The test follows a three-year hiatus since the first experimental flight of the unmanned aircraft, dubbed the next-generation supersonic transport, prematurely separated from its booster rocket and crashed into the desert.
"We've made some improvements so that won't happen again," Takaaki Akuto, a spokesman for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, said Tuesday in Tokyo.
Gee, I guess having it NOT CRASH would be a good thing. Glad they fixed that issue.
The computer industry seems to be moving at different speeds. Today, for example, you can buy a 64-bit CPU that operates at 3gHz, 32-bit memory that operates at 400mHz, and a 128-bit graphics card with 300mHz RAMDAC. Nobody seems interested in designing a complete system in the PC industry -- instead all the "progress" is in optimizing or extending components and hoping they work when you throw them together.
You sir, have just described a Mac. If the intel switch works, I'm dual booting OS X and Slackware and I'm not looking back.
Or even better, use a firewire flash drive (up to 4GB) like this one: http://www.kanguru.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryI D=39.
Why do you need 60GB to boot Knoppix, unless you are doing disaster recovery. Also, the constant spin of an iPod's platters will significantly decrease the life of the drive. The iPod is meant to move chunks of data (music files) over to flash memory to reduce HD spin and increase battery life. Not to run an OS.
Target/Firewire boots have been a life-saver in the Mac world and I often wonder why PC manufacturers don't incorperate this functionality.
Great post.
Part of the problem is just like you say, Windows is dead and should be retired as soon as possible.
The other issue is that we are a reactionary society, only "fixing" the problems that become too out of control or after a monsterous disaster. This easily applies to information security
Couple that with the fact that everything today has to be easy and intantaneous, and you've got real problems.
I love it and I'm not sure why. I can barely drive, talk on my cell and check my Blackberry email without driving into the river. Now I have to try and not surf the web? Not a good idea.
Exploits ike these will all be fixed in Longhorn, umm, Vista.
Seriously, the general population doesn't patch the security fixes that are out there, let alone the new ones that come out every other Tuesday. So exploits based on new patches are irrelevant if a computer can be compromised with mydoom.
No arguments. I'll give you those examples.
However, we are talking about end user goods here. For entertainment only, no less. I don't need 100% uptime for for my tunes. That is the linx I'm referring to here.
Heck, build a "free" DVR with MythTV that will also play music. Low cost + open source + I learn something.
Nothing will change until a large attack steals congressional credit card numbers, blacks-out the entire East Coast for two weeks, diverts Taco Bell supply trucks to Canada, or shuts down all the free porn sites.
We are a reactionary society. Even when tools like encryption and AV are practically free, 99.9% of the population won't use them until something really bad happends or they are forced.
Security WILL be forced upon us after a "Digital Pearl Harbor" touches us all. It's not a matter of if, but when.
If Massport is so worried about security, they would remove the open Cat-5 jacks "hidden" in terminal C. I've seen people wait in line to plug into their free service. DHCP with access to the outside world.
I'd imagine a quick 1-100 port scan of the 20+ machines visable on the network would reveal some services. One would hope these aren't true "mission critical" airport machines.
How many corporations (Fortune 100, 500, or small businesses) would receive a passing grade for infrastructure security? Who grades private industry? And before you answer, 'the stockholders', how many security incidents go un-noticed?
Who has more of your information, government or private industry?
(I'm not defending or attacking either party)
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*Fires up Google Earth to search for treasure and naked women in the shower*
"We've made some improvements so that won't happen again," Takaaki Akuto, a spokesman for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, said Tuesday in Tokyo.
Gee, I guess having it NOT CRASH would be a good thing. Glad they fixed that issue.
But they are more durable and faster, and if you can get [insert your company here] to buy you the 4GB model, high-five.
You sir, have just described a Mac. If the intel switch works, I'm dual booting OS X and Slackware and I'm not looking back.
Or even better, use a firewire flash drive (up to 4GB) like this one: http://www.kanguru.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryI D=39.
Why do you need 60GB to boot Knoppix, unless you are doing disaster recovery. Also, the constant spin of an iPod's platters will significantly decrease the life of the drive. The iPod is meant to move chunks of data (music files) over to flash memory to reduce HD spin and increase battery life. Not to run an OS.
Target/Firewire boots have been a life-saver in the Mac world and I often wonder why PC manufacturers don't incorperate this functionality.
Great post. Part of the problem is just like you say, Windows is dead and should be retired as soon as possible. The other issue is that we are a reactionary society, only "fixing" the problems that become too out of control or after a monsterous disaster. This easily applies to information security Couple that with the fact that everything today has to be easy and intantaneous, and you've got real problems.
I love it and I'm not sure why. I can barely drive, talk on my cell and check my Blackberry email without driving into the river. Now I have to try and not surf the web? Not a good idea.
I'm affraid that you are wishing for something that's never going to happen. Here's to the OS X revolution! pm
Exploits ike these will all be fixed in Longhorn, umm, Vista. Seriously, the general population doesn't patch the security fixes that are out there, let alone the new ones that come out every other Tuesday. So exploits based on new patches are irrelevant if a computer can be compromised with mydoom.
Thankfully the media "Deathwatch" comes to an end. Ever get the feeling that they are hoping for disasters to happen? They are.
The FBI can ditch the expensive equipment and just add the terrorists to their buddy list.
No arguments. I'll give you those examples. However, we are talking about end user goods here. For entertainment only, no less. I don't need 100% uptime for for my tunes. That is the linx I'm referring to here. Heck, build a "free" DVR with MythTV that will also play music. Low cost + open source + I learn something.
For $899 it better deliver my morning toast. I'm all for linux, but isn't the whole idea open source, low cost and "do it yourself"?
Nothing will change until a large attack steals congressional credit card numbers, blacks-out the entire East Coast for two weeks, diverts Taco Bell supply trucks to Canada, or shuts down all the free porn sites. We are a reactionary society. Even when tools like encryption and AV are practically free, 99.9% of the population won't use them until something really bad happends or they are forced. Security WILL be forced upon us after a "Digital Pearl Harbor" touches us all. It's not a matter of if, but when.
If Massport is so worried about security, they would remove the open Cat-5 jacks "hidden" in terminal C. I've seen people wait in line to plug into their free service. DHCP with access to the outside world. I'd imagine a quick 1-100 port scan of the 20+ machines visable on the network would reveal some services. One would hope these aren't true "mission critical" airport machines.
How many corporations (Fortune 100, 500, or small businesses) would receive a passing grade for infrastructure security? Who grades private industry? And before you answer, 'the stockholders', how many security incidents go un-noticed? Who has more of your information, government or private industry? (I'm not defending or attacking either party)