But what I would like to see would be a competition for fuel-cell based vehicles. Fuel Cells are obviously the way forward for the future, so why is no attention paid to them ?
There are competitions involving fuel cells, including Future Truck and karting. Fuel Cells take a lot of R&D but when their price begins to decline we will see a lot of independant parties begin to become creative with what can be done... then we will see an increase in the number of races.
Could it be that the big oil interests have no interest in a cheap efficient environmentally friendly source of power ?
The big oil interests certainly have an interest in green energy... if it will make them money. Look at BP buying up all the small solar companies and cornering the market in solar cells.
You have to wonder sometimes when good technology is ignored, is there some sort of hidden oil-company aganda ?
Fuel cell technology is certainly not being ignored, it has massive momentum behind it. Most of this is from the car companies, who don't really care what goes into the engine (oil, hydrogen, etc) as long as people buy their cars. If fuel cell technology fails to take off it will be because of public apathy in supporting it, prefering to pay slightly less for old established petrol based polluting machines instead of the new and inevitably to begin with more expensive green option.
I have a friend that uses a solar-powered boat to go up and down the Thames and it works even in cloudy weather. Hence it's still possible even if you won't get the same ooomph.
I agree with all the posts saying such censorship is wrong, and for a number of very good reasons. One that seems to have been missed is that it gives these minority groups something else to latch onto and rebel against (the fascist government are trying to suppress the real truth, etc). The people that get drawn into these hate groups are people lost and attracted to a cause (and instead of getting sucked in by bible bashers they got some neo-nazi group). Making their freedom of expression taboo will only make it far more exciting for them.
Not only that, but how are they going to maintain a social perspective? If they can express their views and can see the public holds them in disdain then this has some psychological effect. If they can only talk amongst fellow supporters then this hate will only feed on itself with no checks.
In the UK you must provide the decryption key upon being presented with a court warrant. Providing the unencrypted text is not enough, they may force you to hand over the key (which, unfortunately, also allows law enforcement to read all past communications encrypted with that key and not just the communications covered by the court warrant). If required to turn over the encryption key for someone else (eg a boss for an employee) you may not tell the person that uses the encryption key you have revealed it to law enforcement or you face 5 years in jail. This is called a 'tipping off offence'.
As for the EU patent office, they are typical of EU beaurocracy gone mad. The UK had already decided against software patents. I hope we see more software groups lining up behind the EuroLinux call.
Outlook sucks and it's one thing I hated about Windows. I've tried so many email clients, both on Windows and Linux, and either their user interface is klunky or it's bug-ridden (one wiped all my mail!). The Linux email clients usually had the edge so I used one of these (I have two boxes side by side, one Win2k and one Linux). Then I discovered The Bat!, which I find to be the best by a large margin. It's not free (30-day free trial) but is so worth the money. Hence I was excited when I heard about an advanced email client called Evolution for Gnome... and groaned out loud when I saw it was an Outlook clone. Why???
I don't buy the "it's easier for people to shift from Outlook" argument. I know plenty of non-techies that had no problem switching from Outlook to Eudora. On the other hand it's good there *is* an Outlook clone for those that really want it. Perhaps some ex-Win32 users will find it a comforting stepping stone. The Evolution team are to be congratulated for providing this. Sadly it's not for me.
inc,.llc,.ltd,.gmbh (if they allow more than three bytes),.sa, and so on?
Because your average punter knows a brand by their common name, eg Walmart or Ford, and doesn't necessarily know whether the company is a PLC or LTD.
.us makes sense. Why is the USA, the most prominent country on the net, the only one not to have a country tld? (rhetorical question) I'd plump for.art for artists (music, painters, etc), and.mag for magazines or news sources.
It has been pointed out that electrolysis isn't the most efficient way of producing hydrogen. In the article it states "The endgame, in Lovins's view, will be using solar cells or wind farms to electrolyze water.". I disagree... it's the start game. A self-contained solar-electrolyser is totally independant from any infrastructure hence infinately scalable. It could be the catalyst to kick-start the hydrogen revolution. Eventually we may see hydrogen pipes to our house, much like natural gas, going through a standard meter to supply our household fuel cell. This will take quite a few years though.
