Given the long duration to get a probe to the edge of the solar system, and the rapid advances in instrumentation, I think we should be launching a Voyager type probe every 5-10 years. They needn’t follow a single path, in fact, heading off to different parts of the heliosphere makes more sense.
Launch windows will of course determine the schedule and affect the trajectory, but I think learning about the heliopause, interstellar environment, and eventually, the Oort Cloud is vital. Given current propulsion technologies, it will take many years to reach those areas. The best way I see to deal with that is “launch early, launch often”.
And, since each probe will need monitoring for decades, it would make sense to put them into a single, ongoing program, where much of the monitoring and development could be consolidated.
1000bT isn't necessarily for the bandwidth. For many environments, it's used for the reduced latency. In one particular case, we had 100bT from desktop to switch, 100bT sw2sw, and 100bT to server. Replacing the switches with a single 24x1gb with 1gb links to switches with 2x1gb + 48x100mb, then 100mb to desktop more than doubled performance of one critical app. In most instances, bandwidth wasn't a factor, but the reduced latency can be of tremendous benefit for some apps, including many accounting apps.
But I agree with the rest of your post. Stay off the bleeding edge. Be selective about buying and you can get high performance machines that last you 4-8 years, maybe a bit longer, and never pay top dollar for them (even if you're buying new). The secret is knowing what you need, then buying a quality machine that's expandable/upgradeable and is slightly more than you need now.
The carrier probably has it in their phone records for that account. The IMEI is part of how a device identifies itself to the network. It's used to prevent using stolen phones in many other countries.
So if America wants to keep their Patriot Act which tries to violate the laws of other countries,
We don't want it. Parts of it violate our own Constitution. Continue your refusal to agree to it's terms, continue to keep your data out of the US. Eventually, if it hurts business enough, and enough people, especially people with money, scream about it, we might get it repealed, or at least scaled back to something that remotely resembles sane and Constitutional.
Oh, I see. You must be a proponent of piracy. Just because we shut down one entity and try to extradite one of your citizens who did nothing more than allow his data to flow through routers in the US, you think we're a bunch of out of control bullies who think we can do anything we want, regardless of what any law says....Well, let me tell you...You're right. We are a bunch a bullies who thing we can do anything regardless of what the law says.
As a US citizen, I apologize for the idiots who have taken over our government, and I appreciate your refusal to accept our insane policies. We're fighting the battle here too.
Comprehension fail - If the vaccines are effective (and most are), then those who get the vaccine are at a low risk as long as a significant majority gets the vaccine. It's the people who don't get a vaccine who are putting themselves at greater risk.
And, as I pointed out in my original post, at some point, the vaccine becomes more risky than not getting the vaccination, so the ideal lowest risk for EVERYONE is for some small percentage to choose NOT to get vaccinated.
Not on an 10"-13" screen, and it's iffy on a 15". Not everyone wants a 17" or larger laptop, too big and too heavy.
1280x800 should be standard on 13", 1440x900 should be standard for 13", 15" should be 1440x900 or 1680x1050, unless you're going to double those similar to the new iPad.
The point is that 16:9 is fine for HDTV, but it sucks for computers. 16:10 is better, and some people prefer 16:12 (4:3). Vertical space is usually more constricted than horizontal space for computers, therefore, decreases in screen height are far more constraining, and not offset by increases in width.
Still using a 16:10 display, will not buy 16:9 unless that's the only option I can afford.
Because USB is about to max out, and it's a relatively "dumb" interface. That makes it great for low cost, but also limits it's performance. Thunderbolt doesn't really compete with USB. First gen TB is 2x as fast as USB 3.0, so there is some competition, but USB 3 is probably EOL for USB, while TB will get faster in later generations. It does replace external PCIe. It's much more scalable than USB, and uses existing PCIe protocols making it relatively easy to implement in hardware and software (e.g. PCIe drivers should work with a PCIe device whether it's an internal PCIe, or connected over TB and physically in a separate dock.
