What I want to know is if you get a mobo with two of these chips on it, if it'll give you 4 CPUs?
Of course you'll need to run Linux or the expensive Windows Server to take advantage of it, since WinXP and Win2k Pro don't support more than 2 CPU's...
Rather than pay $3000 for 2 GB of RAM-drive, there are numerous software packages, both free and commercial, for Windows and Linux, that would allow you to do the same thing for a fraction of the cost.
Some of the packages will even do a lazy mirror of the data to a HD so that on boot, the data is reloaded to the RAM drive.
The theater I went to is a part of a furniture store. Yes, a furniture store has a 3D IMAX theater!
The best part though was the vibrating seats whenever there was an explosion or other low-bass sound... That and the seats were made from Tempurpedic material, so they were ultra comfortable.
Don't forget the KH-11 satellite... It had at least a 6" resolution that we know of. Now this was a satellite that was from the mid-80's. Imagine what they have now, 20 years later!
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All Windows applications that want to display the "certified for" logo are required to use Windows Installer. Mind you, Windows Installer is just the back-end; there are several applications that you can use to create a custom front-end to the installer. InstallShield and Wise are two such applications. While they are different applications, they both ultimately use the *same* MSI database and Windows Installer back-end. This allows for a single point in which to check dependencies as well as provide a rich set of uninstall/rollback features.
One good thing about Windows Installer is that the install is an atomic procedure. That is, if it fails for any reason (file missing, user cancel, etc.), then it will completely roll-back and not leave bits of a partially installed application.
My point is, is that while it's possible to use different front-end installers, they all use the same back-end, unlike the different Linux package systems.
Make sure you keep the letter in case they decide to give you a hard time about it later... You can always send them a photocopy of your letter to get them off your back later.
The basic problem with this and a similar one that I built using a Shuttle SV-25 case is the loudness of the fans. Especially because the cases are aluminum, any vibration is amplified causing a low hum.
The question is, in addition to adding sound-dampening rubber and/or foam to the inside of the case, what are some really nice and quiet (silent) fans? The heatsink fan is relatively quiet, and since it's just a Celery 1.1ghz, it doesn't need much of one... but the case fan is a bit louder and should be sacked.
It is generally regarded that the NSA and the military have technology that is about 20 years, yes 20, ahead of what is publicly known.
The NSA has the budget to hire the best and brightest mathematicians money can buy. Whose to say that the NSA hasn't know about this for years? Sure, Bernstein could have simply "rediscovered" what the NSA has known for years.
There have long been rumrors of a $2-3B machine that the NSA has for breaking encryption. Taking time into account, that translates to that $1B machine now.
The NSA has likely been able to break these keys for years.
Actually, after using the Windows CE.NET Platform Builder, which is for comparison purposes identical to the XP Embedded builder, you need a version of IE regardless of it's GUI or not.
The reason for it is that IE provides alot of COM interfaces, including XML parsers, that other applications have come to depend on.
Ripping one of these new disc's is more of a nuisance than non-protected disc's, but it's still very easy.
What you'll need are the following two pieces of hardware: a stand-alone cd player with digital output (either coax or optical), and a sound card, such as the Audigy Plantinum, that supports digital input.
With those two items, it is very easy to just hit play and record to make a perfect digital copy of the CD. End of story.
Every article that I've seen on this so far has failed to mention that a large number of AT&T broadband customers in the north-east are completely unaffected by this. That is, those customers who were previously serviced by MediaOne still have their connection.
The reason is as follows: a couple of years ago AT&T bought MediaOne outright, and that included all of the back-end infrastructure as well as the cables on the street.
I had the same problem as you last February. The first RMA'd drive died shortly after I received it, but the second one has so far lasted 9-10 months... (knock on wood).
I bought an IBM drive, since they are supposed to be more reliable than Western Digital or Maxtor, so these failures really came a surprise to me.
>Currently a copyright application is for (I believe) 24 years, subject to extension.
The current term of copyright for corporations after the passage of the Sunny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is up to 95 years. That's right, if these copyright terms had been in place in the 19th century, both Santa Claus and Uncle Sam would have gone into the public domain only in 1973!
