I think this is one point where it's in Microsoft's own best interest to conform to a standard. I don't know how much spam is costing MS per month, but it's not small amount, I'm certain.
Yeah! I really hate when companies do this. I mean I bought my Acura Integra just a few years ago, and BAM, they discontinue it and start making the RSX. I called them up and asked for a free upgrade and they hung up on me. The bastards, alienating their true customers!!!
I found that a screen protector designed for my iPaq fits nearly perfectly over the back of my iPod. Works quite well in preventing problems on the back.:)
So, if we're already seeing gains in the "unoptimized" version, then we should see some great speedups in the final version a year from now. Seems to me that these benchmarks do serve a purpose by letting us know that we are getting "Bigger, Better, and Faster" rather then the Windows version of that, which is typically slower.
I wonder if the ideas and "rules" in this relating to word frequency could be used to make batter spam filters?
Hmmmm. Maybe I should be asking which spam filters use these ideas, instead of could they. Would be interesting to have emails converted to music and identify spam by it's sound.
BTW, check out "Peep" for a network administration tool that uses this idea.
I strongly recomend some light classical music. Many people enjoy it and at worst, some who don't atleast won't be pissed off by it like the music you named. The lack of people singing in it is also helpful when on hold, as I'm often talking to other people in the room with me, or trying to pay attention to something else. Makes it easier, so when someone Does come on the phone you can readily identify them.
Finally, a use for RFID that the/. crowd could like. You could put a reader in the mower and then put the tags around the edges at strategic points so the mower knows where it is. Then use an old iPaq (you can run Linux on them www.handhelds.org) or a mini-itx board with a little software logic and voila, instant mower. The software could be simple to, just a basic map program plus a series of vectors to tell it where to go. Hell, Logo with that turtle would be able to pull this off. Just some ideas for your mowing enjoyment.
Then again, a video camera with "grass recognition software" might be more fun.:-p
I think this follows beyond just computers. From what I've seen most SUV owners think the same way. I rarely see someone with an SUV doing anything other then commuting to and from work, or at the grocery store taking up 2 parking spaces.
According to Dr. Moller's recent comments it sounds like average people won't be "flying" M400s. Apparently, a large (nationwide) system is being put in place to further aid automatic flight systems, and this one, when operational, should allow the M400 to fly itself. I'm guessing that a "pilot" will need some training in taking off and landing but otherwise won't be needed. However, based on what I've seen the military doing with unmanned aircraft maybe pilots won't be needed at all.
As a side note to that, I think the current US government will greatly favor it for two reaons. First, it gurantees IDing all travelers on this system and second you can't take over a computer flown aircraft with a gun or knife.
Personally, I'm looking forward to being able to surf the California beach in the morning and making it back to Salt Lake City in the afternoon for some snow boarding!
I recall hearing about the St. George UT area 911 services moving to OSS a while back with a bit of success. Google around for it. For reference St. George is at the bottom of UT, about an hour east of Vegas.
I would add to this, email the seller after the listing ends. Ask a question that requires a human to answer, and not just consider an automated response "good enough". NEVER send money to someone who doesn't reply, that's just stupid.
I would also agree with the wire transfer sentiment. You WILL be ripped off if you do a bank wire transfer or Western Union money. I would also steer clear of money orders IF you can avoid them.
Through extensive use of Macro Express (and Keyboard Express) at work, I think what the writer may be interested in, is more scripting GUI commands with some logic and text processing built in. Shell scripts and languages like Perl are great, but don't suit all needs. I personally had been thinking about reimplementing ME under GTK/QT but haven't decided if it would be worth the time/effort.
I haven't had time to explore your sugestion of Expect yet, as I'm still at work, but it suggests combining it with TK; so maybe a good ME replacement is already ready.
My question is that of Apple Script. From the little I've heard, it seems to basically have the same functionality of ME but is built into the Apple OS. Has anyone tried implementing Apple Script in other enviroments? It could make a good, free rapid prototyping enviroment that is cross platform. I know it is "dumbed down" from "real languages", but oftentimes speed is more important then extensibility in a prototyping enviroment. I've used ME (which has a lot of problems) to solve problems in minutes, that otherwise would have been solved manually in hours or days by my coworkers.
I can see your point, in that Macs haven't been "good" gaming platforms for a long time. However, many people buy their computers for tasks other then gaming, but still want to be able to have fun, without resorting to a console based system.
I just don't think asking what are good games for Mac's is flameworthy. Asking why the latest major production isn't availible for it is another story though.:p
While that would be fun, especially for those of us in SLC (knocking on his door and asking questions would VERY funny), harrassment isn't allowed. I think since most of us are much better at coding or system administration we should us our skills. If we organized an effort to secure Linux/BSD mail servers to filter this virus (and whatever the Windows virus du jour is) how could anyone complain. They would point and say, Hey these people are making the internet a better place and THEY don't have problems. Maybe I should dump Windows for Unix.
Given that SCO is just messing with DNS to avert problems maybe we could devise a similar virus blocking system. When you update your site's DNS entry it propegates through the other DNS servers. How about a system where once a virus signiture is identified it is propegated to other servers. Then the "internet" would be aware of virus problems, as they start to spread.