The docking connector on your existing laptop is proprietary to one manufacturer, and model specific (might be shared among a few models for a few years).
Thunderbolt gives you a faster connection, that is a standards compliant (4xPCIe) connection. So, in theory, you can get a third party Thunderbolt docking station for your laptop. And you can use it with your next laptop, even if you switch vendors.
Thunderbolt hasn't taken off yet, but how many years did it take for USB to take off? A lot longer than TB has been out.
TB is not a complete replacement for built in ports, laptops/notebooks/ultrabooks/etc. still need some common ports, such as USB 2/3, video out, and maybe an SD card reader. But most other ports aren't needed all the time, and frequently aren't needed while portable, so having them exist only on an external dock isn't a problem for 95+% of users.
Buy USB keyboard, modify firmware, return. Next user gets infected with whatever you implanted in the keyboard. No USB hub, and no Thunderbolt required.
We're nowhere near that, and probably never will be. Let's worry about it if we start getting close. Until then, we've got many more important things to address than a small percentage of people who don't represent any significant danger to those who are vaccinated.
While I personally am in favor of vaccination (the autism connection theory is too weak), I agree that parents should have the right to refuse to have their children vaccinated.
When more than X% of a population is vaccinated against a disease, the chance of an epidemic or wide spread outbreak is low. As you increase the percentage of the population that has been vaccinated, the risks from the disease continue to decrease. At some point, the risk from the disease (risk of contagion times risk of significant impairment from contagion) becomes lower than the risks of the vaccine. The exact percentage necessary varies based upon the communicability of the disease, and the risks of the disease. The point at which the vaccine becomes more or a risk than the disease depends upon those, and the risks of the specific vaccine. So, as long as a significant majority of the population chooses to get the vaccine, everyone is better off.
A client ran an NT4 server (one out of about a dozen servers) until 2009, well past the end of support. They also had a couple W2k servers in that mix, also past the end of support. You know what happened? Nothing! The machines continued to perform just as well as they had for the previous 8-10 years. The reason those weren't upgraded is because they worked very well, and an upgrade simply wasn't necessary, and would have been very costly.
We did take precautions, including; making sure those machines weren't connected to the internet, were locked down as well as we could lock them down, and had anti-virus (for which we downloaded updates daily) software, etc. While the clients had internet access, they too were locked down (users were "users", restricted access to all directories except their own profile, couldn't install anything, etc), and had AV and anti-malware that were updated daily. Windows updates were pushed nightly from MS SUS.
This isn't a looming crisis. You've got 2 more years to prepare or upgrade. As long as you take actions to isolate and protect those systems as much as possible, they can run XP for another 10 or 20 years (as long as you can keep compatible hardware running)
Bingo. This also applies to "middleware". I have many times argued with developers about the value of using in-house developed tools and/or simple APIs that can easily be replaced as OS, networks, or other items are updated (or no longer updated) rather than use every shiny new vendor/platform/OS specific shortcut. Using such shortcuts may cut out a little work now, but if it locks you to a specific vendor/OS/version, it's going to become a support problem in a few years, and by then, you'll spend far more time dealing with and/or working around the problem you have created than you would have by doing a little more work up front. If you can't fairly quickly replicate the functionality and substitute another version/vendor/OS/in-house solution, then you haven't done an adequate jobs of designing your software.
Wow! Top 100? Really? Top 100 excluding iPhone? That could be anywhere from 0.01% to 3% of the market at one seller!
In all seriousness, they're currently ranked #1 & #2 at Amazon, and that's very good. But this is also in the first 3 days it's been available. Let's see where it is next week.
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Given the long duration to get a probe to the edge of the solar system, and the rapid advances in instrumentation, I think we should be launching a Voyager type probe every 5-10 years. They needn’t follow a single path, in fact, heading off to different parts of the heliosphere makes more sense.
Launch windows will of course determine the schedule and affect the trajectory, but I think learning about the heliopause, interstellar environment, and eventually, the Oort Cloud is vital. Given current propulsion technologies, it will take many years to reach those areas. The best way I see to deal with that is “launch early, launch often”.
