Amsterdam has invested in a huge facility for converting trash into electricity, and is improving the barge infrastructure so it can import more waste from neighboring countries. Anecdotally it seems to be a more efficient approach to create electricity, (and salvageable metals), as opposed to merely heat. The trams run on electricity, for example.
This is true. Although I am bit too you to remember it. I do recall the black and white vector CAD monitors, and that damn strobing lightpen that we had to tap the glass of the monitor with. Talk about bleeding eyes.
I also remember the thrill when the software went from mainframes, to run on x286 PCs, and it was fast too!
Okay, the same extension is in the Chrome store too, but from what I gather, in terms of being safe from malware, the chrome store offers no really-certain safety. It seems like a hack on the reporting mechanisms that otherwise shutdown service. Or, maybe my firefox is now mining bitcoins. But hey, at least it runs on Linux.
While on the surface your backup suggestion seems valid, in reality one must also assess how realistic a successful recovery will be, for you, and at what cost to you.
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Thanks a lot for writing up this suggestion. I had no idea Amazon Glacier was only a penny per gigabyte, and thus a realistic way for me to backup virtual machines offsite, finally, (using only my available slow home upload bandwidth). Which got me to Searching on the net...
CloudGates.net does indeed look like a useful service.
This technote from 'AWS Blog' explains how to use the more standard and better documented Amazon S3 Data buckets to automatically offload data after a specified time to Amazon Glacier storage. The trick is to create a lifecycle rule. I'm inclined to try this, once I get myself better organized, although CloudGates also looks very worthy. Kudos! http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/11/archive-s3-to-glacier.html
To further illustrate your point, about what would have happened had Nokia not adopted Elop's Nokia/Microsoft partnership, allow me to quote from the same source you cited have already cited, (mobile-industry analyst Tomi Ahonen)
This is the year Tizen will ship. Tizen at least initially will feature Samsung's top phones, so imagine the Galaxy S4 but running an evolution of what we saw with MeeGo on Nokia's award-winning N9. And the beauty with Tizen is the carrier community around it, starting with NTT DoCoMo which promises to start to sell Tizen phones in Japan this year. Tizen's launch will be seen as the perfect case study of contrasts, how can Samsung now, as world's largest smartphone maker and world's largest phone maker, with the help of carriers, switch from the world's most used smartphone OS (Android) to its new OS developed with Intel (Tizen). And the intention is to launch new smartphones in parallel with the existing system but introduce first Tizen phones at the top end of the price pyramid, as flagships. This is exactly what Nokia had in its strategy prior to Elop selecting Windows. Nokia, as world's largest smartphone maker back then, and world's largest phone maker, with the help of carriers, was intending to switch from what was then the most used smarpthone OS (Symbian) to its new OS developed with Intel (MeeGo). The intention was to launch new smartphones in parallel with the existing system, and introducing MeeGo smartphones at the top of the price pyramid, as flagships. And contrast that with what Elop did at Nokia - as world's largest smartphone maker, against the wishes of carriers, abandoned world's bestselling OS platform, forced change to the smallest, developed solely by the evil empire, Microsoft, known as the widow-maker of mobile who bankrupts all its partners. The new phones were not introduced in parallel but to replace Nokia's existing platform and the launch was not at the flagship, but in mid-price level. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong wrong and wrong. But yes, now we'll see how Samsung does it 'right' - remember, my dear readers, as you see Tizen phones and their reception and support by carriers - and think, this could have been Nokia in 2011 when the N9 on MeeGo launched.
What about power and redundancy? What about about bandwidth redundancy? Those two little tick-boxes seems to favor data center centralization for a lot of folks concerned about business operations, uptime, and their associated costs vs. risks.
Maybe if we're talking about a business with multiple dispersed office locations, but still, those larger enterprise clients also seem better served by a real data center. Look at it this way, is your core business power and bandwidth? Can that be outsourced more reliably while retaining security?
It is true. The Ubuntu Tweak tool, and Gnome 3, along with whatever extension a user feels they need (like adding a restart button), works very well. Gnome 3 is an affordable, modern OS IMHO and I like it a lot. I have Ubuntu 12.04/Gnome 3 on all my PCs, from large double-monitor rigs to a 10" netbook display. And I am thrilled I don't have to reconfigure anything until October 2017 according to this chart:
Also, the low-tech folks with no budget who 'just needed a (recycled) computer' that I've turned on to it, have all taken to it well so far, with the most-minimal of hand-holding. So they are all good until October 2017 too. And I already know when to be ready for them, and when to get them ready too. October 2017 folks. Write it down. __ https://extensions.gnome.org/ http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ ----
Here's an amazing article that gives all kinds of historical telecom cable information, including the internet exchange in Alexandria Egypt. It also discusses repair ships and some inherent physics problems having to do with the pressures placed on the spindles (of the undersea cables) on-deck.
