Energia/Buran (the Soviet Space Shuttle) worked like that - Buran had only maneuver engines, and the second stage engines were installed on Energia.
As for your suggestion, while it might be cheaper, it will still need a lot of work.
In Europe there are the so called "consummer protection agencies" - which can give fines out of proportion with the values of the items sold, or even take other measures (temporary closing until the situation which prompted the closing is solved).
And sparring in court with a government agency is a totally different thing than sparring in court with an individual, so most companies caught in the act usually pay the fine.
The first IBM PC AT was about $5,000 fully loaded, and some $2,000+ for the entry level. In 1980 dollars.
Computing prices dropped down a lot, in most (if not all) of the IT space. Remember the market for computers? Four or five in the USA and one in Europe. Processor prices dropped a lot too (if not at the top end, then as average).
As for price change, the entry level PC is cheap enough for people to buy it. Now a x86 netbook with Windows is cheap enough - if it wouldn't have been, non-x86 laptops with Linux/Moblin/Android would have got traction (there are such things, but they're almost collector items).
Yes, this is similar to a situation when you need to use a semi and deal with all the Dept of Transportation stuff, instead of using a bycicle.
Oracle has things that Postgresql lacks, and in some cases Postgresql (and maybe even corporate software like MS SQL Server) can not take Oracle's place.
Even as a paying student, it's hard to get to MIT - so they're not nubs like every other CS student in the world. Or if they're nubs, they are the best nubs around (I'm not talking about average, but about the 20 or so people that could be attracted into such a project)
Cost is an issue - there are plenty of old mines that can be used for compressed air storage (by the way, pumped air inside mine shafts was used as "air reservoir" for a wind tunnel - I think for the nuclear reaction-powered jet engines.
Hydro can not produce 100% energy all the time, as the power plant is usually more powerful than the average water production in that basin. Also, when expecting heavy rains, the hydro plants will empty the lake behind the dam, and the power decreases due to lower water level differences (maximum power is when the lake is full, but this is bad if heavy rains come)
In the case of the 1991 plant mentioned, creating that underground cave had as a side effect the extraction of huge quantities of salt (by the way, drilling and dissolving is the current method to extract salt). So, in that case you could have had the cave created for free, unlike batteries (or superconductor rings, or rotating masses, or water storage, or whatever else).
I've heard that nearing the end of large worlds, gaming is CPU-bound (at least during end-of-turn events). So, you might want to look for a small CULV (Core Ultra Low Voltage) laptop... http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3735
Typically you'll have 11" displays with 768 lines on a CULV, and probably 1024by600 on a typical netbook. However, you'll pay more for a CULV, the CULV is bigger and has (usually) a lower battery life.
Yes, cases with the power supply on the bottom (and even in a separate compartment along with the hard drives) appeared some time ago. I don't remember separate compartments for video cards and for processors, but dedicated ventilation for those zones are becoming common.
AT cards for desktop cases had the processor and memory on the right side while the expansion cards were grouped on the left side. When the tower AT cases appeared, they put the hottest item (the processor, at that time running without a heat sink, I've seen even a 486SX in a Dell running very hot) at the top of the case, and near the power source (the only source for ventilation in those cases were the fans in the PSU). The hard drives were situated near openings in front of the case, so whatever airflow there was would cool them too.
Now, moving to ATX boards, the processor remained the hottest element (Pentium at 15W with active cooling, 486 at 10W with passive or active cooling) while the video cards of the times had passive cooling or none whatsoever. Also, to simplify the life of case builders the ATX layout is similar to AT layout (I've had a motherboard that would accept either AT or ATX power sources - a Soyo mainboard for K7 processors, and I think there were cases that accepted AT and ATX mainboards).
Now, as the most heat comes out from the video card(s) (in the usual extreme gaming rigs you have some 100W from the CPU and 200+W from the video cards), things changed. I think Intel's BTX standard separated the expansion slots, but BTX is almost a dead standard in availability, and we only have ATX in userland (there are other standards in server land, but those are even harder to find than BTX)
Your applications don't always benefit from extra RAM, while improved random access helps.
