The "Weather Beacon" that sits on top of the Canada Life Assurance Company building in Toronto, Canada has something similar.
It works as follows:
When the beacon shows green, skies are clear. When it's red, it's going to be be cloudy. When it's flashing red, we will have rain. When it's flashing white, there will be snow. The running lights -- when they're running up, weather is getting warmer. When down, it's getting cooler. When they're steady, there's no change in the weather. During the day, the forecast is for the balance of the day. At night, it's a forecast for the next day.
I have lent out Orxy and Crake so many times...
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That I have lost track of who has it now.
Atwood created a well defined near future. She made a mistake or two when it came to potential technologies, but her humans behave the way they should.
If we could vote on the ranking of this book i would give it a 9/10.
I was stuck at around the same point as you were for about a month. ( around the sand-sailing ).
I took another run at it a few days ago and was pleased to find out that the plot picked up one page later.
Stephenson books tend to reward the persistent reader. I remember having to convince friends not to burn cryptonomicon after reading the first 200 pages... Keep reading, its worth it...;)
Remember the SQLSlammer?
That was spread (as I recall) because of default passwords not being changed on sample databases. I know lots of people that dont change their default MySql root password. (I tellem but WTF, its their bandwidth...)
Seems like they are trying bring MySql in direct competition with M$SQL server... ( as a spreader of worms )
"While it looks like what most people would describe as a 'robot,' it's not in the sense that it doesn't work automatically-it's controlled," said Jouppi in a statement. "It's no more a 'robot' than your car is a 'robot.'"
Jeesh, it is a robot. Doesn't anyone remember that 'ROBOT' stands for Remotely Operated Body Of Tin? At least that is where the name came from.
The site says that it has speach capabilities. I really like this one:
Notice, the sun is bright at 32 percent, and it is cold outside at 24 degrees, so I am opening the curtains at 8:07 AM
Actions similar to this can save a lot of energy. Curtains are a super efficient way to control internal temperatures, if and when they are uses correctly. How many of you remembed to close your blinds before you went work?;)
Now if there was only a script that would output this:
I noticed there were dirty dishes in the sink when you went to bed last night. They have been places in the dishwasher. [Insert spouse name here] will be pleased.
The problem is defining what a low - mid level printer is.
For me a low end printer costs ~ $100 and is for printing:
drafts
shopping lists
non archived items
On the other hand a mid level printer is about $2-3000. (In days back a apple laserwriter ][, currently a HP4050 w/ duplexer, 64M). They never want to die. I replaced the laserwriter because of its size. ouch. So toner costs were high, it would last months printing 1000s of pages. Much better than ink. I use printers like that for printing:
PDF manuals (both sides of the page)
archival material
in the past final assigments, now proposals
etc...
Color is a different story, I think inkjet color has come a long way, but it still requires good paper.
We already do have a backdoor in all but one crypto system. That backdoor is time itself.
Currently most goverments I have lived with keep their documents confidential for 20-50 years depending on how important/dangerous they consider the information contained within.
We as individuals now have the same options open to ourself.
128 bit key for online shopping
1024 bit key for sshd(8)
and a one time pad for your love letters
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C++ should really have been called ++C considering all the hype
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It works as follows:
Some web references here blog reference and here pressrelease
That I have lost track of who has it now. Atwood created a well defined near future. She made a mistake or two when it came to potential technologies, but her humans behave the way they should. If we could vote on the ranking of this book i would give it a 9/10.
I was stuck at around the same point as you were for about a month. ( around the sand-sailing ).
;)
I took another run at it a few days ago and was pleased to find out that the plot picked up one page later.
Stephenson books tend to reward the persistent reader. I remember having to convince friends not to burn cryptonomicon after reading the first 200 pages... Keep reading, its worth it...
Same advice for the last 200 pages of this one.
That was spread (as I recall) because of default passwords not being changed on sample databases. I know lots of people that dont change their default MySql root password. (I tellem but WTF, its their bandwidth...)
Seems like they are trying bring MySql in direct competition with M$SQL server... ( as a spreader of worms )
freebsd 116,000
"OS X" 149,000
microsoft 2,180,000
and just for fun
Lindows 40,400
hmmm... howabout Sun java Desktop 0
Jeesh, it is a robot. Doesn't anyone remember that 'ROBOT' stands for Remotely Operated Body Of Tin? At least that is where the name came from.
Honestly, where do you think the name came from?
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Actions similar to this can save a lot of energy. Curtains are a super efficient way to control internal temperatures, if and when they are uses correctly. How many of you remembed to close your blinds before you went work?
Now if there was only a script that would output this:
Uhh... kinda, well no.
A T1 uses 4 wires, a plain old phone service line (POTS) uses 2 wires.
On a POTS line you can get ISDN speeds of aprox 128 kbs. On a T1 aprox 1.5 Mb/s
After printing a gazillion pages rollers get dirty and cant grab the pages as well. Easy to do and saves many a page.
Some people say that if you use better paper it also solves the problem
For me a low end printer costs ~ $100 and is for printing:
drafts
shopping lists
non archived items
On the other hand a mid level printer is about $2-3000. (In days back a apple laserwriter ][, currently a HP4050 w/ duplexer, 64M). They never want to die. I replaced the laserwriter because of its size. ouch.
So toner costs were high, it would last months printing 1000s of pages. Much better than ink. I use printers like that for printing:
PDF manuals (both sides of the page)
archival material
in the past final assigments, now proposals
etc...
Color is a different story, I think inkjet color has come a long way, but it still requires good paper.
just my 10 bits ;)
This IS different than just removing twinkling stars.
This is similar (using your biological example) to using cell membranes to magnify DNA.
Cant anyone read anymore?
The the author Dr. Amir Aczel was interviewd by Quarks and Quarks (a CBC radio show).
The interview aired on the December 14, 2002 show
You can listen to the the author in mp3 or ogg!
I highly recomend the book. It is technical, but very readable for anyone with a little math/physics background.
We already do have a backdoor in all but one crypto system. That backdoor is time itself.
Currently most goverments I have lived with keep their documents confidential for 20-50 years depending on how important/dangerous they consider the information contained within.
We as individuals now have the same options open to ourself.
128 bit key for online shopping
1024 bit key for sshd(8)
and a one time pad for your love letters
--
C++ should really have been called ++C considering all the hype