I would think that the latest spate of HiFi speaker wires would be right up there. The key difference between dowsing rods and these cables, is that once in a while dowsing rods seem to work. The multi-hundred dollar cables, time and time again in double-blind tests, have been shown to perform more poorly than the cheap utility speaker wire. And yet, there's a whole industry out there that argues (and markets) to the contrary.
Clearly you haven't heard speakers where the electrons are flowing the wrong way through the wiring...
40 seconds? I wish. Where did you get that number from? The article talks about how the startup time has been cut down from 1:50 to 1:30. Also, I seem to recall Bill Gates talking a few years ago about how they were going to get the startup time to like 30 seconds or so. Now we're "impressed" when it only takes 3 times that...
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Or not so subtle spelling mistakes. A manor is a large house. Manner. The word you want is manner.
STFU grammer nazi! Language EVOLVES! Get with the pogram!
I don't believe they necessarily weaken the net architecture, seeing as how they are essentially the same as how the net was built in the first place. I mainly view them as a shortcut for people who don't know how to use an href tag or for people who don't understand copy/paste (the ones who think you need to retype the whole url into the address bar if it's not linkified). One semi-legitimate use I can think of is forums (or email clients) that add spaces/line breaks to raw addresses that aren't contained in an href tag (hello slashdot!).
Of course the German was able to crack it first. I mean, Colossus was made to crack German codes. Clearly this German guy already knew how to crack it to begin with...
The main lessons from TFA seem to be: get rid of CRT monitors (my last one died this year and was replace with an LCD) and turn things off when you're not using them - sensible stuff just about anyone could do.
Yes, sensible, but how many slashdotters have figured this out for themselves? I'm reminded of the people who leave the water running while they brush their teeth.
Unfortunately you can't install this on any PC, as MULTICS requires dedicated hardware, and there's no operational computer system today that could run this OS.
Any chance of an emulator being developed that can run this? Are the hardware specs open?
Isn't the scenario above EXACTLY what this non-fragmentation agreement should help to avoid? Seems like a reasonable way to ensure device compatibility to me. If a non-OHA entity fragments the code, that's fine, because their code/app/SDK/whatever isn't guaranteed to run on all of the devices anyway. If some hobbyists want to create their own derivative platform for device X, they're perfectly free to do so. Seems like all of the benefits of the open source model to me.
I picked up an HD-DVD this weekend during the über-blowouts. Naturally, I missed out on the $99 ones, but I went ahead and picked up an A3 with 10 movies for $200. My take on the whole thing is this: both media types are the same form factor and can be played in a single player if it supports both formats. There are already some of these players out there (although they're 800-1000 bucks). Eventually, prices will come down low enough on the dual-format players that a "winner" will be more or less irrelevant. Even if BluRay eventually "wins", I'll still be able to pick up a dual format player for years to come (maybe paying a hair more than a regular BD player [2011: Oh no, 50 bucks instead of 40!]). But based on how the DVD-R/DVD+R "wars" eventually panned out, I'm betting both formats will stay around for a while and the players will make the whole thing irrelevant.
No, that's not what I said at all. I said that I'm more efficient using keyboard shortcuts (key word being 'shortcuts'). If you noticed, I also said that I switch back to the GUI to perform certain tasks.
This was done on 2.1GHz G5 iMac w/1GB RAM (about 1-1/2 years old). The video card in this is a 128MB PCI-E bus Radeon x600. Certainly not the top of the line, but much better than what's included in many office desktops.
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but seriously, What would samsung write that off as when the auditor came to visit? (or more likely would they just bribe the auditor as well)
Hell, that's petty cash for a few lunches with some bigwigs. And whoops, the guy in charge forgot to get receipts.
What an insightful comment made by someone with a relatively fitting screen name. And remember kids, check your prostate weekly!
I think this is a perfect opportunity to propose the switch to metric time again, aka Swatch time! Or maybe we can adopt decimal time instead.
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of NewYorkCountryLawyers?
That'd be like a coupla NewYorkCityLawyers, right?
Exactly right. The post needs to be something that's insightfully trollrific.
Alright! Who's going to be the first one here to receive the oh so coveted (Score:5, Troll) moderation?