I'm not really a big fan of the military in general, though obviously it has its uses. However, historically they have driven quite a bit of important research. Although not specific to computer science research they have done things like invent the magnetron (used in nuclear physics and microwave ovens), helped split the atom (bombs and nuclear power plants), and a number of other well known and important inventions. My point is that we know why the military wants technology, but it is up to us to find other uses for it. In fact if we Don't find other uses for it, it probably won't ever become cheap to produce and thus require more tax payer money to be spent on it.
If people are so worried about being mugged because they are carrying around a few grand in their pockets they deserve to lose that money. In normal life, or even on most vactions, people don't walk around with $3000+ in cash on them. They commonly walk around with credit cards that can be used well over that amount though and don't worry about it. Why? Because there are safeguards in place for non-cash money systems. If you're that concerned about the chips in your pocket, cash them out when you leave and carry around a receipt that shows your money, not the money itself.
I disagree. I think that we can view this as a sort of "competition". I didn't say I like it, but there is nothing like competition to make someone work harder. Why we take code that we have already written, or write new code, the duplicates the functionality of everything that SCO can do, and completely marginalize their products. Also, make sure all code is personally signed so that there is no question who wrote what. The outcome of their litigation scheme won't matter if they have no customers at all.
I have a toaster from that era too. It was a wedding gift to my grandparents. I still use it several times a week, with no complaints at all. However, when it DOES finally die, I'm going to send a stern letter off to the makers of it. It's a Toastmaster made by McGraw Electric Co. Sadly there is no date on it. It makes use of patent 1,923,590 and others though. On top of it's age and reliablitly, it happens to be one of those nicely curved chrome ones that look really cool.:)
This one DID happen this year. Check out the news link. That was done in October and they are currently testing it. The plan is to go into production soon. In small quantities it will cost about a half million dollars apiece, but once production ramps up, they should be between $50,000 and $100,000 a piece. Currently estimated to get about 28 mpg, 900 miles per tank with a cruise speed of 300 mph. It's about the size of a Suburan and gets better milage with the same fuel. =) Check here for details.
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I have seen anything past Season 1 of Red Vs. Blue, but weren't they working on a theme that involved AI?
Mike Scanlon
I think this is one point where it's in Microsoft's own best interest to conform to a standard. I don't know how much spam is costing MS per month, but it's not small amount, I'm certain.
Mike Scanlon
Yeah! I really hate when companies do this. I mean I bought my Acura Integra just a few years ago, and BAM, they discontinue it and start making the RSX. I called them up and asked for a free upgrade and they hung up on me. The bastards, alienating their true customers!!!
Mike Scanlon
I found that a screen protector designed for my iPaq fits nearly perfectly over the back of my iPod. Works quite well in preventing problems on the back. :)
Mike Scanlon
So, if we're already seeing gains in the "unoptimized" version, then we should see some great speedups in the final version a year from now. Seems to me that these benchmarks do serve a purpose by letting us know that we are getting "Bigger, Better, and Faster" rather then the Windows version of that, which is typically slower.
Mike Scanlon
Nicola Tesla did, I mean he invented enough other modern technology that we use. Google for him if you don't know, you'll be surprised.
Mike Scanlon
I wonder if the ideas and "rules" in this relating to word frequency could be used to make batter spam filters?
Hmmmm. Maybe I should be asking which spam filters use these ideas, instead of could they. Would be interesting to have emails converted to music and identify spam by it's sound.
BTW, check out "Peep" for a network administration tool that uses this idea.
Mike Scanlon
I strongly recomend some light classical music. Many people enjoy it and at worst, some who don't atleast won't be pissed off by it like the music you named. The lack of people singing in it is also helpful when on hold, as I'm often talking to other people in the room with me, or trying to pay attention to something else. Makes it easier, so when someone Does come on the phone you can readily identify them.
Mike Scanlon
Finally, a use for RFID that the /. crowd could like. You could put a reader in the mower and then put the tags around the edges at strategic points so the mower knows where it is. Then use an old iPaq (you can run Linux on them www.handhelds.org) or a mini-itx board with a little software logic and voila, instant mower. The software could be simple to, just a basic map program plus a series of vectors to tell it where to go. Hell, Logo with that turtle would be able to pull this off. Just some ideas for your mowing enjoyment.
:-p
Then again, a video camera with "grass recognition software" might be more fun.
Mike Scanlon
I think this follows beyond just computers. From what I've seen most SUV owners think the same way. I rarely see someone with an SUV doing anything other then commuting to and from work, or at the grocery store taking up 2 parking spaces.
Mike Scanlon
According to Dr. Moller's recent comments it sounds like average people won't be "flying" M400s. Apparently, a large (nationwide) system is being put in place to further aid automatic flight systems, and this one, when operational, should allow the M400 to fly itself. I'm guessing that a "pilot" will need some training in taking off and landing but otherwise won't be needed. However, based on what I've seen the military doing with unmanned aircraft maybe pilots won't be needed at all.
As a side note to that, I think the current US government will greatly favor it for two reaons. First, it gurantees IDing all travelers on this system and second you can't take over a computer flown aircraft with a gun or knife.