To me, there is no value in purchasing food at a movie theater, so I don't buy any.
I and pretty much everyone else I know tend to stick a can and a pack of crisps or sweets in their pockets before they go into the cinema... except when we fall into the 'date' category. Then we tend to make a big show of buying Coke or popcorn in the cinema knowing full well our date knows how overpriced it is. English cinemas have twigged this and never search too thoroughly (unless seen carrying in a BBQ and you smell of raw meat). In fact, during real laddish films I've walked quite openly into a film carrying a 4-pack in a carrier bag.
... is surely C, with English coming second?
Anyway, if you can't decode a single transposition
in an English sentence you will be pretty useless
at debugging.
The simple accept/deny facilities for cookies do not go far enough. From this the user cannot tell whether it is being used anonymously just to be able to count unique visitors, or whether it is being used to track visitors around/across sites and can also be cross-referenced against registration data they may have entered earlier.
Your implication that they are attacking a technology is wrong, there are merely pushing companies into responsible use. For many sites this will take the form of the registration page having an extra (by default unticked) box on their registration page which asks the user whether they can track their viewing habits ("to help us deliver more targetted content" of course), and the backend software tweaked to filter those that do not opt-in. Other than that cookie use is unrestricted by the legislation as long as you cannot tie the information directly to an individual.
"Cygwin is a UNIX environment for Windows. It consists of two parts:
A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a UNIX emulation layer providing substantial UNIX API functionality.
A collection of tools, ported from UNIX, which provide UNIX/Linux look and feel.
The Cygwin DLL works with all versions of Windows since Windows 95, with the exception of Windows CE."
Interix claims to be faster than other eumulated Unix environments, but if performance is an issue then why not install a reliable BSD or Linux distro? Check it out here.
This is ridiculous, every single post has been obsessed with the short battery life. First 'mobile' phone anyone? My first phone I had to recharge every day, my latest Sony phone can go a week between recharges. Hopefully fuel cell technology will mean more like a month between charging. Different technologies are developed on parallel paths, and the point of this watch was not to refine battery technology. This will be done by a different group. Just imagine what it will be like when the two are combined.
This is a poor way of working. You should work out from the start how large your project is going to get and the functions you are going to need then pick the best tool for the job. You can _then_ future-proof the application as much as possible, for instance using database wrappers to make the code DB independant. Also, if you start on something that is _missing_ features then porting to a compatiable-language application with _extra_ features should mean NO rewriting of code. From your "I'm going to install the best possible no matter what the expense just in case" attitude I bet you were a hit during the dot-com boom:-P
Bin Laden has been (heard on radio) murdering prominent leaders of the Northern Alliance. If we help them into power, which is where it looks as though they may be headed, they have their own score to settle with the guy. And it won't be them "doing our dirty work for us", they have their own legitimate reasons for executing him. We will just be a happy beneficiary. I really think we are being kept in the dark as to how much better the Northern Alliance will be on the issue of Human Rights.
Phillip.
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Counterstrike is the major reason I will always have a Windows installation. Though if old classics are order of the day then Command&Conquor:Red Alert (and series) would win a lot of converts.
RISC processors at the same speed as a CISC processor are typically SLOWER because they do LESS work per instruction than a CISC processor.
That would be true if CISC instructions all executed on one clock cycle (as RISC instructions do) but that isn't true. CISC processory do MORE work per instruction. In fact, some (little used) CISC instructions can take hundreds of clock cycles. Advantages of having one cycle per instruction include efficient pipelining. The Intel Pentium is a strange hybrid. It has a RISC core which works on its own microcode, and 90% of the silicon is actually a hardware translator which converts the x86 CISC instructions to the Intel RISC microcode.
My basis was using a 200MHz RiscPC running RiscOS. From turning the machine on to the desktop running takes less than one second.
1) No, because it runs at 206MHz does not mean it comsumes a lot of power. It draws 0.7W.
