Look guys, this is the same story we hear over and over again. First we need to hear the side of the border guards; secondly, always assume that government officials are assholes. Do what they ask, obey their orders, don't be a smartass - as a result, you will generally speaking be OK.
If you talk back, disobey orders and give them a hard time, crap like this will most likely happen to you because you escalate the situation and make the lives of people who already have miserable jobs more miserable. That's not an excuse, but don't be surprised when stuff like this happens.
It sounds like you may have a personal cat-data center story.:) Care to share, or did the cat suffer a tragic end in the turbine blades of a cooling rack?
Very cool stuff, but the rest of us who don't own mines don't really benefit from this solution. TFA says the mine layout and the underground lake are an "anomaly" of nature to begin with. We need solutions for "normal" data centers.
Either way, this was a great read. Thanks for sharing.
I remember a statistic claiming that more people are afraid of public speaking than of death - I don't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point, but it's a valid one. Most people suck at it because they are afraid of it. In many ways the only way to deal with it effectively is to face the fear and conquer it.
I am really glad to see books like this on/. - keep up with the good content guys!
Well said; I did some local investigative reporting on local issues, county budgeting problems and children services abuses - I did the leg work, filed freedom of information paperwork, etc.
I don't have a journalism degree, and mostly that's where the envy comes from when mainstream media is involved. They have the arrogance to look down on people like us because we don't have the degrees and the political connections they have, we don't call ourselves journalists, yet we do a better job at investigating issues that matter.
I am sure the "horse manure picker-uppers union workers (HMPUW)" biatched a lot when Henry Ford came up with an efficient and effective way of transportation.
Progress is a bitch; embracing it is the only way to survive....
I wonder if their providers will apply the true "network neutrality" principles to whatever sip trunks they have serving them, or will the fcc traffic get priority, since they are the fcc and everything?
What the heck is "cyberstalking?" Doesn't wholesale wiretapping of both voice and data include this cyberstalking notion? EFF already sued over the patriot act and Obama's administration has made it even worse than before. Not even Bush kept email lists of their political enemies (as far as we know), so the question is moot.
I see sci-moving into non-technical direction, with stuff like Max Barry's work (which came to my mind right away) where contemporary social issues that still have some sort of sci-fi aspect to them are being brought into our hands thanks to both the Internet and paperback books.
Ultimately the truth is that today's world is not the world where Snow Crash was created, so the expectations are after all quite different, are they not?
This is idiotic; what would stop someone from driving to AZ, NV or Oregon and buy a TV from another state? Ironically, this bureaucratic idiocy will create more pollution as a result of folks driving to buy TVs from another state AND it will cost CA sales taxes, with neighboring states benefiting from the decision.
Even with solar being taken seriously, you'd be using up a lot of land (hopefuly not arable) to be able to provide enough to satisfy household + industrial need. Until we figure out a way to make solar more efficient, it will not be adopted in mass. Wind is crappy and unreliable. With both solar and wind you need storage capacity, which requires led and other metals to be mined as well.
If all the world's households would switch to solar today, there wouldn't be enough led to manufacture batteries for long-time storage - granted it's recyclable. When we are running out of led and zinc, what's next?
Obsolete in the sense that it could be done better, or that new technology is already out and readily available to law enforcement? To me it looks like something that works well enough to catch bad guys. The paper deals with a lot of theoretical stuff that will be very hard to replicate in the real world; drug dealers, jihadists and even well-skilled technical people will have a really hard time overloading a major telco switch without access to expensive hardware and lots of resources which very few people have.
"The government statement also said promotion of the CCTV app on Apple's Web site in China was helpful for its user growth. The Apple site includes the CCTV and China Daily products on a list of recommended apps. "
A red Apple, a hammer and a sickle...why do they operate in groups of three? One can read, one can write and one to keep an eye on the two intellectuals.
I almost bought a netbook for the very same reasons - keep my macbook pro at work, take the netbook with me wherever I need to go and have a small computer with me.
This is not causing Apple to sell more stuff...it's just pissing off people like you and I, making us wait until a fix is out.
Hehe - that may work the other way around...everyone would be so confused to the extent that we just shrug off the danger and stop stressing out about things that "almost" kill us all on a daily basis.
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Look guys, this is the same story we hear over and over again. First we need to hear the side of the border guards; secondly, always assume that government officials are assholes. Do what they ask, obey their orders, don't be a smartass - as a result, you will generally speaking be OK.
If you talk back, disobey orders and give them a hard time, crap like this will most likely happen to you because you escalate the situation and make the lives of people who already have miserable jobs more miserable. That's not an excuse, but don't be surprised when stuff like this happens.
