In looking at the report, there does not appear to be any condemnation about the technology per-se, rather its utilization, deployment, and transparency of same. It's pretty hard to make a case that we'd be better off without IT, and they aren't trying. They appear to simply being trying to highlight a presently overlooked problem area as they see it. It's about sourcing power from "dirty" sources, and the lack of publicly accessible data regarding IT energy policies. Neither of which seem all that unreasonable. This report on IT is barely a blip compared to their rebukes for the manufacturing industry.
Then there is the cost of printing paper, ink & all sorts of consumables
That particular cost is not a problem on the IT side but rather a reflection of the deficiencies outside of IT that require that interface. As a software engineer my workspace is dominated by monitors not paper. In a given week my total output to a printer is less than five pages. I have a pad of paper and a pen which I use for meeting notes, and scratch. One pad typically lasts me between two and three months. The same cannot be said for sales, nor the front office, etc.
What do you think vegans try to do everyday? They call everything vegetarian sausage, vegan turkey. But you know, there's just no substitute for bacon. Real bona-fide, just got done squealing, bacon. We turned a 10 year vegan co-worker with bacon. It was glorious.
Angry at being taken in by the images, one reader commented on the magazine’s Web site how awful it felt “to have craved any of the foods featured here, because now I feel I was craving animals.”
on unhardened, consumer technology. What a wonderful idea. America will only attack the poor, weak, and defenseless but that doesn't mean America will not be attacked but a nearer military equal. Of course in this case, even some poor, weak and defenseless chap that just so happened to take a few classes in electrical engineering before joining the intifada.
You know it would be a rather interesting thing to take this and run a political game with it. Spin political marketing vilifying software patents as a threat to the existence of iPhones, iPads, etc.. Don't make it technical, don't provide any details, play a pure and simple brainwash campaign like was done with healthcare reform and the "death panels." Target the old people. Tell them that these patents seek to ban medical devices. etc...
So you mean the movie was actually a prophecy? I wonder if this means we'll find nuclear reactors down there to heat the CO2 up for us... Let's just hope Arnold wasn't right about the machines... Only a few more hours of J-Day left hope we can last it out without incident.
At some point we can stop waiting and just have things at a perceivably instantaneous rate. It isn't about filling the pipes 24/7 it's about getting what you want when you want it. 5sec at 1.5Gbps or 50sec at 150Mbps. Who would go for the latter?
I can get up to 60Mbps with Powerboost Technology (TM). Just wish the bloody benchmarking utilities wouldn't keep lying to me saying I only get 7.6Mbps... I don't know why they're being so dishonest. Seriously what could they possibly gain?
This is based on the idea that everyone wants to run services from home, and that's just not the case for the world outside Slashdot. The vast majority of people would have zero use for that functionality.
I guess you never heard of anyone wanting to host a multiplayer game for you and your friends.
More than you'd realize. But even so, their's no reason why IPv4 cannot be used by ISPs. NATs are used by many already. NATs for that matter are undoubtedly why IPv6 isn't taking off. They perpetuate ISPs' ability to sell static IP addresses at a premium while making it difficult for the rest to use devices as servers on home networks. Its just another example of big business trying to find ways to squeeze every last dime out of old paradigms to the detriment of progress.
Yes, the data is stored in the polycarbonate layer. The foil provides something to bounce the laser light off of. The question is does this process melt the pits in the plastic while stripping the foil off? Microwaving them melts the plastic, this process seems a bit too precise for it to effectively affect the data. While "cool" factor is high "secure" factor is low.
Physical media in general has been priced outside of my willingness to pay. With rare exception--usually at the behest of my wife--will I purchase a disc, though it will be Blu-ray if available.
Blu-ray may have the "ability" to look the best but when it comes to satisfying a desire to watch a movie it usually isn't first choice. It's pretty hard to beat hopping on Netflix.com, selecting an instant streaming movie to add to the queue, turning on my Blu-ray player, select from queue and watch it. Many of them are HD streams which means they have the same quality as a low quality Blu-ray (which seems to be most of them anyway) or an HD cable "on-demand" film. When it's not available through streaming, or it's an occasion where it's worth the hassle I just have Netflix send me the Blu-Ray (or DVD) disc.
Ok, how about using a computer vs. flying there in person. How about using Google, Wikipedia, etc. vs. driving to the library. How about eBay instead of driving to the flea market. The material science, engineering, etc. that wouldn't otherwise be possible with out computers, the absence of which would require heavier materials, more resource intense manufacturing processes, etc. Productivity? The world is seething with productivity increases at the hands of ever advancing computer technology.
There's also nothing necessarily bad about upfront energy costs. If the source of energy used in the manufacture of the components comes from solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, geo-thermal, etc. then the energy comes with a near zero cost related to green-house gasses and other environmental pollutants.
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In looking at the report, there does not appear to be any condemnation about the technology per-se, rather its utilization, deployment, and transparency of same. It's pretty hard to make a case that we'd be better off without IT, and they aren't trying. They appear to simply being trying to highlight a presently overlooked problem area as they see it. It's about sourcing power from "dirty" sources, and the lack of publicly accessible data regarding IT energy policies. Neither of which seem all that unreasonable. This report on IT is barely a blip compared to their rebukes for the manufacturing industry.