2) It is RISC rather than CISC, and having used a 200MHz StrongARM desktop I can tell you it FLIES. Much faster than a P2-266
3) You use gcc to compile on StrongARM because Linux runs on StrongARM (well obviously). ARMLinux has been around for years running on Acorn machines. You can also cross-compile to StrongARM using a x86 box - just./configure --target=arm-linux when compiling GCC.
4) You can even use them for Beowolf;-)
Secret a load of child refugees in a military installation, decorate it like the inside of a schoolroom, and wait for it to be bombed. It will make EXCELLENT footage for propaganda purposes. They aren't lives, they are pawns for Taliban games.
Yes the input device is problematic, but ignoring this and plugging it into a pack with hard drive think of the applications:
pop up map of the area when walking around trying to find the place you are supposed to be having a meeting. Using GPS the map scrolls and stays centered on you
watch videos whilst sitting on the Tube instead of just listening to MP3s
discretely pull up information on items during an auction preview so as not to show you are interested in bidding
get GREAT marks in those exams
sun, sea, sand, shades... and email! Heaven
bored with making love to the same woman? Superimpose Nicole Kidmans face
I work in Yahoo's infrastructure group, and I've never even heard of iPlant. However, I do know that we use FreeBSD boxes by the thousands
Yahoo use FreeBSD as the OS and iPlanet (which is another name for Netscape Enterprise Server afaicr) as their web server.
The percentage may be small, but you neglected to report the fact that it's growing
Not according to the latest Netcraft survey. I personally I like FreeBSD but Linux has so many easy to use tools and so much support which for me is more important than raw performance.
It also runs Office too, so you can edit your Word documents or run Powerpoint presentations on your mobile full colour (4096 cols). Also has a Lotus/Outlook compatiable calendar. Quite an amazing little phone. Also supports HSCSD or 43.2kbps modem for fast 'net access. Plays video and wavs. My brother has one and I can tell you the games are pretty cool too:-)
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But what I would like to see would be a competition for fuel-cell based vehicles. Fuel Cells are obviously the way forward for the future, so why is no attention paid to them ?
There are competitions involving fuel cells, including Future Truck and karting. Fuel Cells take a lot of R&D but when their price begins to decline we will see a lot of independant parties begin to become creative with what can be done... then we will see an increase in the number of races.
Could it be that the big oil interests have no interest in a cheap efficient environmentally friendly source of power ?
The big oil interests certainly have an interest in green energy... if it will make them money. Look at BP buying up all the small solar companies and cornering the market in solar cells.
You have to wonder sometimes when good technology is ignored, is there some sort of hidden oil-company aganda ?
Fuel cell technology is certainly not being ignored, it has massive momentum behind it. Most of this is from the car companies, who don't really care what goes into the engine (oil, hydrogen, etc) as long as people buy their cars. If fuel cell technology fails to take off it will be because of public apathy in supporting it, prefering to pay slightly less for old established petrol based polluting machines instead of the new and inevitably to begin with more expensive green option.
Phillip.
I have a friend that uses a solar-powered boat to go up and down the Thames and it works even in cloudy weather. Hence it's still possible even if you won't get the same ooomph.
Phillip.
I agree with all the posts saying such censorship is wrong, and for a number of very good reasons. One that seems to have been missed is that it gives these minority groups something else to latch onto and rebel against (the fascist government are trying to suppress the real truth, etc). The people that get drawn into these hate groups are people lost and attracted to a cause (and instead of getting sucked in by bible bashers they got some neo-nazi group). Making their freedom of expression taboo will only make it far more exciting for them.
Not only that, but how are they going to maintain a social perspective? If they can express their views and can see the public holds them in disdain then this has some psychological effect. If they can only talk amongst fellow supporters then this hate will only feed on itself with no checks.
Phillip.
In the UK you must provide the decryption key upon being presented with a court warrant. Providing the unencrypted text is not enough, they may force you to hand over the key (which, unfortunately, also allows law enforcement to read all past communications encrypted with that key and not just the communications covered by the court warrant). If required to turn over the encryption key for someone else (eg a boss for an employee) you may not tell the person that uses the encryption key you have revealed it to law enforcement or you face 5 years in jail. This is called a 'tipping off offence'.
