I recently opened up a Microsoft Word document that a friend sent to me a couple of weeks ago. The original size was 19 kilobytes. I opened up in Open Office Writer, and then doubled the amount of text in it. I then saved it to the same filename (.doc), and the resulting file was only 11 kilobytes, even with DOUBLE the amount of text!
It is possible to transmit FM signals unlicenced, as you can probably find from your iTrip, etc. You can find the regulation on it here: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/lowpwr.html
And what about those dasterly in-fight phones on the back of the seats? They could call their terrorist friends today and plan their evil plans that way without Wi-Fi.
This actually will be an EXCELLENT development if it gains widespread usage, assuming it is distributed over the whole market. The reason being is that you could finally, and knowingly, know for sure that a product that you are about to buy over the internet is 100% for sure in stock. You could also know exactly where and when it was delivered to the wharehoue, and could know the exact time it left to be shipped. It would be like the Tracking number for many of the shipping companies out there, except it would be for every product in existance that had an RFID tag.
This would be an excellent development for people like FedEx, UPS, big wharehouse companies, etc. The only thing I see is that it is a two edged sword. First, it wouldn't be totally necessary in companies, as you could just have a database app. for this. Secondly, would you want your competitor to have your RFID database of products? I wouldn't think so.
I read through Google's participant FAQ, and I didn't see anything barring High School students from participating in the Summer of Code. It seems that as long as you're a Student of some sort, you are well versed in developing code, and have a listed mentor organization that will take you in, you are eligable!
[sacrasm]and meanwhile, lets' throw out all but AMD processors, everything but Western Digital harddrives and have a single Linux distro so we can make everyone happy. [/sarcasm]
The development of netBSD to over 40 different platforms has brought a lot of good development to many different platforms that would have been dominated by mono-operating systems. A good instance is the handheld devices platforms (HPC,Palm PC, etc.), which would otherwise be dominated by Windows CE (except for the few Linux Palm PC's, but majority are WinCE). The development of netBSD for the majority of platforms has reached great maturity, and it is still developing well.
In the United States the law is so hopelessly complex, the enforcement so arbitrary, and adherence to the concept of checks and balances is such a farce that very few people are entirely sure of the legality of all their actions.
Many of those things I would at first glance say are real! If this is the kind of quality we can get now in 2005, imagine what kind of quality we will get in 5-10 years!
It seems that this isn't exactly Big Brother watching you every minute, but it does bring up some questions. First, how far down the monitoring does this go? Does it bring in further monitoring of kids?
The concept is not bad in this context, but how far does it go out of context?
A great source of open source information might come from the Linux User Group in the city where/near you live. LUGs are, yes, dedicated to Linux, but at the same time they might have someone who is also well versed in other Open Source projects.
This won't be compatable with my $100.00 swiss army mousepad with radar, titanium finish and levitating mouse option that I just ordered last week. Awww man....
The MPAA may take the glancing blow approach and blame the whole entire P2P community for spreading just-released movies. But aren't you also blaming those who share legal, non-copyrighted stuff? I mean, BitTorrent is an awsome technology for sharing file in general! You can't blame the technology/community for a single groups actions...
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I recently opened up a Microsoft Word document that a friend sent to me a couple of weeks ago. The original size was 19 kilobytes. I opened up in Open Office Writer, and then doubled the amount of text in it. I then saved it to the same filename (.doc), and the resulting file was only 11 kilobytes, even with DOUBLE the amount of text!
It is possible to transmit FM signals unlicenced, as you can probably find from your iTrip, etc. You can find the regulation on it here: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/lowpwr.html
they had an award for the best spam messages, I think This would win first place. This stuff is just bad, nasty, and it is down-right scamming!
But! But! But...the terrorists will use it for...
And what about those dasterly in-fight phones on the back of the seats? They could call their terrorist friends today and plan their evil plans that way without Wi-Fi.
But! But!
Ahhhh, be quiet
Listen to that baby burn! Burn, baby, Burrrrnnn.....
This actually will be an EXCELLENT development if it gains widespread usage, assuming it is distributed over the whole market. The reason being is that you could finally, and knowingly, know for sure that a product that you are about to buy over the internet is 100% for sure in stock. You could also know exactly where and when it was delivered to the wharehoue, and could know the exact time it left to be shipped. It would be like the Tracking number for many of the shipping companies out there, except it would be for every product in existance that had an RFID tag.
This would be an excellent development for people like FedEx, UPS, big wharehouse companies, etc. The only thing I see is that it is a two edged sword. First, it wouldn't be totally necessary in companies, as you could just have a database app. for this. Secondly, would you want your competitor to have your RFID database of products? I wouldn't think so.
I REALLY hope not
I read through Google's participant FAQ, and I didn't see anything barring High School students from participating in the Summer of Code. It seems that as long as you're a Student of some sort, you are well versed in developing code, and have a listed mentor organization that will take you in, you are eligable!
That should be 200 billion words according to the article
Oh how I wish they would come out with a VR reality game for this! Imagine, a 3D game for Battlestar Galactica! :)
[sacrasm]and meanwhile, lets' throw out all but AMD processors, everything but Western Digital harddrives and have a single Linux distro so we can make everyone happy. [/sarcasm]
The development of netBSD to over 40 different platforms has brought a lot of good development to many different platforms that would have been dominated by mono-operating systems. A good instance is the handheld devices platforms (HPC,Palm PC, etc.), which would otherwise be dominated by Windows CE (except for the few Linux Palm PC's, but majority are WinCE). The development of netBSD for the majority of platforms has reached great maturity, and it is still developing well.
But that is what Lawyers are paid to do!/P.
One thing's for sure... It doesn't have Wolf Linux!
Many of those things I would at first glance say are real! If this is the kind of quality we can get now in 2005, imagine what kind of quality we will get in 5-10 years!
It seems that this isn't exactly Big Brother watching you every minute, but it does bring up some questions. First, how far down the monitoring does this go? Does it bring in further monitoring of kids? The concept is not bad in this context, but how far does it go out of context?
I think I am going to flip if I don't get an extra JOLT of caffene!
A great source of open source information might come from the Linux User Group in the city where/near you live. LUGs are, yes, dedicated to Linux, but at the same time they might have someone who is also well versed in other Open Source projects.
This won't be compatable with my $100.00 swiss army mousepad with radar, titanium finish and levitating mouse option that I just ordered last week. Awww man....
This may seem like a dupe, but it ain't. Similar, but not a clone.
It would be great to see the wireless internet as a city utility (like phone, electricity, etc). A dream, but a also a hope...
The MPAA may take the glancing blow approach and blame the whole entire P2P community for spreading just-released movies. But aren't you also blaming those who share legal, non-copyrighted stuff? I mean, BitTorrent is an awsome technology for sharing file in general! You can't blame the technology/community for a single groups actions...
seems like they know what they're doing, and that they have been working on it for a while!
After this weeks E3, everyone would be clammering for an Xbox 360! Xbox or Xbox 360? You decide.