That's what I'm in it for too. I have over 100GB I'd like to keep a good incremental backups of. I just hope they can start spinning off archival quality media at a reasonable price by the time the drives hit around $100/each. Am I asking too much?:-)
Those types of ergonomic chairs are great for proper back posture. Or spines aren't shaped quite right for the types of chairs we typically sit on. The hips need to be rolled forward a bit. This is why that type of chair has the need pads, to get the hips to rotate forward to put the arch in the spine.
But what is your problem? Maybe you have a tough spine but you're hunching forward and rolling your shoulders forward? This is also bad posture and can lead to other problems.
As other people have noted, you cant' sit in the same position all day long. Heck.. if you did find the perfect chair and sat in the same position that long, wouldn't you be prone to the same clot problem they are starting to acknowledge happens on long airline flights?
I have no advice or product recommendation other than this.. what problem are you having that you want to resolve? Maybe you should get a combination of chairs and swap them around through the day?
This could be related to their recent out reach to the Linux community. Maybe it's how they'll generate their Linux expertise to be effective in that effort?
But this does hurt them on their message they've been sending about true cost of ownership.
There's more to sustaining our current trends than our current food production and current energy supply. Those things in themselves are not sustainable.
Yes.. the mandate was prior to 2008. I know, because I had to request to alleviate the requirement for a program long ago that was mandated from up on high.
This may be a new mandate that replaces an old one. So technically it isn't sliding.. but effectively, it's sliding.
Even if the climate isn't stable.. life has existed throughout the periods of change and rapid change. The thing is.. this population wouldnt' survive the change.. could we be smart enough to maximize the numbers that do survive and our society mostly intact?
May sound odd.. but this is why I support putting bases on the moon and colonies on Mars. Not so much to actually ahve them there, but to start learning how to survive those situations so we can use the same technology here when we need it. Cuz when we do need it, we won't have the time to develop it.
I'm very concerned about it. And typically I'm not the type to be the environmentalist type. I don't know when, but the Earth debt collector will come collecting some day...
Wow.. great write up. I hadn't thought about it like you laid it out.
My big concern isn't global warming but all of the pollutants in our oceans and entire global food chain that could nix us all...oh.. and that I believe our lifestyle and current population are not sustainable. Either we need to be more conservative of our Earth for our population and trends, or we need to start reducing the number of people on this planet to keep living like we are. That's what scares the crap out of me. Cuz once mother nature says it's gonna take a break for a while.. it ain't gonna be long before 90+% of us are gone and in a not so pretty way.
So they slid it out. Wasn't it originally mandated to have already happened? I wonder how many times they are going to continue sliding it before it actually happens.
The real problem is unfunded mandates. Great mandate, but without money behind it, it ain't gonna go anywhere.
"A computer expert told KATU News there is no way to know if someone is using your wireless connection without permission."
I was thinking the same thing. What "Expert" did they find? This seems like a simple solution for this particular case. Block has MAC on the router. Sure, he could buy another NIC or spoof the MAC but what are the odds he knows how to do that?
Anyway... I always wonder why people *need* to say they are an expert. Shouldn't it be obvious based on their statements?
Are you saying the CE is not an RTOS then? Your post is in conflict with itself. Either CE is an RTOS, or it is not. It is a paradox for it to beat itself to a bloody pulp.. unless you're trying to say it BSODs frequently.:-)
Thanks for the tip that it is not an NT variant. I guess there is a chance it could actually be an RTOS.. although I'm still skeptical because lots of people sell an RTOS that really are not truly capable of RT.
I'm not sure it's as bad as you think. The term "robot" is such a vague concept that many things could be called a robot. And they are all correct. For each design and implementation, the creator chooses what is best for them based on current skills and how well those skills match the need. Sometimes this means rolling your own, sometimes it doesn't. It depends in every case. Much like a car. I'm sure you know that the computer in one car is not interchangeable with a computer in another car. They are preprietary systems for good reasons for each maker of cars. This is true for robot makers as well. But going even further, what you consider a robot also greatly influences the divesity of robot control products.
I built robots using PLCs as a kid. It's very simple to problem and the programming language/model matches the design of the robot itself. hard to explain unless you know ladder logic (relay logic). For a very long time this was the *only* way automation was done in the industry. It still is used very heavily because it doesn't require a great deal of sophistication, education, and is not an engineered application for the task. PLCs are intended for electricians to program on the factor floor. But the complexity of the program is very limited.
You have other robots that require something much more sophisticated to control them that design of is just as integral to the end robot solution as the physical robot itself. This is probably where you see a lot of VxWorks being used.
I'd suspect Windows applications are being used as a replacement for the PLC type of applications.. but to enable something more sophisticated because it's easier to write software for a complex situation than you could do with ladder logic in a PLC. But in this situation, it takes engineering support to automate, and not a floor technician.