As for the EU patent office, they are typical of EU beaurocracy gone mad. The UK had already decided against software patents. I hope we see more software groups lining up behind the EuroLinux call.
Phillip.
Outlook sucks and it's one thing I hated about Windows. I've tried so many email clients, both on Windows and Linux, and either their user interface is klunky or it's bug-ridden (one wiped all my mail!). The Linux email clients usually had the edge so I used one of these (I have two boxes side by side, one Win2k and one Linux). Then I discovered The Bat!, which I find to be the best by a large margin. It's not free (30-day free trial) but is so worth the money. Hence I was excited when I heard about an advanced email client called Evolution for Gnome... and groaned out loud when I saw it was an Outlook clone. Why???
I don't buy the "it's easier for people to shift from Outlook" argument. I know plenty of non-techies that had no problem switching from Outlook to Eudora. On the other hand it's good there *is* an Outlook clone for those that really want it. Perhaps some ex-Win32 users will find it a comforting stepping stone. The Evolution team are to be congratulated for providing this. Sadly it's not for me.
Phillip.
inc, .llc, .ltd, .gmbh (if they allow more than three bytes), .sa, and so on?
Because your average punter knows a brand by their common name, eg Walmart or Ford, and doesn't necessarily know whether the company is a PLC or LTD.
.us makes sense. Why is the USA, the most prominent country on the net, the only one not to have a country tld? (rhetorical question) I'd plump for .art for artists (music, painters, etc), and .mag for magazines or news sources.
And maybe .npo for non-profit organizations.
.org already covers this category.
Phillip.
It has been pointed out that electrolysis isn't the most efficient way of producing hydrogen. In the article it states "The endgame, in Lovins's view, will be using solar cells or wind farms to electrolyze water.". I disagree... it's the start game. A self-contained solar-electrolyser is totally independant from any infrastructure hence infinately scalable. It could be the catalyst to kick-start the hydrogen revolution. Eventually we may see hydrogen pipes to our house, much like natural gas, going through a standard meter to supply our household fuel cell. This will take quite a few years though.
Phillip.
To me, there is no value in purchasing food at a movie theater, so I don't buy any.
I and pretty much everyone else I know tend to stick a can and a pack of crisps or sweets in their pockets before they go into the cinema... except when we fall into the 'date' category. Then we tend to make a big show of buying Coke or popcorn in the cinema knowing full well our date knows how overpriced it is. English cinemas have twigged this and never search too thoroughly (unless seen carrying in a BBQ and you smell of raw meat). In fact, during real laddish films I've walked quite openly into a film carrying a 4-pack in a carrier bag.
Phillip.
... is surely C, with English coming second?
Anyway, if you can't decode a single transposition
in an English sentence you will be pretty useless
at debugging.
Phillip.
Ah, you seem to be ahead of us with your athlon FPGA processor. The rest of us are forced to buy upgrades on a regular basis...
What, you mean it isn't an operating system?
Phillip.
The simple accept/deny facilities for cookies do not go far enough. From this the user cannot tell whether it is being used anonymously just to be able to count unique visitors, or whether it is being used to track visitors around/across sites and can also be cross-referenced against registration data they may have entered earlier.
Your implication that they are attacking a technology is wrong, there are merely pushing companies into responsible use. For many sites this will take the form of the registration page having an extra (by default unticked) box on their registration page which asks the user whether they can track their viewing habits ("to help us deliver more targetted content" of course), and the backend software tweaked to filter those that do not opt-in. Other than that cookie use is unrestricted by the legislation as long as you cannot tie the information directly to an individual.
Phillip.
"Cygwin is a UNIX environment for Windows. It consists of two parts:
The Cygwin DLL works with all versions of Windows since Windows 95, with the exception of Windows CE."
Interix claims to be faster than other eumulated Unix environments, but if performance is an issue then why not install a reliable BSD or Linux distro? Check it out here.
Phillip.
This is ridiculous, every single post has been obsessed with the short battery life. First 'mobile' phone anyone? My first phone I had to recharge every day, my latest Sony phone can go a week between recharges. Hopefully fuel cell technology will mean more like a month between charging. Different technologies are developed on parallel paths, and the point of this watch was not to refine battery technology. This will be done by a different group. Just imagine what it will be like when the two are combined.