Then there is the cost of printing paper, ink & all sorts of consumables
That particular cost is not a problem on the IT side but rather a reflection of the deficiencies outside of IT that require that interface. As a software engineer my workspace is dominated by monitors not paper. In a given week my total output to a printer is less than five pages. I have a pad of paper and a pen which I use for meeting notes, and scratch. One pad typically lasts me between two and three months. The same cannot be said for sales, nor the front office, etc.
What do you think vegans try to do everyday? They call everything vegetarian sausage, vegan turkey. But you know, there's just no substitute for bacon. Real bona-fide, just got done squealing, bacon. We turned a 10 year vegan co-worker with bacon. It was glorious.
Angry at being taken in by the images, one reader commented on the magazine’s Web site how awful it felt “to have craved any of the foods featured here, because now I feel I was craving animals.”
Yes, meat is murder, tasty, tasty murder!
on unhardened, consumer technology. What a wonderful idea. America will only attack the poor, weak, and defenseless but that doesn't mean America will not be attacked but a nearer military equal. Of course in this case, even some poor, weak and defenseless chap that just so happened to take a few classes in electrical engineering before joining the intifada.
Watch it again you might change your mind.
You know it would be a rather interesting thing to take this and run a political game with it. Spin political marketing vilifying software patents as a threat to the existence of iPhones, iPads, etc.. Don't make it technical, don't provide any details, play a pure and simple brainwash campaign like was done with healthcare reform and the "death panels." Target the old people. Tell them that these patents seek to ban medical devices. etc...
So you mean the movie was actually a prophecy? I wonder if this means we'll find nuclear reactors down there to heat the CO2 up for us... Let's just hope Arnold wasn't right about the machines... Only a few more hours of J-Day left hope we can last it out without incident.
Touché.
At some point we can stop waiting and just have things at a perceivably instantaneous rate. It isn't about filling the pipes 24/7 it's about getting what you want when you want it. 5sec at 1.5Gbps or 50sec at 150Mbps. Who would go for the latter?
I can get up to 60Mbps with Powerboost Technology (TM). Just wish the bloody benchmarking utilities wouldn't keep lying to me saying I only get 7.6Mbps... I don't know why they're being so dishonest. Seriously what could they possibly gain?
This is based on the idea that everyone wants to run services from home, and that's just not the case for the world outside Slashdot. The vast majority of people would have zero use for that functionality.
I guess you never heard of anyone wanting to host a multiplayer game for you and your friends.
Either they did a lousy port to the PC, or Windows is imposing massive overheads which don't apply on the Xbox.
Yes.
More than you'd realize. But even so, their's no reason why IPv4 cannot be used by ISPs. NATs are used by many already. NATs for that matter are undoubtedly why IPv6 isn't taking off. They perpetuate ISPs' ability to sell static IP addresses at a premium while making it difficult for the rest to use devices as servers on home networks. Its just another example of big business trying to find ways to squeeze every last dime out of old paradigms to the detriment of progress.
Wow, your comment is either truly profound or you have no clue how to spell. Quick, someone check in on his cat...
Oh, no they have a convenient carrying storage case. Since the summary didn't bother you may have a look see here for their wares.
Yes, the data is stored in the polycarbonate layer. The foil provides something to bounce the laser light off of. The question is does this process melt the pits in the plastic while stripping the foil off? Microwaving them melts the plastic, this process seems a bit too precise for it to effectively affect the data. While "cool" factor is high "secure" factor is low.
Physical media in general has been priced outside of my willingness to pay. With rare exception--usually at the behest of my wife--will I purchase a disc, though it will be Blu-ray if available.
Blu-ray may have the "ability" to look the best but when it comes to satisfying a desire to watch a movie it usually isn't first choice. It's pretty hard to beat hopping on Netflix.com, selecting an instant streaming movie to add to the queue, turning on my Blu-ray player, select from queue and watch it. Many of them are HD streams which means they have the same quality as a low quality Blu-ray (which seems to be most of them anyway) or an HD cable "on-demand" film. When it's not available through streaming, or it's an occasion where it's worth the hassle I just have Netflix send me the Blu-Ray (or DVD) disc.
That's ok, now DNF can be rated "E" for everyone. Hail to the king.
Why does it have to be reasonable? What universe were you born into?
The educated minority is forced to compromise with the uneducated majority. It's called democracy, best get used to it.
But, it's not within the context of a mobile computing device whose shape resembles a thin rectangle.
Who says they won't?
Ok, how about using a computer vs. flying there in person. How about using Google, Wikipedia, etc. vs. driving to the library. How about eBay instead of driving to the flea market. The material science, engineering, etc. that wouldn't otherwise be possible with out computers, the absence of which would require heavier materials, more resource intense manufacturing processes, etc. Productivity? The world is seething with productivity increases at the hands of ever advancing computer technology.
There's also nothing necessarily bad about upfront energy costs. If the source of energy used in the manufacture of the components comes from solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, geo-thermal, etc. then the energy comes with a near zero cost related to green-house gasses and other environmental pollutants.