From what I have read a H2 gets the same fuel economy as a big yellow school bus. Fitting, I'd suppose. You'd have to be crazy to ride a shorter bus around.
That may be true in the court case. In the public's eye you are immediately Guilty until you can prove you are innocent. Media is a strong tool which doesn't follow the same "innocent until proven guilty" mentality.
Executives at Google, which is working on its own data center in the Northwest, charged that the energy used by laptops and personal computers should be considered in the discussion, while others argued that standards needed to be set for the development of data centers.
Laptops and Personal computers (and Consoles) are large draws of electrical power. While data centres consume a huge amount, being able to reduce power consumption in consumer grade electronics would aleviate many issues as well. If we could at least reduce power consumption in "sleep" states we would be much further ahead. I can't find the stat for it this time, but I believe something like 1% of all power consumed is electronics in a sleep state.
Reducing at the centres is the first logical step as the reduction is measureable and is a potential cost savings over the long term. I hope that, in consolidating data centres, the technology will be passed quickly on to consumers.
Ducks, Eagles and Wood? Good grief, you sound like a certain Simpson:
One way to get rid of them is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time we went over to Shelbyville during the war, I wore an onion on my belt....which was the style at the time...you couldn't get those white ones, you could only get those big yellow ones.................now where was I........oh yeah, the important thing was I was wearing an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time, you couldn't get those... (trails off)
This is an interesting development, I think it shows a certain level of maturity has finally be gained within the virtual (technology) world. Up until recently (last 5'ish years), the relationship has been mostly one way: The Desktop Metaphor is one of the prime examples of real-world transfer into a virtual one. The digital camera experiment is a good example of a virtual tool being immersive to the point where, in using a real camera, virtual hooks are now present.
Other good examples of VR transferance: Military Simulators (VBS1/2, et al.), Wii Sports and I am sure there are many others.
I would love to see Big Blue design a chip to provide a loss-less encoding of the Big Bang. I am sick of the current "lossy" versions which always seem to be missing some information here or there.
You're right, that could solve the problem quite easily. However, consider the original photos from each angle, not only could these photo's be distributed out of the public's eye, they could be used to create 3D models of the people in the photos. Not saying they are going to but when the data exists, someone will always want to find new ways of using it.
Not a chance! Let me remind you of a little thing called the BC-CA. The BCCA is the predecessor of the DMCA, and if you think the DMCA is draconian - the BCCA prescribed death for every violation.
Prof. Farnsworth: Same thing I teach every semester: The Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields. I made up the title so that no student would dare take it. Fry: Mathematics of wanton burrito meals. I'll be there! Prof. Farnsworth: Please, Fry, I don't know how to teach; I'm a professor!
If you describe something in a complicated enough manner then it is quite possible to pwnfuse someone into accepting it. Now if there was only some way to demonstrate prior art or the fact that it is an obvious function..
Until that day comes along, I guess we just have to see Parent and ensure we keep patenting appropriately.
Oops, I now have a doubly-linked post. I suppose I should expect a call from LSI soon.
Put more technically, a person who has an open wireless network should be considered a common carrier.
I agree with this, and your points above. However, as a personal user I do not have the common carrier status. CC status is also not practical for the "end user" either. Your Point of Presence on the Interweb is usually considered as you router's IP. Unless you are logging all users' activities and able to provide sufficient information need to determine who exactly was using what resource (like the ISPs) then all activities on your connection could be suggested to be yours. There are ways around this, from both perspectives, however how much effort are you willing to take to prove your innocence at any time?
I'm playing the Devil's advocate on this response, as I wish it didn't have to come down to this. As much as anonymity is required on the internet accountability must remain (caveat: everything within moderation).
How come every random carrier gets to run a wireless network that anybody can use for $10/hour (and, yes, that can be paid anonymously in cash), but I should be punished if I choose to do the same thing for free? For that matter, how come the backbone ISPs get to carry traffic for everybody, everywhere, without asking any questions, but I shouldn't?
