Am I the only one who can't get past the image of the villain from X-Men?;) Probably. The majority here are guys, and we don't associate "tail" with "villain from X-Men."
Or if we do, we won't tell because that would be gay:P
From the article "Holographic storage has a couple of neat properties... Data density is theoretically unlimited."
Nothing in this universe is unlimited.
... for sufficiently low values of "unlimited."
FWIW, the initial drive is 20 MB/s, 300 GB WORM. Their roadmap shows a new drive generation every two years, with 3 generations of backwards compatibility.
True RW capability is still in the research phase.
The real test will be if they can hook up with a library manufacturer. These drives don't make much sense standalone. And library manufacturers will only come on board if there's interest from big guys like DOD, NASA, Disney or Time Warner.
Finally we get rid of the pesky "content" around the commercials. Going to the bathroom will never be a matter of timing any more and we can drink as much beer as we want. Finally.
Writing a new CAPTCHA should be much easier than cracking it. Yes, it's an arms race, but doesn't this just indicate laziness of those whose CAPTCHA has been cracked? Why don't they change their algorithm every month?
What's the probability that life on another planet evolved the same type of chemistry and the same type of macromolecules? If they found cellulose, I'd argue that it is from organisms that originated on earth. Now if they found (micro)fossils that are completely different from anything we know I'd listen up.
Mmmm. Makes me think of Geoffrey Miller. Maybe we need this big brain of ours mostly to decipher ambiguous signals? And then the signals got more ambiguous, and we got the classical runaway sexual evolution?
But I'd prefer a mechanism that would translate the plugin metaphor into an external program. Behave mostly like a plugin, for the convenience, but run a separate program like Flash or Java and position its window in the right place in front of the browser. That way the plugin can't crash the browser (which happens way too often) and plugins can't collide (just try to run two different Java applets at the same time.) As for extensions, I'd really like good functionality ported into the browser core. Extensions were once thought of as a testbed for future browser enhancements, but theses days the view is "we don't need to add this functionality - we have an extension for that." And the next time a new Firefox version is out, the extension is broken, or it collides with something else and breaks the browser. The extension mechanism is a little fragile - if they're really needed, extensions should run in some kind of sandbox (read: external process) and communicate with the browser through well defined interfaces.
If they can be done securely, fine. But I prefer external apps over plugins, and extensions always scare me and they're usually the reason if you have problems with Firefox. They should be relegated into separate processes with minimum privileges that I can kill if necessary.
I was running down the highway a little after sunset and a girl, maybe 13, walked right into my path and I almost ran her over. She was in a bikini, walking home from the beach I guess.
"IBM suffered a "much faster and more severe" decline in brand power in the early 1990s, Gregory said, and it took them 10 years to rebuild the brand's reputation. To stage a similar turnaround, Microsoft must have a clearer vision of the direction in which the company is headed and put forth leaders that people can trust to articulate that vision, he said."
Hmm. Ballmer's vison must be reasonably good if he can throw chairs accurately.
This study has nothing to do with reliability, only brand recognition. Regardless of Harley's reliability, they are a very, very widely recognized brand name. Yup. It's a marketing success, not a motorcycle. You see it a lot more on clothing than on bikes these days. All the bad-boy/girl-wannabees gotta wear it.
Since man is a 100% natural product of the earth, so is anything man does. In other words, IF this planet is f*#ked up by our doing, and we are natural product of the earth itself, the earth has f*#ked itself up, naturally. Obligatory quote: Why are all living things (except humans) so well integrated into the ecosystem? The ones that spoiled their nest didn't make it.
Dunno where I heard that, maybe on BBC's Planet Earth.
If it works and there's nothing better or cheaper to replace it it will stay around. How about the car? Over 100 years old and kicking with no end in sight. Trains... 200 years.
The article should be titled "Why the demise of a technology is often greatly exaggerated by pundits."
This all assumes that your file system never gets fragmented. But sooner or later it will. We have plenty of throughput if you look at the linear transfer rates (especially since we're running large RAIDs anyway) but after a couple of weeks or months of runtime the drives really start to seek, especially if the end user crammed the system full.
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Or if we do, we won't tell because that would be gay
... for sufficiently low values of "unlimited."Nothing in this universe is unlimited.
