There is a PC operating system revolution in the making. In the next few years we will see a display of software battlery like never before. Mac OS X will be available on x86-based PCs, and FreeBSD 6.0 will be released. Solaris 11 promises to be perhaps the greatest true UNIX workstaton release ever. The new offerings from Mandriva, based on Debian rather than RedHat, will surely be amongst the top of their class. And of course there will (maybe) be the release of Longhorn.
With the advent of multicored CPUs, the level of concurrent performance will explode. OSes like Linux, FreeBSD 6.0, Solaris 10 and 11, and Mac OS X will be prepared for that change. They will be able to effectively take advantage of the first generation of multicore PC CPUs. There are questions as to whether Longhorn will be able to cut it in the New Computing Order that will soon be upon us.
Indian companies are often very qualified for doing this sort of work. Considering the pervasiveness of non-English and English in India, they have become experts at including support for numerous languages simultaneously, even those written in very different scripts.
It most likely runs the embedded vxWorks operating system. Linux would probably be far too featureful for a system like this. While Linux is better for larger embedded systems, like PDAs, DVD players, and so on, extremely small systems like this can very often have literally no extra overhead. That is why a very stripped down, minimal system like vxWorks is used.
So then the next logical step is that he gets a prosthetic, voice-controlled penis, right? What's so wrong about that? Back in my youth I would get erections all the time in public. A fine lady would walk by, and my flagpole would stand at attention! But now with a voice controlled penis this man could say, "Down, boy! Down! Down!" and his penis would go flimsy.
Where did they find his penis? And what caused it to go missing in the first place? Did they reattach his actual penis, or was it a prosthetic binary-temperature device like the one described in this topic's article?
Your link is broken. But I suspect something happened to his penis. Could you elaborate? How was it cut off? Did some machinery in a shop explode and tear his penis off? Or did a trout eat it?
What sort of interference will this cause, or will be affected by? My grandson showed me something with his cell phone: turning it on near his computer speakers would cause them to emit unusual reverberating sounds. And before the phone rang, the speakers would emit a squeal. Would this sound system be affected by cell phone or wifi or wireless networking or other similar devices and technologies?
I lived in Chicago for thirty two years. That's probably longer that you've been alive. I know how the American system works. I was in the US during Vietnam. I remember hearing Republican apologist kiddies such as yourself saying there would never be a draft. Well, there was. And many of them did not come from rich enough households, and many of them were literally shot to pieces by the Vietcong. Yes, that's right. Republican-supporting children like you, dead in Vietnam.
A lot of "irrational things", huh? Like him saying before the Iraq war that there were none of the weapons that Bush and Blair knowingly mislead the public about? He was correct, you know. I'm sure it'll hurt your Republican pride to admit that your president lied to you about that, and that Scott Ritter was 100% correct in what he said. And he'll most likely be correct about the invasion of Iran. Double the ouch to your Republican pride! LOL!
I'm British. And I'm in my late 60s. And what I said stands. It is not funny to joke about young children being blown up by grenades and roadside bombs.
What the hell does the military's trickery "future roadmap" have to do with the fact that when the draft comes, as it soon will, many young American boys and girls will be blown to bits in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan?
Over the course of a year, a typical journalist or reporter will write a total of hundreds of thousands of words. That is far more than a novel by a long shot. Most of the time spent working on a novel is in the editing phase. Much like software implementation, the actual coding phase takes very little time. It is the testing and distribution that is the real time and money consumer.
Now that you've made such comments, there's a very good chance you'll be added to a list of potential trouble makers. You'll probably be amongst the first to be drafted.
Soon they won't have to volunteer. Soon they will be drafted. They won't have a choice. Indeed, that is what this article is all about: the collection of the data necessary to facilitate a military draft of the American youth.
If they're desperately in need of such information, they could always just give a call over to India to obtain such private data. Indeed, they could probably arrange a bulk purchase deal discount.
I know you were trying to be funny, but let's be honest, you weren't. This is a very serious matter. There will be young 18 and 19 year old boys tricked by the military into dying in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran for years to come. They will have their limbs blown off by roadside bombs. Many will die. So please, do not joke about this matter.