It sounds like you may have a personal cat-data center story. :) Care to share, or did the cat suffer a tragic end in the turbine blades of a cooling rack?
Very cool stuff, but the rest of us who don't own mines don't really benefit from this solution. TFA says the mine layout and the underground lake are an "anomaly" of nature to begin with. We need solutions for "normal" data centers.
Either way, this was a great read. Thanks for sharing.
Hahahah! And Jerry is never wrong!
I remember a statistic claiming that more people are afraid of public speaking than of death - I don't know if it was a real stat or a metaphor to demonstrate and make a point, but it's a valid one. Most people suck at it because they are afraid of it. In many ways the only way to deal with it effectively is to face the fear and conquer it.
I am really glad to see books like this on /. - keep up with the good content guys!
Well, that's probably true - I was trying to come up with a good analogy. Maybe horse carriage driver union would have been better :)
Well said; I did some local investigative reporting on local issues, county budgeting problems and children services abuses - I did the leg work, filed freedom of information paperwork, etc.
I don't have a journalism degree, and mostly that's where the envy comes from when mainstream media is involved. They have the arrogance to look down on people like us because we don't have the degrees and the political connections they have, we don't call ourselves journalists, yet we do a better job at investigating issues that matter.
I am sure the "horse manure picker-uppers union workers (HMPUW)" biatched a lot when Henry Ford came up with an efficient and effective way of transportation.
Progress is a bitch; embracing it is the only way to survive....
I wonder if their providers will apply the true "network neutrality" principles to whatever sip trunks they have serving them, or will the fcc traffic get priority, since they are the fcc and everything?
What the heck is "cyberstalking?" Doesn't wholesale wiretapping of both voice and data include this cyberstalking notion? EFF already sued over the patriot act and Obama's administration has made it even worse than before. Not even Bush kept email lists of their political enemies (as far as we know), so the question is moot.
Anyone remember this?
I think the headline is wrong...they usually charge people for services, not vice versa! wtf?
More evidence that there is a real movement afoot for a global government with the goal of undermining the freedom and liberties of U.S. citizens.
I'd say that if the people in a small boat are shooting Kalashnikovs at you, it would be safe to assume they are not innocent people.
Yes, absolutely...there is never a catch to free stuff being handed out by large corporations!! Sign me up!
I see sci-moving into non-technical direction, with stuff like Max Barry's work (which came to my mind right away) where contemporary social issues that still have some sort of sci-fi aspect to them are being brought into our hands thanks to both the Internet and paperback books.
Ultimately the truth is that today's world is not the world where Snow Crash was created, so the expectations are after all quite different, are they not?
This is idiotic; what would stop someone from driving to AZ, NV or Oregon and buy a TV from another state? Ironically, this bureaucratic idiocy will create more pollution as a result of folks driving to buy TVs from another state AND it will cost CA sales taxes, with neighboring states benefiting from the decision.
And what's next, TV police vans, like the UK has?
Even with solar being taken seriously, you'd be using up a lot of land (hopefuly not arable) to be able to provide enough to satisfy household + industrial need. Until we figure out a way to make solar more efficient, it will not be adopted in mass. Wind is crappy and unreliable. With both solar and wind you need storage capacity, which requires led and other metals to be mined as well.
If all the world's households would switch to solar today, there wouldn't be enough led to manufacture batteries for long-time storage - granted it's recyclable. When we are running out of led and zinc, what's next?
Uranium is for infidels and suckers. Iranium is the future of nuclear development!
Obsolete in the sense that it could be done better, or that new technology is already out and readily available to law enforcement? To me it looks like something that works well enough to catch bad guys. The paper deals with a lot of theoretical stuff that will be very hard to replicate in the real world; drug dealers, jihadists and even well-skilled technical people will have a really hard time overloading a major telco switch without access to expensive hardware and lots of resources which very few people have.
"The government statement also said promotion of the CCTV app on Apple's Web site in China was helpful for its user growth. The Apple site includes the CCTV and China Daily products on a list of recommended apps. "
A red Apple, a hammer and a sickle...why do they operate in groups of three? One can read, one can write and one to keep an eye on the two intellectuals.
Vadim Tudor is on /. ?
I almost bought a netbook for the very same reasons - keep my macbook pro at work, take the netbook with me wherever I need to go and have a small computer with me.
This is not causing Apple to sell more stuff...it's just pissing off people like you and I, making us wait until a fix is out.
Hehe - that may work the other way around...everyone would be so confused to the extent that we just shrug off the danger and stop stressing out about things that "almost" kill us all on a daily basis.
It would sound much more sinister and dangerous if they start reporting these sizes in feet and inches. :)