I think if you consult the License agreement for your ISP, you will find that you are not permitted to effectively become another Tier 2/3 ISP. Even at "free" you are still buying IP transit from another ISP and providing it to others.
For that matter, how come the backbone ISPs get to carry traffic for everybody, everywhere, without asking any questions, but I shouldn't?
For the same reason, you are the one signing the LA and because you are not an ISP, it is assumed that all traffic originating from you is yours/under your control. Certain liability has been waived from ISPs in regards to content because they are merely "keepers of the pipe" and have little influence on what goes through them - you do not fall into that category.
This is what I understand, but the obvious caveat to this is IANAL.
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You had to bring weather into this...
Seems like El'Reg has been correcting the BBC's weather recently:
London Heatwave
Snowy 20C Weather
Belfast Hurricane
Indeed, though this is Slashdot and most of us dont RTFA let alone a book. Do you have a summary?
I guess there is good reason to be careful.
That may be true in the court case. In the public's eye you are immediately Guilty until you can prove you are innocent. Media is a strong tool which doesn't follow the same "innocent until proven guilty" mentality.
I'm on the Blue Team and "They're Everywhere!"
Call me Mint Jelly; cause I'm still on the lamb. We Bob's gotta stick together.
Reducing at the centres is the first logical step as the reduction is measureable and is a potential cost savings over the long term. I hope that, in consolidating data centres, the technology will be passed quickly on to consumers.
This is an interesting development, I think it shows a certain level of maturity has finally be gained within the virtual (technology) world. Up until recently (last 5'ish years), the relationship has been mostly one way: The Desktop Metaphor is one of the prime examples of real-world transfer into a virtual one. The digital camera experiment is a good example of a virtual tool being immersive to the point where, in using a real camera, virtual hooks are now present.
Other good examples of VR transferance: Military Simulators (VBS1/2, et al.), Wii Sports and I am sure there are many others.
I know Kung-Fu!
I would love to see Big Blue design a chip to provide a loss-less encoding of the Big Bang. I am sick of the current "lossy" versions which always seem to be missing some information here or there.
You're right, that could solve the problem quite easily. However, consider the original photos from each angle, not only could these photo's be distributed out of the public's eye, they could be used to create 3D models of the people in the photos. Not saying they are going to but when the data exists, someone will always want to find new ways of using it.
Buy more chairs.
Not a chance! Let me remind you of a little thing called the BC-CA. The BCCA is the predecessor of the DMCA, and if you think the DMCA is draconian - the BCCA prescribed death for every violation.
Obligatory:
Prof. Farnsworth: Same thing I teach every semester: The Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields. I made up the title so that no student would dare take it.
Fry: Mathematics of wanton burrito meals. I'll be there!
Prof. Farnsworth: Please, Fry, I don't know how to teach; I'm a professor!
If you describe something in a complicated enough manner then it is quite possible to pwnfuse someone into accepting it. Now if there was only some way to demonstrate prior art or the fact that it is an obvious function..
Until that day comes along, I guess we just have to see Parent and ensure we keep patenting appropriately.
Oops, I now have a doubly-linked post. I suppose I should expect a call from LSI soon.
Remember, this is Slashdot. We would gladly pay $8.5M in research to allow the computers to do the talking for us.
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From: John Smith
To: Jane Doe
Subject: Thnx
thnx 4 ppt. wnt g00d lol.
JS
University in NZ
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Come to think of it, forget the network. I think our communication is down.
I'm playing the Devil's advocate on this response, as I wish it didn't have to come down to this. As much as anonymity is required on the internet accountability must remain (caveat: everything within moderation).
For the same reason, you are the one signing the LA and because you are not an ISP, it is assumed that all traffic originating from you is yours/under your control. Certain liability has been waived from ISPs in regards to content because they are merely "keepers of the pipe" and have little influence on what goes through them - you do not fall into that category.
This is what I understand, but the obvious caveat to this is IANAL.
Nono, there are two types of people in this world, those who:
1) Start their arrays with one;
1) Start their arrays with zero.