A draft will be needed for the upcoming invasion of Iran, which Scott Ritter (former UN weapons inspector in Iraq) says has already covertly started.
Indeed, Iran is not like Iraq. Iraq was a very splintered social and religious community, while Iran is far more coherent. Iran is well armed. Considering how poorly the Americans have fared in Iraq, Iran is out of the question for anyone with half a mind. Unfortunately, such people are not at the helm of the United States.
I'm praying for all the American youth who may get mislead into dying in some desert battlefields in third-world nations.
A cheapo paperback novel is not comparable to a newspaper. Your nonsense about "equivalent jobs" does not hold true.
Your typical, cheapo paperback will have been written by ONE author, at and most two editors. A typical daily newspaper, on the other hand, will have portions written by literally hundreds of reporters/journalists, with several editors and fact-checkers being involved as well. Plus the royalties paid to photographers. The costs add up significantly. Novels just don't incur the same expenses.
Indeed, look at the price of any book with actual photos and content. Like a textbook, or computer-related books. They'll run you upwards of $30, if not well more than $70 for better quality books.
Remember, a newspaper isn't just "a few sheets smacked with movable type-set". They have to pay the editors. They have to pay the journalists. They have to pay the reporters. They have to pay all of the printing costs. They have to pay for the delivery of the paper to your front door.
Sure, the newspaper itself appears to be very little, but it is the cumulation of much work by many people. That costs money. Lots of money.
The freerider problem only applies to public goods that are excludable and rival. The Internet is neither excludable nor rival, and therefore is not a public good. And since it is not a public good, the freerider problem does not apply to it.
Blocking ads won't end free content on the Web. It will lead to innovation and new opportunities.
Indeed, it is will known to anyone with an university-level economics background that advertising often has the effect of lowering prices. So while removing ads from television and radio would be enjoyable to many, it would have profound economic consequences. Prices of many goods would skyrocket without advertising.
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There is a PC operating system revolution in the making. In the next few years we will see a display of software battlery like never before. Mac OS X will be available on x86-based PCs, and FreeBSD 6.0 will be released. Solaris 11 promises to be perhaps the greatest true UNIX workstaton release ever. The new offerings from Mandriva, based on Debian rather than RedHat, will surely be amongst the top of their class. And of course there will (maybe) be the release of Longhorn.
With the advent of multicored CPUs, the level of concurrent performance will explode. OSes like Linux, FreeBSD 6.0, Solaris 10 and 11, and Mac OS X will be prepared for that change. They will be able to effectively take advantage of the first generation of multicore PC CPUs. There are questions as to whether Longhorn will be able to cut it in the New Computing Order that will soon be upon us.
Indian companies are often very qualified for doing this sort of work. Considering the pervasiveness of non-English and English in India, they have become experts at including support for numerous languages simultaneously, even those written in very different scripts.
It most likely runs the embedded vxWorks operating system. Linux would probably be far too featureful for a system like this. While Linux is better for larger embedded systems, like PDAs, DVD players, and so on, extremely small systems like this can very often have literally no extra overhead. That is why a very stripped down, minimal system like vxWorks is used.
Do you prefer not feeling your hand on the penis, or not feeling the feelings of the penis in your hand?
So then the next logical step is that he gets a prosthetic, voice-controlled penis, right? What's so wrong about that? Back in my youth I would get erections all the time in public. A fine lady would walk by, and my flagpole would stand at attention! But now with a voice controlled penis this man could say, "Down, boy! Down! Down!" and his penis would go flimsy.
Where did they find his penis? And what caused it to go missing in the first place? Did they reattach his actual penis, or was it a prosthetic binary-temperature device like the one described in this topic's article?
So are you saying that his penis was ejaculated and made flaccid, or was it torn right off?
Your link is broken. But I suspect something happened to his penis. Could you elaborate? How was it cut off? Did some machinery in a shop explode and tear his penis off? Or did a trout eat it?
What sort of interference will this cause, or will be affected by? My grandson showed me something with his cell phone: turning it on near his computer speakers would cause them to emit unusual reverberating sounds. And before the phone rang, the speakers would emit a squeal. Would this sound system be affected by cell phone or wifi or wireless networking or other similar devices and technologies?