Remember that some Windows versions are eager to send to disk parts of an application, even if there is still free memory. As for adding more memory, you are limited (usually) at 8-12GB (more RAM is much more expensive in both high capacity DIMM prices and many DIMM slots mainboards).
And more memory doesn't accelerate the application's first start, and (especially) simultaneous starting several big applications.
They probably simply changed the IP addresses for the servers that were commanding the bot net. The ISP might have some explanations to do, if it broke the contract with the botnet operators, or the botnet operators might have some explanation to do if they broken their Terms of Service.
It's in the interest of the corporation to have all computers able to be remotely controlled (pushing software to computers, by example). They don't want to have the computers controlled by anybody else, though.
As for "how", maybe they used some IE6-only internal sites, so they were open to exploits, maybe it was social engineering, and so on.
Feather-light accelerator pedal (I personally hate it, but it might be something that someone wants).
There might be other reasons, but I'm not very sure about them. Better in an accident maybe?
"Even if you are simply saying something like that you were not in the area at that time, you don't know if the police already have a witness that said they saw you"
like someone who knew you a decade ago, and thought he saw you in a different place you mentioned the police, and the judge/jury prefer to believe that witness and not your alibi
You can benefit in some cases (maybe even the most of the cases), but you stand to lose (quite a lot) in some other cases.
The best move (although not the winning move) is to not volunteer anything, and have a legal representative nearby.
If it's the video I've watched some time ago, the interviewer said something to the effect: Question: Did you ever decide the suspect you interrogated was not guilty based on your interview with them? Answer: (if I remember correctly) Twice in some 600 interviews.
Now, that ex-detective probably was a very good man, who didn't want to convict innocent people, and was very lucky in interviewing only the guilty. However, do you fancy a less than 1:100 chance of proving him you're innocent, or will you take the path of silence?
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Mod this funny :(
Unfortunately it's not funny, it's informative
Energia/Buran (the Soviet Space Shuttle) worked like that - Buran had only maneuver engines, and the second stage engines were installed on Energia.
As for your suggestion, while it might be cheaper, it will still need a lot of work.
In Europe there are the so called "consummer protection agencies" - which can give fines out of proportion with the values of the items sold, or even take other measures (temporary closing until the situation which prompted the closing is solved).
And sparring in court with a government agency is a totally different thing than sparring in court with an individual, so most companies caught in the act usually pay the fine.
The first IBM PC AT was about $5,000 fully loaded, and some $2,000+ for the entry level. In 1980 dollars.
Computing prices dropped down a lot, in most (if not all) of the IT space. Remember the market for computers? Four or five in the USA and one in Europe. Processor prices dropped a lot too (if not at the top end, then as average).
As for price change, the entry level PC is cheap enough for people to buy it. Now a x86 netbook with Windows is cheap enough - if it wouldn't have been, non-x86 laptops with Linux/Moblin/Android would have got traction (there are such things, but they're almost collector items).
Mod parent up.
"Pricey but it works" is better than "cheap but broken".
Yes, this is similar to a situation when you need to use a semi and deal with all the Dept of Transportation stuff, instead of using a bycicle.
Oracle has things that Postgresql lacks, and in some cases Postgresql (and maybe even corporate software like MS SQL Server) can not take Oracle's place.
Funny, but also insightful
Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat
Aye, the times when NASA researches air engines and Jet Propulsion Laboratories builds Mars exploration rovers...
Even as a paying student, it's hard to get to MIT - so they're not nubs like every other CS student in the world. Or if they're nubs, they are the best nubs around (I'm not talking about average, but about the 20 or so people that could be attracted into such a project)
Cost is an issue - there are plenty of old mines that can be used for compressed air storage (by the way, pumped air inside mine shafts was used as "air reservoir" for a wind tunnel - I think for the nuclear reaction-powered jet engines.
Hydro can not produce 100% energy all the time, as the power plant is usually more powerful than the average water production in that basin. Also, when expecting heavy rains, the hydro plants will empty the lake behind the dam, and the power decreases due to lower water level differences (maximum power is when the lake is full, but this is bad if heavy rains come)
In the case of the 1991 plant mentioned, creating that underground cave had as a side effect the extraction of huge quantities of salt (by the way, drilling and dissolving is the current method to extract salt). So, in that case you could have had the cave created for free, unlike batteries (or superconductor rings, or rotating masses, or water storage, or whatever else).