Aside from any fair use issues with regards to restricting all copying, could Vivendi be sued for knowingly selling/distributing a defective product? Since the CD's no longer fall within the set standards for CD audio, and they won't work in some devices, the CD's would seem to be defective.
Is there anything that could be done legally about this?
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I have AT&T Broadband (formally MediaOne) in Eastern Massachusetts, and I'm still able to get to port 80 from outside AT&T's network.
Given that they can control which ports are open on a per user basis (they can unblock SMB if you ask), I would suggest calling and talking to their tech support and explain to them that your system is not affected and that you want port 80 reopened, assuming yours has been blocked. There's no harm in trying ask first...you just might get it.
I'm not so sure that COM objects fall into the category of a dynamic library. Granted, the code lives in DLL's, but it is a wholly individual package. The object could be used from almost any Windows scripting language and almost any Windows compiled language. Its execution is therefore independent, more like the allowed fork & exec, than a function call.
Furthermore, what about SOAP calls? If a program used a remote SOAP method from an object that may have been placed under GPL, it is unreasonable to say that the program using the remote object must be GPL as well. Again, it fits the fork & exec model more than a function call in to a dynamically loaded library.
From what I've seen in the C# Tech Preview SDK, C# does compile into an intermidiate language (IL), but it never actually runs as IL. Instead, the installation process compiles the IL into machine-specific code that is optimized for the specific platform its running on. Once the code is installed, the byte-code IL can be thrown away.
What it seems like is a cross-platform distribution but with native compilation upon installation. Sorta a best of both worlds kinda thing...
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That pinpoint makes it look like a tempting target for a smart bomb? Anyone got a laser to paint the target with and a spare bomb to drop on it?
What I want to know is if you get a mobo with two of these chips on it, if it'll give you 4 CPUs?
Of course you'll need to run Linux or the expensive Windows Server to take advantage of it, since WinXP and Win2k Pro don't support more than 2 CPU's...
...an impressionist painting!
Has anyone else noticed that the texture of the sun looks like the brush strokes on a Van Gogh?
The best-known one is SuperSpeed, which is available for all flavors of Windows.
www.superspeed.com.
Rather than pay $3000 for 2 GB of RAM-drive, there are numerous software packages, both free and commercial, for Windows and Linux, that would allow you to do the same thing for a fraction of the cost.
Some of the packages will even do a lazy mirror of the data to a HD so that on boot, the data is reloaded to the RAM drive.
This seems overpriced for what it is...
The theater I went to is a part of a furniture store. Yes, a furniture store has a 3D IMAX theater!
The best part though was the vibrating seats whenever there was an explosion or other low-bass sound... That and the seats were made from Tempurpedic material, so they were ultra comfortable.
Anyone ready to blow up a house from too much popcorn? :)
Don't forget the KH-11 satellite... It had at least a 6" resolution that we know of. Now this was a satellite that was from the mid-80's. Imagine what they have now, 20 years later!
All Windows applications that want to display the "certified for" logo are required to use Windows Installer. Mind you, Windows Installer is just the back-end; there are several applications that you can use to create a custom front-end to the installer. InstallShield and Wise are two such applications. While they are different applications, they both ultimately use the *same* MSI database and Windows Installer back-end. This allows for a single point in which to check dependencies as well as provide a rich set of uninstall/rollback features.
One good thing about Windows Installer is that the install is an atomic procedure. That is, if it fails for any reason (file missing, user cancel, etc.), then it will completely roll-back and not leave bits of a partially installed application.
My point is, is that while it's possible to use different front-end installers, they all use the same back-end, unlike the different Linux package systems.
Under copyright law, only the actual implementation is protected, the idea/architecture is not--that's what patent's are for.
So, bottom line, unless the component was patented by the other company, you can re-implement the underlying idea.
It's amazing... Finally a site that has more bandwith than /. can throw at it!
Make sure you keep the letter in case they decide to give you a hard time about it later... You can always send them a photocopy of your letter to get them off your back later.
The basic problem with this and a similar one that I built using a Shuttle SV-25 case is the loudness of the fans. Especially because the cases are aluminum, any vibration is amplified causing a low hum.