Methinks both the eric conspiracy and jcdr are correct in their assertions. Nokia of late, under Elop is has both business models in use at the moment: selling phones to the developing world *and* patent trolling.
This btw is the same guy that sold the Nokia headquarters building, while agreeing to lease it back long-term.
He closed several factories in Europe, sending production (and build-quality) to Asia.
He's has and is paid many millions, although he's only been with the company just a few years. Coincidentally he came from Microsoft with millions of MS shares in the bank. He's Ballmer's Tool.
Drupal OpenAtrium is more like a forum, (that can be subscribed to, with push-email notifications). In other words the source document/content stays securely archived on the Drupal discussion forum, with email notifications and links to source for stakeholders' direct access. This also helps security and access to the actual information.
Also, any document in a library might have its own discussion and commentary thread, (with subscriptions, etc.)
Here's links to the White House Github, and some more details:
I don't think your point is so valid regarding leaving basic features like a camera out, because Apple can count on the fanbois to buy anything resembling an iPhone upon its release; they'll camp out overnight for it. Apple knows they can skimp on features like that to release a product, while giving their engineers time to actually develop things like a camera, and A2DP bluetooth *years* down the road.
For the most part, at least during the Jobs era, Apple products were beyond the reach of most 3rd-worlders, so catering to despotic countries wasn't an issue. In fact, so much so, it was not part of the Apple business model. (Apple products were this justly marketed as 'aspirational', and this model is working well over the long-term for Apple).
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Amsterdam has invested in a huge facility for converting trash into electricity, and is improving the barge infrastructure so it can import more waste from neighboring countries. Anecdotally it seems to be a more efficient approach to create electricity, (and salvageable metals), as opposed to merely heat. The trams run on electricity, for example.
http://www.amsterdam.nl/aeb/english
You mean a dog?
Hey we've all been there man. Welcome to Slashdot Sports.
Thanks too, I can't remember reading such an entertaining sports write-up since Jim Murray.
This is true. Although I am bit too you to remember it. I do recall the black and white vector CAD monitors, and that damn strobing lightpen that we had to tap the glass of the monitor with. Talk about bleeding eyes.
I also remember the thrill when the software went from mainframes, to run on x286 PCs, and it was fast too!
Aren't firefox extensions open-source code, by requirement, (also in order to be hosted by Mozilla)? A search engine took me to this page, and this seems to be the case. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XUL/School_tutorial/The_Essentials_of_an_Extension
Okay, the same extension is in the Chrome store too, but from what I gather, in terms of being safe from malware, the chrome store offers no really-certain safety. It seems like a hack on the reporting mechanisms that otherwise shutdown service. Or, maybe my firefox is now mining bitcoins. But hey, at least it runs on Linux.
Here's an even better site & link: http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/boe272
Cool!
What? You were expecting ponies?
While on the surface your backup suggestion seems valid, in reality one must also assess how realistic a successful recovery will be, for you, and at what cost to you.
Thanks a lot for writing up this suggestion. I had no idea Amazon Glacier was only a penny per gigabyte, and thus a realistic way for me to backup virtual machines offsite, finally, (using only my available slow home upload bandwidth). Which got me to Searching on the net...
CloudGates.net does indeed look like a useful service.
A Search engine lead me to a free Windows client called FastGlacier http://fastglacier.com/faq.aspx
This technote from 'AWS Blog' explains how to use the more standard and better documented Amazon S3 Data buckets to automatically offload data after a specified time to Amazon Glacier storage. The trick is to create a lifecycle rule. I'm inclined to try this, once I get myself better organized, although CloudGates also looks very worthy. Kudos! http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/11/archive-s3-to-glacier.html
Happy World Backup Day!
To further illustrate your point, about what would have happened had Nokia not adopted Elop's Nokia/Microsoft partnership, allow me to quote from the same source you cited have already cited, (mobile-industry analyst Tomi Ahonen)
http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2013/03/preview-of-the-smartphone-wars-bloodbath-year-4-smartphones-galore-this-year-will-be-pretty-stable-w.html
What about power and redundancy? What about about bandwidth redundancy? Those two little tick-boxes seems to favor data center centralization for a lot of folks concerned about business operations, uptime, and their associated costs vs. risks.