Phillip.
This is a poor way of working. You should work out from the start how large your project is going to get and the functions you are going to need then pick the best tool for the job. You can _then_ future-proof the application as much as possible, for instance using database wrappers to make the code DB independant. Also, if you start on something that is _missing_ features then porting to a compatiable-language application with _extra_ features should mean NO rewriting of code. From your "I'm going to install the best possible no matter what the expense just in case" attitude I bet you were a hit during the dot-com boom :-P
Phillip.
Bin Laden has been (heard on radio) murdering prominent leaders of the Northern Alliance. If we help them into power, which is where it looks as though they may be headed, they have their own score to settle with the guy. And it won't be them "doing our dirty work for us", they have their own legitimate reasons for executing him. We will just be a happy beneficiary. I really think we are being kept in the dark as to how much better the Northern Alliance will be on the issue of Human Rights.
Phillip.
Counterstrike is the major reason I will always have a Windows installation. Though if old classics are order of the day then Command&Conquor:Red Alert (and series) would win a lot of converts.
Phillip.
RISC processors at the same speed as a CISC processor are typically SLOWER because they do LESS work per instruction than a CISC processor.
That would be true if CISC instructions all executed on one clock cycle (as RISC instructions do) but that isn't true. CISC processory do MORE work per instruction. In fact, some (little used) CISC instructions can take hundreds of clock cycles. Advantages of having one cycle per instruction include efficient pipelining. The Intel Pentium is a strange hybrid. It has a RISC core which works on its own microcode, and 90% of the silicon is actually a hardware translator which converts the x86 CISC instructions to the Intel RISC microcode.
My basis was using a 200MHz RiscPC running RiscOS. From turning the machine on to the desktop running takes less than one second.
Phillip.
1) No, because it runs at 206MHz does not mean it comsumes a lot of power. It draws 0.7W. ./configure --target=arm-linux when compiling GCC.
;-)
2) It is RISC rather than CISC, and having used a 200MHz StrongARM desktop I can tell you it FLIES. Much faster than a P2-266
3) You use gcc to compile on StrongARM because Linux runs on StrongARM (well obviously). ARMLinux has been around for years running on Acorn machines. You can also cross-compile to StrongARM using a x86 box - just
4) You can even use them for Beowolf
Phillip.
FreeBSD has Linux emulation, but I believe a lot of stuff marked 'Linux' will compile under any *nix or *BSD if cleanly written.
Phillip.
Secret a load of child refugees in a military installation, decorate it like the inside of a schoolroom, and wait for it to be bombed. It will make EXCELLENT footage for propaganda purposes. They aren't lives, they are pawns for Taliban games.
Phillip.
Ok, it's getting late. Will stop there.
* gameshow, for those that don't know it.
Phillip.
I work in Yahoo's infrastructure group, and I've never even heard of iPlant. However, I do know that we use FreeBSD boxes by the thousands
Yahoo use FreeBSD as the OS and iPlanet (which is another name for Netscape Enterprise Server afaicr) as their web server.
The percentage may be small, but you neglected to report the fact that it's growing
Not according to the latest Netcraft survey. I personally I like FreeBSD but Linux has so many easy to use tools and so much support which for me is more important than raw performance.
Phillip.
making it more of an EMF hazard to me; the transmitter is what tauses dain bamage
Only when the phone is next to your head! Unless you have a headband securing your mobile to your ear to improve call response time?
Phillip.
It also runs Office too, so you can edit your Word documents or run Powerpoint presentations on your mobile full colour (4096 cols). Also has a Lotus/Outlook compatiable calendar. Quite an amazing little phone. Also supports HSCSD or 43.2kbps modem for fast 'net access. Plays video and wavs. My brother has one and I can tell you the games are pretty cool too :-)
Phillip.
"And I mean really obsolete, as in they just don't work anymore."
No, all phones around the world except for the USA use GSM which is a fixed standard. As long as it is GSM it will work, from brick to matchbox.
Phillip.