This is a very simplistic way to address your concern. Think of NASA's robots. You think they should plunk an ATX mobo and CPU in there with windows on it... or build their own RAD hard, high G, extreme temperature tolerant, liquid cooled only, lightweight computers that are a trade off of weight, survivability, and just enough computing power, or should they use some standardized solution to reduce the number of skills required? Depends on the needs.
VxWorks is only used in complete system designs. Things that NASA would do are certainly true for this case.
But other robots use controllers like PLCs, CNC, and another hybrid that I can't quite remember at the moment. These are much simpler and are not what I'd call an "engineered" solution but a very simplistic one. It does depend on what the robot is. Which is a very fuzzy distinction without any clarification. Which I guess is the basis of my point.
Vx didn't work for a long time... (a joke with some truth)
M$ saying they have an OS that supports real time, and actually having a *real* real time OS are very different things. One is marketting hype, the other is the no BS product that delivers. If M$ were to have actually made CE a *real* real time OS, it would be a completely different design than NT 4 or NT 5. Neither of those kernels are really real time OSs.
Check VxWorks. One of the few true real time OSs there are. I think Linux is trying to play the game, but isn't really real time yet. Yah.. I know.. I'm going to get mod'd down for that comment on/.
Holy smokes.. do you or anyone you know surf that break?! My wife are longboarders and terrible ones at that. We still prefer to surf the foam because we haven't figured out the drop yet.
I hate that too. Or call you stupid before understanding that you both agree but said the same thing but from different angles.
There's no one answer for everyone. With photography there are a lot of purists. I think a good old school SLR photography talk can sometimes top the Linux zealots duking out which package manager is better.
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That's what I'm in it for too. I have over 100GB I'd like to keep a good incremental backups of. I just hope they can start spinning off archival quality media at a reasonable price by the time the drives hit around $100/each. Am I asking too much? :-)
They weren't useless tests. They were measuring yield and I'm sure a wide variety of other things.
However, the tests are useless in concept. I mean.. I personally would prefer they all were a dud.
Those types of ergonomic chairs are great for proper back posture. Or spines aren't shaped quite right for the types of chairs we typically sit on. The hips need to be rolled forward a bit. This is why that type of chair has the need pads, to get the hips to rotate forward to put the arch in the spine.
But what is your problem? Maybe you have a tough spine but you're hunching forward and rolling your shoulders forward? This is also bad posture and can lead to other problems.
As other people have noted, you cant' sit in the same position all day long. Heck.. if you did find the perfect chair and sat in the same position that long, wouldn't you be prone to the same clot problem they are starting to acknowledge happens on long airline flights?
I have no advice or product recommendation other than this.. what problem are you having that you want to resolve? Maybe you should get a combination of chairs and swap them around through the day?
Yah.. I know. I was trying to be funny. Didn't work so well I guess.
ROFL.. that's awesome.
For the record.. I'm not throwing stones at them. It just struck me as a somewhat amusing way to think about it. How *do* they know they got it right?
I can't imagine it's real time. From what I understand, most chaotic simulations are far far slower than real time.
How do they know they got it right?
They do have their own embedded OS, it's CE.
This could be related to their recent out reach to the Linux community. Maybe it's how they'll generate their Linux expertise to be effective in that effort?
But this does hurt them on their message they've been sending about true cost of ownership.
Wouldn't not eating their own dog food in this case go against their "true cost" initiatives to try to show that OSS isn't really all that free?
I can't trust you... because I had my own contracts and had to get the waiver. Either that, or you've got guys writing their *own* policy for you.
There's more to sustaining our current trends than our current food production and current energy supply. Those things in themselves are not sustainable.
Yes.. the mandate was prior to 2008. I know, because I had to request to alleviate the requirement for a program long ago that was mandated from up on high.
This may be a new mandate that replaces an old one. So technically it isn't sliding.. but effectively, it's sliding.
Even if the climate isn't stable.. life has existed throughout the periods of change and rapid change. The thing is.. this population wouldnt' survive the change.. could we be smart enough to maximize the numbers that do survive and our society mostly intact?
May sound odd.. but this is why I support putting bases on the moon and colonies on Mars. Not so much to actually ahve them there, but to start learning how to survive those situations so we can use the same technology here when we need it. Cuz when we do need it, we won't have the time to develop it.
That is very interesting.
I'm very concerned about it. And typically I'm not the type to be the environmentalist type. I don't know when, but the Earth debt collector will come collecting some day...
Wow.. great write up. I hadn't thought about it like you laid it out.