And, since each probe will need monitoring for decades, it would make sense to put them into a single, ongoing program, where much of the monitoring and development could be consolidated.
I did development on a 486/80 with 12MB-16MB (yes, MB) RAM, running NT4. Don't remember the HD size.
1000bT isn't necessarily for the bandwidth. For many environments, it's used for the reduced latency. In one particular case, we had 100bT from desktop to switch, 100bT sw2sw, and 100bT to server. Replacing the switches with a single 24x1gb with 1gb links to switches with 2x1gb + 48x100mb, then 100mb to desktop more than doubled performance of one critical app. In most instances, bandwidth wasn't a factor, but the reduced latency can be of tremendous benefit for some apps, including many accounting apps.
But I agree with the rest of your post. Stay off the bleeding edge. Be selective about buying and you can get high performance machines that last you 4-8 years, maybe a bit longer, and never pay top dollar for them (even if you're buying new). The secret is knowing what you need, then buying a quality machine that's expandable/upgradeable and is slightly more than you need now.
Guess I messed up posting the link. IMEI
The carrier probably has it in their phone records for that account. The IMEI is part of how a device identifies itself to the network. It's used to prevent using stolen phones in many other countries.
So if America wants to keep their Patriot Act which tries to violate the laws of other countries,
We don't want it. Parts of it violate our own Constitution. Continue your refusal to agree to it's terms, continue to keep your data out of the US. Eventually, if it hurts business enough, and enough people, especially people with money, scream about it, we might get it repealed, or at least scaled back to something that remotely resembles sane and Constitutional.
Correction. If there is a design defect in a '98 Chevy that endangers lives, Chevy might recall it and fix it.
Demonstrate that a security flaw in XP endangers lives and your analogy might have some validity.
Baboon food is cheap. I think they might be easily bribed.
On the plus side, any laws they pass would likely be more intelligible.
Oh, I see. You must be a proponent of piracy. Just because we shut down one entity and try to extradite one of your citizens who did nothing more than allow his data to flow through routers in the US, you think we're a bunch of out of control bullies who think we can do anything we want, regardless of what any law says....Well, let me tell you...You're right. We are a bunch a bullies who thing we can do anything regardless of what the law says.
As a US citizen, I apologize for the idiots who have taken over our government, and I appreciate your refusal to accept our insane policies. We're fighting the battle here too.
You're confusing metaphors and similes. We're not LIKE the Roman Empire, we ARE the Roman Empire.
Comprehension fail - If the vaccines are effective (and most are), then those who get the vaccine are at a low risk as long as a significant majority gets the vaccine. It's the people who don't get a vaccine who are putting themselves at greater risk.
And, as I pointed out in my original post, at some point, the vaccine becomes more risky than not getting the vaccination, so the ideal lowest risk for EVERYONE is for some small percentage to choose NOT to get vaccinated.
Your entire premise is flawed.
Not on an 10"-13" screen, and it's iffy on a 15". Not everyone wants a 17" or larger laptop, too big and too heavy.
1280x800 should be standard on 13", 1440x900 should be standard for 13", 15" should be 1440x900 or 1680x1050, unless you're going to double those similar to the new iPad.
The point is that 16:9 is fine for HDTV, but it sucks for computers. 16:10 is better, and some people prefer 16:12 (4:3). Vertical space is usually more constricted than horizontal space for computers, therefore, decreases in screen height are far more constraining, and not offset by increases in width.
Still using a 16:10 display, will not buy 16:9 unless that's the only option I can afford.
Because USB is about to max out, and it's a relatively "dumb" interface. That makes it great for low cost, but also limits it's performance. Thunderbolt doesn't really compete with USB. First gen TB is 2x as fast as USB 3.0, so there is some competition, but USB 3 is probably EOL for USB, while TB will get faster in later generations. It does replace external PCIe. It's much more scalable than USB, and uses existing PCIe protocols making it relatively easy to implement in hardware and software (e.g. PCIe drivers should work with a PCIe device whether it's an internal PCIe, or connected over TB and physically in a separate dock.