I would think that the latest spate of HiFi speaker wires would be right up there. The key difference between dowsing rods and these cables, is that once in a while dowsing rods seem to work. The multi-hundred dollar cables, time and time again in double-blind tests, have been shown to perform more poorly than the cheap utility speaker wire. And yet, there's a whole industry out there that argues (and markets) to the contrary.
Clearly you haven't heard speakers where the electrons are flowing the wrong way through the wiring...
daveschroeder is putting the finishing touches on his message. He'll post it shortly. : p
It's a pitty Rueben's committed career suicide, because that show as the most brilliant half-hour acid trip in history.
You're not too familiar with Sid and Marty Krofft, are you? There was definitely acid involved in some of those shows...
40 seconds? I wish. Where did you get that number from? The article talks about how the startup time has been cut down from 1:50 to 1:30. Also, I seem to recall Bill Gates talking a few years ago about how they were going to get the startup time to like 30 seconds or so. Now we're "impressed" when it only takes 3 times that...
Or not so subtle spelling mistakes. A manor is a large house. Manner. The word you want is manner.
STFU grammer nazi! Language EVOLVES! Get with the pogram!
I don't believe they necessarily weaken the net architecture, seeing as how they are essentially the same as how the net was built in the first place. I mainly view them as a shortcut for people who don't know how to use an href tag or for people who don't understand copy/paste (the ones who think you need to retype the whole url into the address bar if it's not linkified). One semi-legitimate use I can think of is forums (or email clients) that add spaces/line breaks to raw addresses that aren't contained in an href tag (hello slashdot!).
Of course the German was able to crack it first. I mean, Colossus was made to crack German codes. Clearly this German guy already knew how to crack it to begin with...
National Geographic is referring to it as a "fern mower".
The main lessons from TFA seem to be: get rid of CRT monitors (my last one died this year and was replace with an LCD) and turn things off when you're not using them - sensible stuff just about anyone could do.
Yes, sensible, but how many slashdotters have figured this out for themselves? I'm reminded of the people who leave the water running while they brush their teeth.
...but selling books based on her work is a bridge to far.
Where is far? And where can I find this bridge that gets me there?
Only Satan worshippers ever put their cars in reverse...
Unfortunately you can't install this on any PC, as MULTICS requires dedicated hardware, and there's no operational computer system today that could run this OS.
Any chance of an emulator being developed that can run this? Are the hardware specs open?
Isn't the scenario above EXACTLY what this non-fragmentation agreement should help to avoid? Seems like a reasonable way to ensure device compatibility to me. If a non-OHA entity fragments the code, that's fine, because their code/app/SDK/whatever isn't guaranteed to run on all of the devices anyway. If some hobbyists want to create their own derivative platform for device X, they're perfectly free to do so. Seems like all of the benefits of the open source model to me.
The 'p' is for 'paranoid'.
What happens when you push the button on the electronic screen? Can you tell me?
I'm not totally sure, but I know it has something to do with elves...
I picked up an HD-DVD this weekend during the über-blowouts. Naturally, I missed out on the $99 ones, but I went ahead and picked up an A3 with 10 movies for $200. My take on the whole thing is this: both media types are the same form factor and can be played in a single player if it supports both formats. There are already some of these players out there (although they're 800-1000 bucks). Eventually, prices will come down low enough on the dual-format players that a "winner" will be more or less irrelevant. Even if BluRay eventually "wins", I'll still be able to pick up a dual format player for years to come (maybe paying a hair more than a regular BD player [2011: Oh no, 50 bucks instead of 40!]). But based on how the DVD-R/DVD+R "wars" eventually panned out, I'm betting both formats will stay around for a while and the players will make the whole thing irrelevant.
No, that's not what I said at all. I said that I'm more efficient using keyboard shortcuts (key word being 'shortcuts'). If you noticed, I also said that I switch back to the GUI to perform certain tasks.
This was done on 2.1GHz G5 iMac w/1GB RAM (about 1-1/2 years old). The video card in this is a 128MB PCI-E bus Radeon x600. Certainly not the top of the line, but much better than what's included in many office desktops.
Not all business prohibit games, but I doubt there are any sysadmins playing games on their server machines.
You severely overestimate the brainpower of a Windows sysadmin.