.oh.. and that I believe our lifestyle and current population are not sustainable. Either we need to be more conservative of our Earth for our population and trends, or we need to start reducing the number of people on this planet to keep living like we are. That's what scares the crap out of me. Cuz once mother nature says it's gonna take a break for a while.. it ain't gonna be long before 90+% of us are gone and in a not so pretty way.
My big concern isn't global warming but all of the pollutants in our oceans and entire global food chain that could nix us all..
So they slid it out. Wasn't it originally mandated to have already happened? I wonder how many times they are going to continue sliding it before it actually happens.
The real problem is unfunded mandates. Great mandate, but without money behind it, it ain't gonna go anywhere.
"A computer expert told KATU News there is no way to know if someone is using your wireless connection without permission."
I was thinking the same thing. What "Expert" did they find? This seems like a simple solution for this particular case. Block has MAC on the router. Sure, he could buy another NIC or spoof the MAC but what are the odds he knows how to do that?
Anyway... I always wonder why people *need* to say they are an expert. Shouldn't it be obvious based on their statements?
I found an M$ reference on it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/windowsc e/default.mspx
Quote:
Windows CE is a hard real-time operating system that has been proven to satisfy RTOS requirements by independent industry laboratories.
Assuming this isn't marketting BS, it appears that CE is a legit RTOS.
I do question your knowledge if you claim CE beats RTOS to a living pulp. Do you even know what an RTOS is and what you're arguing about?
"Beats RTOS to a living pulp?
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Are you saying the CE is not an RTOS then? Your post is in conflict with itself. Either CE is an RTOS, or it is not. It is a paradox for it to beat itself to a bloody pulp.. unless you're trying to say it BSODs frequently.
Thanks for the tip that it is not an NT variant. I guess there is a chance it could actually be an RTOS.. although I'm still skeptical because lots of people sell an RTOS that really are not truly capable of RT.
I'm not sure it's as bad as you think. The term "robot" is such a vague concept that many things could be called a robot. And they are all correct. For each design and implementation, the creator chooses what is best for them based on current skills and how well those skills match the need. Sometimes this means rolling your own, sometimes it doesn't. It depends in every case. Much like a car. I'm sure you know that the computer in one car is not interchangeable with a computer in another car. They are preprietary systems for good reasons for each maker of cars. This is true for robot makers as well. But going even further, what you consider a robot also greatly influences the divesity of robot control products.
I built robots using PLCs as a kid. It's very simple to problem and the programming language/model matches the design of the robot itself. hard to explain unless you know ladder logic (relay logic). For a very long time this was the *only* way automation was done in the industry. It still is used very heavily because it doesn't require a great deal of sophistication, education, and is not an engineered application for the task. PLCs are intended for electricians to program on the factor floor. But the complexity of the program is very limited.
You have other robots that require something much more sophisticated to control them that design of is just as integral to the end robot solution as the physical robot itself. This is probably where you see a lot of VxWorks being used.
I'd suspect Windows applications are being used as a replacement for the PLC type of applications.. but to enable something more sophisticated because it's easier to write software for a complex situation than you could do with ladder logic in a PLC. But in this situation, it takes engineering support to automate, and not a floor technician.
This is a very simplistic way to address your concern. Think of NASA's robots. You think they should plunk an ATX mobo and CPU in there with windows on it... or build their own RAD hard, high G, extreme temperature tolerant, liquid cooled only, lightweight computers that are a trade off of weight, survivability, and just enough computing power, or should they use some standardized solution to reduce the number of skills required? Depends on the needs.
VxWorks is only used in complete system designs. Things that NASA would do are certainly true for this case.
But other robots use controllers like PLCs, CNC, and another hybrid that I can't quite remember at the moment. These are much simpler and are not what I'd call an "engineered" solution but a very simplistic one. It does depend on what the robot is. Which is a very fuzzy distinction without any clarification. Which I guess is the basis of my point.
Vx didn't work for a long time... (a joke with some truth)
M$ saying they have an OS that supports real time, and actually having a *real* real time OS are very different things. One is marketting hype, the other is the no BS product that delivers. If M$ were to have actually made CE a *real* real time OS, it would be a completely different design than NT 4 or NT 5. Neither of those kernels are really real time OSs.
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Check VxWorks. One of the few true real time OSs there are. I think Linux is trying to play the game, but isn't really real time yet. Yah.. I know.. I'm going to get mod'd down for that comment on
Not me. Most I know of are controlled using prepriety systems. Such as PLCs.
Holy smokes.. do you or anyone you know surf that break?! My wife are longboarders and terrible ones at that. We still prefer to surf the foam because we haven't figured out the drop yet.
I hate that too. Or call you stupid before understanding that you both agree but said the same thing but from different angles.
There's no one answer for everyone. With photography there are a lot of purists. I think a good old school SLR photography talk can sometimes top the Linux zealots duking out which package manager is better.