garage door opener, I would go back to the manufacturer using the consumer protection rule having to do with "product not fit for purpose" . This is close to my heart because there are certain conditions that exist in my home where this DoS would mean I was outside until it was over and my car heater sucks. Random thoughts- Someone indcated the keypad would have to be used. This wouldn't work because they transmit in the same frequency as the remotes. What if you put 2 remotes in your car and set them to opposite ends of the spectrum your opener accepts. Then if it was only a slight infringement on your openers frequency range, you may hit beyond the jam. This should be possible to acheive with a spectrum analyser, a dozen beers and an afternoon. This makes me think about the external key based override I saw at Sears a while back.
Even though your assessment of how to beef up a laptop was provided free of charge. I'm thinking that perhaps the manufacturer of ruggedized laptops who wish to conform to the military specifications have to perform a more thorough analysis of what fails under severe conditions. This analysis costs money which must be recouped from somewhere. Couple that cost with a limited production run (because there are a lot of us who don't submerge electronics) it ends up being a fairly costly laptop.
I'm only willing to call a device a smartphone if it has an internal mechanism that prevents it's use by morons.
I think at best it could "hop quickly" linux... now a pair of robotic legs hooked up through a robotic crotch could run linux .-.-. -.- .--- ...-.-
Just did a re-read of this and it seems the significant digits are the same as one of the prominent Canadian Lotteries. Is this coincidence or does it say something of the likelihood of you getting your data back. .-.-. -.- .--- ...-.-
Pehaps MS should use RAID... I hear it kills bugs dead
Actually a single overwrite is insufficient, if you have a great need for privacy. A single overwrite of zero's or one's would still leave the underlying content decipherable.
What the US DoD recomeneds is a 7 time overwrite. This should be done with a pattern then the compliment of the pattern, a different pattern and it's complement and I can't remember what the other 3 are.
The theory behind this is that magnetic media has a nasty habit of what is on the media affects the next write. So if you had a pattern of 01010101 and overwrote it with 11111111 you would end up with a pattern of 1 1+remenant 1 1+remenant 1 1+ remenant 1 1+ remenant. If the overwrite was all 0's, you would end up with o0o0o0o0 =] .
This is based on the fact that you are trying to counter a serious threat to privacy here. For most guys trying to overwrite cookies from Playboy.com or AshleyMadison.com a double overwrite or so would probably work. Cheers
my 2 cents
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Do things in balence. My daughters do some computer, some tv, lots of books, lots of puzzles, lots of Barbie etc...
The programs I prefer for my daughters on the computer are those with purpose. At 5 and 2 I find the best value is the Reader Rabbit software. A bit trailing edge, but that means it works on the no-internet computer. We also have some other software that is more advanced, that they like (various Barbie stuff), but my opinion is it is less valuable. For my toddler she also likes the Winnie the Pooh Toddler (and pre-school) product, but she has a crush on Winnie the Pooh so your results may differ
Cheers
kj
I guess YMMV . I've run a dell, with its earie I'm openin squeak, for as long as my last 3 brickpads run time combined. In all fairnesss, this one hasn't yet been hit by a moped.... like the 2nd brickpad was.
I do miss the hard battery reboots and random shocks from the earphone jacks though.
Kenny
I dislike taxi rides enought woithout thinking of re hot cabbie scrotums kenny .-.-.