Even Syndicate had billboards - but they weren't any more than some game backgrounds
I've heard that nearing the end of large worlds, gaming is CPU-bound (at least during end-of-turn events). So, you might want to look for a small CULV (Core Ultra Low Voltage) laptop...
http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3735
Typically you'll have 11" displays with 768 lines on a CULV, and probably 1024by600 on a typical netbook. However, you'll pay more for a CULV, the CULV is bigger and has (usually) a lower battery life.
Operation Flashpoint had a "cross-hair" that resembled real life iron sights. Very interesting touch - and it worked somewhat like in real life, too.
Yes, cases with the power supply on the bottom (and even in a separate compartment along with the hard drives) appeared some time ago. I don't remember separate compartments for video cards and for processors, but dedicated ventilation for those zones are becoming common.
AT cards for desktop cases had the processor and memory on the right side while the expansion cards were grouped on the left side. When the tower AT cases appeared, they put the hottest item (the processor, at that time running without a heat sink, I've seen even a 486SX in a Dell running very hot) at the top of the case, and near the power source (the only source for ventilation in those cases were the fans in the PSU). The hard drives were situated near openings in front of the case, so whatever airflow there was would cool them too.
Now, moving to ATX boards, the processor remained the hottest element (Pentium at 15W with active cooling, 486 at 10W with passive or active cooling) while the video cards of the times had passive cooling or none whatsoever. Also, to simplify the life of case builders the ATX layout is similar to AT layout (I've had a motherboard that would accept either AT or ATX power sources - a Soyo mainboard for K7 processors, and I think there were cases that accepted AT and ATX mainboards).
Now, as the most heat comes out from the video card(s) (in the usual extreme gaming rigs you have some 100W from the CPU and 200+W from the video cards), things changed. I think Intel's BTX standard separated the expansion slots, but BTX is almost a dead standard in availability, and we only have ATX in userland (there are other standards in server land, but those are even harder to find than BTX)
Your applications don't always benefit from extra RAM, while improved random access helps.
Remember that some Windows versions are eager to send to disk parts of an application, even if there is still free memory. As for adding more memory, you are limited (usually) at 8-12GB (more RAM is much more expensive in both high capacity DIMM prices and many DIMM slots mainboards).
And more memory doesn't accelerate the application's first start, and (especially) simultaneous starting several big applications.
They probably simply changed the IP addresses for the servers that were commanding the bot net. The ISP might have some explanations to do, if it broke the contract with the botnet operators, or the botnet operators might have some explanation to do if they broken their Terms of Service.
It's in the interest of the corporation to have all computers able to be remotely controlled (pushing software to computers, by example). They don't want to have the computers controlled by anybody else, though.
As for "how", maybe they used some IE6-only internal sites, so they were open to exploits, maybe it was social engineering, and so on.
Feather-light accelerator pedal (I personally hate it, but it might be something that someone wants).
There might be other reasons, but I'm not very sure about them. Better in an accident maybe?
"Even if you are simply saying something like that you were not in the area at that time, you don't know if the police already have a witness that said they saw you"
like someone who knew you a decade ago, and thought he saw you in a different place you mentioned the police, and the judge/jury prefer to believe that witness and not your alibi
You can benefit in some cases (maybe even the most of the cases), but you stand to lose (quite a lot) in some other cases.
The best move (although not the winning move) is to not volunteer anything, and have a legal representative nearby.
If it's the video I've watched some time ago, the interviewer said something to the effect:
Question: Did you ever decide the suspect you interrogated was not guilty based on your interview with them?
Answer: (if I remember correctly) Twice in some 600 interviews.
Now, that ex-detective probably was a very good man, who didn't want to convict innocent people, and was very lucky in interviewing only the guilty. However, do you fancy a less than 1:100 chance of proving him you're innocent, or will you take the path of silence?