Or maybe it's a bit like being a Tolkien fan and finding out that Peter Jackson is directing the film trilogy? Before the first film I don't think many would have considered him to be the right person for the job (I guess some people still don't think so).
Bram Cohen actually was going to implement a similar scheme in bittorrent at one point, but instead of asking everyone it asks the tracker for peers that have blocks with the correct hash. This would decrease the redundancy in trackers as many torrents have the same files, and it's silly to have separate swarms for them. I think this could probably have been extended to work in such a way that a torrent client queries multiple trackers (not just the original tracker of the torrent in question) for the pieces it needs. Such a system would result in much more traffic between the tracker and clients, but one could make it so that the client only queries individual pieces if the torrent is being very slow. I'm not sure what became of these plans, I guess he hasn't had time to improve on the protocol because of bittorrent.com.
Did you read the article you quoted? I also have to wonder if you agree or disagree with me, as your post was quite ambiguous and the quote didn't really say anything new... And to top it off, I'll respond with my own quote from the article you linked to:
"Using market exchange rates to compare countries' standard of living or per capita Gross Domestic Product can give a very misleading picture. The exchange rate only reflects traded goods in contrast to non-traded ones. Also, currencies are traded for purposes other than trade in goods and services, e.g., to buy capital assets whose prices vary more than those of physical goods. Also, different interest rates, speculation, hedging or interventions by central banks can influence the foreign-exchange market.
The PPP method is used as an alternative.
For example, if the value of the Mexican peso falls by half compared to the U.S. dollar, the Mexican Gross Domestic Product measured in dollars will also halve. However, this exchange rate results from international trade and financial markets. It does not necessarily mean that Mexicans are any poorer; if incomes and prices measured in pesos stay the same, they will be no worse off assuming that imported goods are not essential to the quality of life of individuals. Measuring income in different countries using PPP exchange rates helps to avoid this problem.
PPP exchange rates are especially useful when official exchange rates are artificially manipulated by governments. Countries with strong government control of the economy sometimes enforce official exchange rates that make their own currency artificially strong. By contrast, the currency's black market exchange rate is artificially weak. In such cases a PPP exchange rate is likely the most realistic basis for economic comparison."
Seeing as the Chinese currency is severely undervalued, using nominal GDP numbers is a bit misleading. If the Renminbi was allowed to completely float, the rise in the exchange rate would cause the nominal GDP to rise accordingly, even though the economy stays the same. In PPP adjusted terms the numbers are 12.3$ trillion vs 9.4$ trillion so assuming current rates of growth, the Chinese economy will have more purchasing power than the US in the next decade.
According to TFA, they stream live shows at 1080i. I'm assuming they'll have some kind of interaction down the road, which would make a capture of the stream have less value. This is what people have been saying music artists should move to, i.e. selling concerts instead of recordings.
Weapons grade uranium is over 85% U235, while nuclear fuel only needs 2 to 5% depending on the reactor type, so there is 17 to 42 times more fuel to be gained from old warheads. But I agree, it's not much.
Assuming a million write/erase cycle limit for this SSD, it would take over 46 years of 24/7 writing to reach the limit on the entire disk. Of course that's unlikely as normal usage patterns would not use the drive in such a way, but I thought it was interesting to know.
As someone already pointed out, doesn't this mean that the bible is false? Who decides which part is poetic and which part factual? If Genesis is just a story, then what makes any of the other chapters any more reliable? If you take away the bible, then what is left of christianity?
Now don't get me wrong, I think being a decent person and helping others is a good thing. I just don't see what religion has to do with it.
Yes it does. The DVD recordable standards didn't support burning CSS protected data on discs until very recently, and there is no hardware/media that supports the new spec out yet, so yes, making a backup requires circumventing the CSS. If making a backup was just a simple matter of copying the DVD, then what would be the point in using the CSS in the first place?
I'm guessing you didn't like D2, at least judging from your comment. IMO the reason D2 (and WoW) is popular, is because people like collecting stuff, be it runes, magic items or experience. It gives a sense of accomplishment, even if it is just a series of bits.
Never mind the fact that it would take 4.39 years for a packet to arrive from our nearest neighboring star system! Server down? Oops, wait 4.39 years + 5 minutes to get a timeout, and then try again. And the slashdot effect would get pretty deadly, when a server will get hammered by slashdotters in Alpha Centauri years after the article has been on the front page.
It doesn't matter how much or how little money the US spills in the ISS, it will never pay off. It's a pointless monument of pork, and should be scrapped. Any experiments it supposedly is needed for, could be performed on normal space flights and/or satellites. How about funding real science instead of this hogwash?