I lived in Chicago for thirty two years. That's probably longer that you've been alive. I know how the American system works. I was in the US during Vietnam. I remember hearing Republican apologist kiddies such as yourself saying there would never be a draft. Well, there was. And many of them did not come from rich enough households, and many of them were literally shot to pieces by the Vietcong. Yes, that's right. Republican-supporting children like you, dead in Vietnam.
A lot of "irrational things", huh? Like him saying before the Iraq war that there were none of the weapons that Bush and Blair knowingly mislead the public about? He was correct, you know. I'm sure it'll hurt your Republican pride to admit that your president lied to you about that, and that Scott Ritter was 100% correct in what he said. And he'll most likely be correct about the invasion of Iran. Double the ouch to your Republican pride! LOL!
The omission of information is equitable to an outright lie.
And please, try to keep your flamery to a minimum. We are here at Slashdot to discuss, not to flame. Thank you for your cooperation.
I'm British. And I'm in my late 60s. And what I said stands. It is not funny to joke about young children being blown up by grenades and roadside bombs.
What the hell does the military's trickery "future roadmap" have to do with the fact that when the draft comes, as it soon will, many young American boys and girls will be blown to bits in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan?
Over the course of a year, a typical journalist or reporter will write a total of hundreds of thousands of words. That is far more than a novel by a long shot. Most of the time spent working on a novel is in the editing phase. Much like software implementation, the actual coding phase takes very little time. It is the testing and distribution that is the real time and money consumer.
Now that you've made such comments, there's a very good chance you'll be added to a list of potential trouble makers. You'll probably be amongst the first to be drafted.
Soon they won't have to volunteer. Soon they will be drafted. They won't have a choice. Indeed, that is what this article is all about: the collection of the data necessary to facilitate a military draft of the American youth.
If they're desperately in need of such information, they could always just give a call over to India to obtain such private data. Indeed, they could probably arrange a bulk purchase deal discount.
I know you were trying to be funny, but let's be honest, you weren't. This is a very serious matter. There will be young 18 and 19 year old boys tricked by the military into dying in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran for years to come. They will have their limbs blown off by roadside bombs. Many will die. So please, do not joke about this matter.
A draft will be needed for the upcoming invasion of Iran, which Scott Ritter (former UN weapons inspector in Iraq) says has already covertly started.
Indeed, Iran is not like Iraq. Iraq was a very splintered social and religious community, while Iran is far more coherent. Iran is well armed. Considering how poorly the Americans have fared in Iraq, Iran is out of the question for anyone with half a mind. Unfortunately, such people are not at the helm of the United States.
I'm praying for all the American youth who may get mislead into dying in some desert battlefields in third-world nations.
A cheapo paperback novel is not comparable to a newspaper. Your nonsense about "equivalent jobs" does not hold true.
Your typical, cheapo paperback will have been written by ONE author, at and most two editors. A typical daily newspaper, on the other hand, will have portions written by literally hundreds of reporters/journalists, with several editors and fact-checkers being involved as well. Plus the royalties paid to photographers. The costs add up significantly. Novels just don't incur the same expenses.
Indeed, look at the price of any book with actual photos and content. Like a textbook, or computer-related books. They'll run you upwards of $30, if not well more than $70 for better quality books.
Remember, a newspaper isn't just "a few sheets smacked with movable type-set". They have to pay the editors. They have to pay the journalists. They have to pay the reporters. They have to pay all of the printing costs. They have to pay for the delivery of the paper to your front door.
Sure, the newspaper itself appears to be very little, but it is the cumulation of much work by many people. That costs money. Lots of money.
The freerider problem only applies to public goods that are excludable and rival. The Internet is neither excludable nor rival, and therefore is not a public good. And since it is not a public good, the freerider problem does not apply to it.
Blocking ads won't end free content on the Web. It will lead to innovation and new opportunities.
Indeed, it is will known to anyone with an university-level economics background that advertising often has the effect of lowering prices. So while removing ads from television and radio would be enjoyable to many, it would have profound economic consequences. Prices of many goods would skyrocket without advertising.
Would you be willing to purchase a $15/day newspaper, even if it was condensed and adless?