Technically correct, but a a huge miss.
The docking connector on your existing laptop is proprietary to one manufacturer, and model specific (might be shared among a few models for a few years).
Thunderbolt gives you a faster connection, that is a standards compliant (4xPCIe) connection. So, in theory, you can get a third party Thunderbolt docking station for your laptop. And you can use it with your next laptop, even if you switch vendors.
Thunderbolt hasn't taken off yet, but how many years did it take for USB to take off? A lot longer than TB has been out.
TB is not a complete replacement for built in ports, laptops/notebooks/ultrabooks/etc. still need some common ports, such as USB 2/3, video out, and maybe an SD card reader. But most other ports aren't needed all the time, and frequently aren't needed while portable, so having them exist only on an external dock isn't a problem for 95+% of users.
Woosh...
Buy USB keyboard, modify firmware, return. Next user gets infected with whatever you implanted in the keyboard. No USB hub, and no Thunderbolt required.
How are you going to hang yourself if you only get modded up to +3 or +4?
We're nowhere near that, and probably never will be. Let's worry about it if we start getting close. Until then, we've got many more important things to address than a small percentage of people who don't represent any significant danger to those who are vaccinated.
Yes, but will .coke be for Coca Cola, or the Medellin cartel?
While I personally am in favor of vaccination (the autism connection theory is too weak), I agree that parents should have the right to refuse to have their children vaccinated.
When more than X% of a population is vaccinated against a disease, the chance of an epidemic or wide spread outbreak is low. As you increase the percentage of the population that has been vaccinated, the risks from the disease continue to decrease. At some point, the risk from the disease (risk of contagion times risk of significant impairment from contagion) becomes lower than the risks of the vaccine. The exact percentage necessary varies based upon the communicability of the disease, and the risks of the disease. The point at which the vaccine becomes more or a risk than the disease depends upon those, and the risks of the specific vaccine. So, as long as a significant majority of the population chooses to get the vaccine, everyone is better off.
OMG, they're Pod people. Run Away!
And it gives the staff the opportunity to rent out their flat for a rather nice bonus. Game on (or perhaps games on).
A client ran an NT4 server (one out of about a dozen servers) until 2009, well past the end of support. They also had a couple W2k servers in that mix, also past the end of support. You know what happened? Nothing! The machines continued to perform just as well as they had for the previous 8-10 years. The reason those weren't upgraded is because they worked very well, and an upgrade simply wasn't necessary, and would have been very costly.
We did take precautions, including; making sure those machines weren't connected to the internet, were locked down as well as we could lock them down, and had anti-virus (for which we downloaded updates daily) software, etc. While the clients had internet access, they too were locked down (users were "users", restricted access to all directories except their own profile, couldn't install anything, etc), and had AV and anti-malware that were updated daily. Windows updates were pushed nightly from MS SUS.
This isn't a looming crisis. You've got 2 more years to prepare or upgrade. As long as you take actions to isolate and protect those systems as much as possible, they can run XP for another 10 or 20 years (as long as you can keep compatible hardware running)
Bingo. This also applies to "middleware". I have many times argued with developers about the value of using in-house developed tools and/or simple APIs that can easily be replaced as OS, networks, or other items are updated (or no longer updated) rather than use every shiny new vendor/platform/OS specific shortcut. Using such shortcuts may cut out a little work now, but if it locks you to a specific vendor/OS/version, it's going to become a support problem in a few years, and by then, you'll spend far more time dealing with and/or working around the problem you have created than you would have by doing a little more work up front. If you can't fairly quickly replicate the functionality and substitute another version/vendor/OS/in-house solution, then you haven't done an adequate jobs of designing your software.
Wow! Top 100? Really? Top 100 excluding iPhone? That could be anywhere from 0.01% to 3% of the market at one seller!
In all seriousness, they're currently ranked #1 & #2 at Amazon, and that's very good. But this is also in the first 3 days it's been available. Let's see where it is next week.