The question is, in addition to adding sound-dampening rubber and/or foam to the inside of the case, what are some really nice and quiet (silent) fans? The heatsink fan is relatively quiet, and since it's just a Celery 1.1ghz, it doesn't need much of one... but the case fan is a bit louder and should be sacked.
-Ececheira
It is generally regarded that the NSA and the military have technology that is about 20 years, yes 20, ahead of what is publicly known.
The NSA has the budget to hire the best and brightest mathematicians money can buy. Whose to say that the NSA hasn't know about this for years? Sure, Bernstein could have simply "rediscovered" what the NSA has known for years.
There have long been rumrors of a $2-3B machine that the NSA has for breaking encryption. Taking time into account, that translates to that $1B machine now.
The NSA has likely been able to break these keys for years.
Actually, after using the Windows CE .NET Platform Builder, which is for comparison purposes identical to the XP Embedded builder, you need a version of IE regardless of it's GUI or not.
The reason for it is that IE provides alot of COM interfaces, including XML parsers, that other applications have come to depend on.
Ececheira
Okay... now which of these companies has the best TOS (ie, the most liberal)?
Any predictions about TOS changes for the better or worse?
Ripping one of these new disc's is more of a nuisance than non-protected disc's, but it's still very easy.
What you'll need are the following two pieces of hardware: a stand-alone cd player with digital output (either coax or optical), and a sound card, such as the Audigy Plantinum, that supports digital input.
With those two items, it is very easy to just hit play and record to make a perfect digital copy of the CD. End of story.
Every article that I've seen on this so far has failed to mention that a large number of AT&T broadband customers in the north-east are completely unaffected by this. That is, those customers who were previously serviced by MediaOne still have their connection.
The reason is as follows: a couple of years ago AT&T bought MediaOne outright, and that included all of the back-end infrastructure as well as the cables on the street.
--Oren
I had the same problem as you last February. The first RMA'd drive died shortly after I received it, but the second one has so far lasted 9-10 months... (knock on wood).
I bought an IBM drive, since they are supposed to be more reliable than Western Digital or Maxtor, so these failures really came a surprise to me.
The current term of copyright for corporations after the passage of the Sunny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is up to 95 years. That's right, if these copyright terms had been in place in the 19th century, both Santa Claus and Uncle Sam would have gone into the public domain only in 1973!
Aside from any fair use issues with regards to restricting all copying, could Vivendi be sued for knowingly selling/distributing a defective product? Since the CD's no longer fall within the set standards for CD audio, and they won't work in some devices, the CD's would seem to be defective.
Is there anything that could be done legally about this?
I have AT&T Broadband (formally MediaOne) in Eastern Massachusetts, and I'm still able to get to port 80 from outside AT&T's network.
Given that they can control which ports are open on a per user basis (they can unblock SMB if you ask), I would suggest calling and talking to their tech support and explain to them that your system is not affected and that you want port 80 reopened, assuming yours has been blocked. There's no harm in trying ask first...you just might get it.
I'm not so sure that COM objects fall into the category of a dynamic library. Granted, the code lives in DLL's, but it is a wholly individual package. The object could be used from almost any Windows scripting language and almost any Windows compiled language. Its execution is therefore independent, more like the allowed fork & exec, than a function call.
Furthermore, what about SOAP calls? If a program used a remote SOAP method from an object that may have been placed under GPL, it is unreasonable to say that the program using the remote object must be GPL as well. Again, it fits the fork & exec model more than a function call in to a dynamically loaded library.
Would you happen to have a citation for that case?
I'd like to take a look at that opinion more closely. If you don't know the citation, at the very least, who were the parties and what year was it?
Thanks
From what I've seen in the C# Tech Preview SDK, C# does compile into an intermidiate language (IL), but it never actually runs as IL. Instead, the installation process compiles the IL into machine-specific code that is optimized for the specific platform its running on. Once the code is installed, the byte-code IL can be thrown away.
What it seems like is a cross-platform distribution but with native compilation upon installation. Sorta a best of both worlds kinda thing...