Maybe if we're talking about a business with multiple dispersed office locations, but still, those larger enterprise clients also seem better served by a real data center. Look at it this way, is your core business power and bandwidth? Can that be outsourced more reliably while retaining security?
It is true. The Ubuntu Tweak tool, and Gnome 3, along with whatever extension a user feels they need (like adding a restart button), works very well. Gnome 3 is an affordable, modern OS IMHO and I like it a lot. I have Ubuntu 12.04/Gnome 3 on all my PCs, from large double-monitor rigs to a 10" netbook display. And I am thrilled I don't have to reconfigure anything until October 2017 according to this chart:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
Also, the low-tech folks with no budget who 'just needed a (recycled) computer' that I've turned on to it, have all taken to it well so far, with the most-minimal of hand-holding. So they are all good until October 2017 too. And I already know when to be ready for them, and when to get them ready too. October 2017 folks. Write it down.
__
https://extensions.gnome.org/
http://ubuntu-tweak.com/
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Here's an amazing article that gives all kinds of historical telecom cable information, including the internet exchange in Alexandria Egypt. It also discusses repair ships and some inherent physics problems having to do with the pressures placed on the spindles (of the undersea cables) on-deck.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html
Sadly, I can't locate a version of the article with the wonderful photos of the original printed piece.
No Kidding. That's certainly the same actor from Weird Science that played Gary Wallace. And Weird Science was released in 1985, swear to God.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090305/
Methinks both the eric conspiracy and jcdr are correct in their assertions. Nokia of late, under Elop is has both business models in use at the moment: selling phones to the developing world *and* patent trolling.
This btw is the same guy that sold the Nokia headquarters building, while agreeing to lease it back long-term.
He closed several factories in Europe, sending production (and build-quality) to Asia.
He's has and is paid many millions, although he's only been with the company just a few years. Coincidentally he came from Microsoft with millions of MS shares in the bank. He's Ballmer's Tool.
Drupal OpenAtrium is more like a forum, (that can be subscribed to, with push-email notifications). In other words the source document/content stays securely archived on the Drupal discussion forum, with email notifications and links to source for stakeholders' direct access. This also helps security and access to the actual information.
Also, any document in a library might have its own discussion and commentary thread, (with subscriptions, etc.)
Here's links to the White House Github, and some more details:
http://github.com/whitehouse
http://www.whitehouse.gov/developers
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/11/20/open-source-and-power-community
http://techpresident.com/news/23233/why-its-worth-noticing-white-houses-big-wet-kiss-drupal-and-github
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/69839.html
http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/white-house-drupal-community-here-we-made-these
http://fedscoop.com/white-house-we-believe-in-using-and-contributing-back-to-open-source-software/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/11/whitehousegov-releases-second-set-open-source-code
Try Reuters http://reuters.com/
Clinton was using IBM/Lotus Notes and it was working well. G.W. Bush switched to Microsoft Exchange, arguably so emails would get lost.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/04/bush-lost-e-mails/
Obama's office is now using free open-source Drupal-based groupware, called OpenAtrium.
http://developmentseed.org/blog/2011/feb/14/white-house-using-open-atrium/
https://drupal.org/user/2356044
I stand corrected, although please let me clarify as to the source of my own confusion earlier.
Apple released the iPhone 3g with A2DP bluetooth in June 2009.
The Nokia N95 (with A2DP bluetooth) was intially released in March 2007.
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_3gs-2826.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n95-1716.php
I don't think your point is so valid regarding leaving basic features like a camera out, because Apple can count on the fanbois to buy anything resembling an iPhone upon its release; they'll camp out overnight for it. Apple knows they can skimp on features like that to release a product, while giving their engineers time to actually develop things like a camera, and A2DP bluetooth *years* down the road.
He must have understood the risk.
640 relatives should be enough for anyone.
Uncertain. I suggest you check your power source, and reboot just to be sure. o|o
For the most part, at least during the Jobs era, Apple products were beyond the reach of most 3rd-worlders, so catering to despotic countries wasn't an issue. In fact, so much so, it was not part of the Apple business model. (Apple products were this justly marketed as 'aspirational', and this model is working well over the long-term for Apple).