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Warfare for colonial resources is so 18th century.
John McCain? The same man who doesn't know condoms prevent STDs? Who wanted to send even more troops than Bush in his surge? The John McCain that walked around in a Iraqi market with a huge security force to "prove" that it's safer? The same guy whose plan for a solution to Iraq is to send 100,000 more troops there? Are we talking about the same person?
On a more serious note, Ron Paul seems to be a good match if one really cares for liberty.
Or maybe it's a bit like being a Tolkien fan and finding out that Peter Jackson is directing the film trilogy? Before the first film I don't think many would have considered him to be the right person for the job (I guess some people still don't think so).
Bram Cohen actually was going to implement a similar scheme in bittorrent at one point, but instead of asking everyone it asks the tracker for peers that have blocks with the correct hash. This would decrease the redundancy in trackers as many torrents have the same files, and it's silly to have separate swarms for them. I think this could probably have been extended to work in such a way that a torrent client queries multiple trackers (not just the original tracker of the torrent in question) for the pieces it needs. Such a system would result in much more traffic between the tracker and clients, but one could make it so that the client only queries individual pieces if the torrent is being very slow. I'm not sure what became of these plans, I guess he hasn't had time to improve on the protocol because of bittorrent.com.
Case in point, China.
Seeing as the Chinese currency is severely undervalued, using nominal GDP numbers is a bit misleading. If the Renminbi was allowed to completely float, the rise in the exchange rate would cause the nominal GDP to rise accordingly, even though the economy stays the same. In PPP adjusted terms the numbers are 12.3$ trillion vs 9.4$ trillion so assuming current rates of growth, the Chinese economy will have more purchasing power than the US in the next decade.
http://www.onmarijuana.com/2007/03/27/scientists-a re-not-warning-of-marijuana-timebomb/
Then the GP's post is apt, as you won't have time to be outside if you watch all that in one month. :)
The slashdottit boxes were meant for the april fools-impaired. There is no such box next to this story.
According to TFA, they stream live shows at 1080i. I'm assuming they'll have some kind of interaction down the road, which would make a capture of the stream have less value. This is what people have been saying music artists should move to, i.e. selling concerts instead of recordings.
Weapons grade uranium is over 85% U235, while nuclear fuel only needs 2 to 5% depending on the reactor type, so there is 17 to 42 times more fuel to be gained from old warheads. But I agree, it's not much.
Assuming a million write/erase cycle limit for this SSD, it would take over 46 years of 24/7 writing to reach the limit on the entire disk. Of course that's unlikely as normal usage patterns would not use the drive in such a way, but I thought it was interesting to know.
(((64 * 1 024) / 45) * 1 000 000) / (60 * 60 * 24 * 365) = 46.1807317
Since when has this been slashdot?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation
Ah, apologies to the OP then. In my haste I misunderstood his post entirely.
TFA is about the state of Washington, not the city of Washington, D.C. (they're on different sides of the continent).
I think you are confusing Blizzard Entertainment with Bungie Studios.
Interesting analogy. So you're saying that it's programmers all the way down?
Wishful thinking. Interpreted in this way Genesis becomes so vague as to mean anything.
As someone already pointed out, doesn't this mean that the bible is false? Who decides which part is poetic and which part factual? If Genesis is just a story, then what makes any of the other chapters any more reliable? If you take away the bible, then what is left of christianity?
Now don't get me wrong, I think being a decent person and helping others is a good thing. I just don't see what religion has to do with it.
Yes it does. The DVD recordable standards didn't support burning CSS protected data on discs until very recently, and there is no hardware/media that supports the new spec out yet, so yes, making a backup requires circumventing the CSS. If making a backup was just a simple matter of copying the DVD, then what would be the point in using the CSS in the first place?
By actually bothering to read the summary, or TFA. If you already did, then you need more exercise.
I'm guessing you didn't like D2, at least judging from your comment. IMO the reason D2 (and WoW) is popular, is because people like collecting stuff, be it runes, magic items or experience. It gives a sense of accomplishment, even if it is just a series of bits.
Never mind the fact that it would take 4.39 years for a packet to arrive from our nearest neighboring star system! Server down? Oops, wait 4.39 years + 5 minutes to get a timeout, and then try again. And the slashdot effect would get pretty deadly, when a server will get hammered by slashdotters in Alpha Centauri years after the article has been on the front page.
It doesn't matter how much or how little money the US spills in the ISS, it will never pay off. It's a pointless monument of pork, and should be scrapped. Any experiments it supposedly is needed for, could be performed on normal space flights and/or satellites. How about funding real science instead of this hogwash?