Personally, I'm looking forward to being able to surf the California beach in the morning and making it back to Salt Lake City in the afternoon for some snow boarding!
Mike Scanlon
I recall hearing about the St. George UT area 911 services moving to OSS a while back with a bit of success. Google around for it. For reference St. George is at the bottom of UT, about an hour east of Vegas.
I would add to this, email the seller after the listing ends. Ask a question that requires a human to answer, and not just consider an automated response "good enough". NEVER send money to someone who doesn't reply, that's just stupid.
I would also agree with the wire transfer sentiment. You WILL be ripped off if you do a bank wire transfer or Western Union money. I would also steer clear of money orders IF you can avoid them.
Just go in with your eyes open.
Through extensive use of Macro Express (and Keyboard Express) at work, I think what the writer may be interested in, is more scripting GUI commands with some logic and text processing built in. Shell scripts and languages like Perl are great, but don't suit all needs. I personally had been thinking about reimplementing ME under GTK/QT but haven't decided if it would be worth the time/effort.
I haven't had time to explore your sugestion of Expect yet, as I'm still at work, but it suggests combining it with TK; so maybe a good ME replacement is already ready.
My question is that of Apple Script. From the little I've heard, it seems to basically have the same functionality of ME but is built into the Apple OS. Has anyone tried implementing Apple Script in other enviroments? It could make a good, free rapid prototyping enviroment that is cross platform. I know it is "dumbed down" from "real languages", but oftentimes speed is more important then extensibility in a prototyping enviroment. I've used ME (which has a lot of problems) to solve problems in minutes, that otherwise would have been solved manually in hours or days by my coworkers.
Mike Scanlon
I can see your point, in that Macs haven't been "good" gaming platforms for a long time. However, many people buy their computers for tasks other then gaming, but still want to be able to have fun, without resorting to a console based system.
:p
I just don't think asking what are good games for Mac's is flameworthy. Asking why the latest major production isn't availible for it is another story though.
While that would be fun, especially for those of us in SLC (knocking on his door and asking questions would VERY funny), harrassment isn't allowed. I think since most of us are much better at coding or system administration we should us our skills. If we organized an effort to secure Linux/BSD mail servers to filter this virus (and whatever the Windows virus du jour is) how could anyone complain. They would point and say, Hey these people are making the internet a better place and THEY don't have problems. Maybe I should dump Windows for Unix.
Given that SCO is just messing with DNS to avert problems maybe we could devise a similar virus blocking system. When you update your site's DNS entry it propegates through the other DNS servers. How about a system where once a virus signiture is identified it is propegated to other servers. Then the "internet" would be aware of virus problems, as they start to spread.
Probably wishful thinking, but it would be nice.
so I think "IE" would be best
This being the internet and all, I'm sure the Irish would object.
I'm not really a big fan of the military in general, though obviously it has its uses. However, historically they have driven quite a bit of important research. Although not specific to computer science research they have done things like invent the magnetron (used in nuclear physics and microwave ovens), helped split the atom (bombs and nuclear power plants), and a number of other well known and important inventions. My point is that we know why the military wants technology, but it is up to us to find other uses for it. In fact if we Don't find other uses for it, it probably won't ever become cheap to produce and thus require more tax payer money to be spent on it.
If people are so worried about being mugged because they are carrying around a few grand in their pockets they deserve to lose that money. In normal life, or even on most vactions, people don't walk around with $3000+ in cash on them. They commonly walk around with credit cards that can be used well over that amount though and don't worry about it. Why? Because there are safeguards in place for non-cash money systems. If you're that concerned about the chips in your pocket, cash them out when you leave and carry around a receipt that shows your money, not the money itself.
Sheesh.
Last time I checked Sony made lots of Very nice TVs. I don't think they'll become dependant on their direct competition.
Well, the Utah state bird is the seagull...
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www.moller.com/skycar/
I disagree. I think that we can view this as a sort of "competition". I didn't say I like it, but there is nothing like competition to make someone work harder. Why we take code that we have already written, or write new code, the duplicates the functionality of everything that SCO can do, and completely marginalize their products. Also, make sure all code is personally signed so that there is no question who wrote what. The outcome of their litigation scheme won't matter if they have no customers at all.
Michael Scanlon
I have a toaster from that era too. It was a wedding gift to my grandparents. I still use it several times a week, with no complaints at all. However, when it DOES finally die, I'm going to send a stern letter off to the makers of it. It's a Toastmaster made by McGraw Electric Co. Sadly there is no date on it. It makes use of patent 1,923,590 and others though. On top of it's age and reliablitly, it happens to be one of those nicely curved chrome ones that look really cool. :)
Michael
This one DID happen this year. Check out the news link. That was done in October and they are currently testing it. The plan is to go into production soon. In small quantities it will cost about a half million dollars apiece, but once production ramps up, they should be between $50,000 and $100,000 a piece. Currently estimated to get about 28 mpg, 900 miles per tank with a cruise speed of 300 mph. It's about the size of a Suburan and gets better milage with the same fuel. =) Check here for details.
Michael Scanlon