FWIW, the initial drive is 20 MB/s, 300 GB WORM.
Their roadmap shows a new drive generation every two years, with 3 generations of backwards compatibility.
True RW capability is still in the research phase.
The real test will be if they can hook up with a library manufacturer. These drives don't make much sense standalone. And library manufacturers will only come on board if there's interest from big guys like DOD, NASA, Disney or Time Warner.
Finally we get rid of the pesky "content" around the commercials.
Going to the bathroom will never be a matter of timing any more and we can drink as much beer as we want. Finally.
Writing a new CAPTCHA should be much easier than cracking it. Yes, it's an arms race, but doesn't this just indicate laziness of those whose CAPTCHA has been cracked? Why don't they change their algorithm every month?
What's the probability that life on another planet evolved the same type of chemistry and the same type of macromolecules?
If they found cellulose, I'd argue that it is from organisms that originated on earth. Now if they found (micro)fossils that are completely different from anything we know I'd listen up.
How about Ring Rolled?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IlhZCDlEmh0
Hmm. Trying to apply Shannon and von Neumann to women's communication might be counterproductive.
Mmmm. Makes me think of Geoffrey Miller. Maybe we need this big brain of ours mostly to decipher ambiguous signals? And then the signals got more ambiguous, and we got the classical runaway sexual evolution?
But I'd prefer a mechanism that would translate the plugin metaphor into an external program. Behave mostly like a plugin, for the convenience, but run a separate program like Flash or Java and position its window in the right place in front of the browser. That way the plugin can't crash the browser (which happens way too often) and plugins can't collide (just try to run two different Java applets at the same time.)
As for extensions, I'd really like good functionality ported into the browser core. Extensions were once thought of as a testbed for future browser enhancements, but theses days the view is "we don't need to add this functionality - we have an extension for that." And the next time a new Firefox version is out, the extension is broken, or it collides with something else and breaks the browser. The extension mechanism is a little fragile - if they're really needed, extensions should run in some kind of sandbox (read: external process) and communicate with the browser through well defined interfaces.
Amen. Go read Sperm Wars and you'll find that humans aren't different at all in the evolution department.
"Secret Lives: L. Ron Hubbard" is interesting.
If they can be done securely, fine. But I prefer external apps over plugins, and extensions always scare me and they're usually the reason if you have problems with Firefox. They should be relegated into separate processes with minimum privileges that I can kill if necessary.
SATA isn't SCSI. It is literally the old WD1003 Task File interface sent via serial packets.
Amen. It's time for a lean and fast browser again. One without plugins and extensions, and limited Javascript.
I want a browser, not an OS.
I was running down the highway a little after sunset and a girl, maybe 13, walked right into my path and I almost ran her over. She was in a bikini, walking home from the beach I guess.
Talk about situational awareness.
Yes, but it didn't go over very well.
Mmm... Quote from imdb: "It is a testament to John Travolta's genius that his career survived this disaster at all."I think I'll have to download it.
"IBM suffered a "much faster and more severe" decline in brand power in the early 1990s, Gregory said, and it took them 10 years to rebuild the brand's reputation. To stage a similar turnaround, Microsoft must have a clearer vision of the direction in which the company is headed and put forth leaders that people can trust to articulate that vision, he said."
Hmm. Ballmer's vison must be reasonably good if he can throw chairs accurately.
Do they have any cool vids of Xenu and the starships? Volcanoes? That could rival the Sci-Fi Channel.
Just wondering.
Why are all living things (except humans) so well integrated into the ecosystem?
The ones that spoiled their nest didn't make it.
Dunno where I heard that, maybe on BBC's Planet Earth.
If it works and there's nothing better or cheaper to replace it it will stay around.
How about the car? Over 100 years old and kicking with no end in sight. Trains... 200 years.
The article should be titled "Why the demise of a technology is often greatly exaggerated by pundits."
We use ext3, xfs and SNFS. They all get fragmented. Not badly but it increases over time if the FS is reasonably filled.
This all assumes that your file system never gets fragmented. But sooner or later it will. We have plenty of throughput if you look at the linear transfer rates (especially since we're running large RAIDs anyway) but after a couple of weeks or months of runtime the drives really start to seek, especially if the end user crammed the system full.