My favorite call from when I used to do tech support involved a bounced email. The caller kept trying to send an email to her minister, but it kept bouncing back as undeliverable.
She thought it had something to do with the church secretary who apparently hated her and might be interfering. She spent about half-an-hour explaining this to me without giving me a chance to get a word in edgewise.
When I was finally given a chance to ask her a question, I asked what email address she was trying to send to. She told me and I said "try it without the 'www.' at the beginning."
The sentence with the spelling error was not submitted. Presumably it was added by Zonk before approval.
This makes me happy, 'cause normally I have to apologize for the errors in my submissions, but not today: Suck it, you whiners! Bow down before my flawless submission!
Folding@Home launched a GPU beta last month that is now publishing data putting donated GPU performance at 20-40 times the efficiency of donated CPU performance.
Obviously some of that is due to GPUs being better than general-purpose CPUs at this sort of math, but how much is also due to the fact that the people who are willing to run a Beta version of Folding@Home on their GPU tend to be the sort of people who would have much better computers overall than those who are merely running the project on their CPUs?
I think you read a summary from a different article, since this one doesn't imply surprise on the part of the scientists at all. But I'll still try to answer your question:
The biological cause (e.g. an abnormality in the brain stem) is being contrasted here with a statistical correlation (e.g. lying babies on their back seems to reduce SIDS, but we don't really know why) as opposed to being contrasted with a mystical cause (e.g. magical unicorns that, despite being pretty cute, are incredibly vicious and deadly).
Since upgrading to FF2, Firefox has gone from crashing approximately "never" to crashing approximately "always." It literally freezes 4 or 5 times per day on me. I've read that this is an iFrame/JavaScript issue and that engineers are aware of it and working on it, but my question is: How could you release something this buggy?
I think the author confuses the issues a bit. I mean, how does using eminent domain to force more competition and/or better service eliminate the issue of net neutrality?
I'm working from memory so I may have some of the details wrong:
There was an article in Make magazine a few months ago about domain names (I believe it was written by Tim O'Reilly). Basically, it said (paraphrased), "If we were registering a domain name for this magazine a few years ago, we would have needed to get make.com to get any visitors. However, given the ubiquity of search engines now, makezine.com is fine . . . people will still find us with no problem."
So, um, what I'm saying is, domain names aren't as important as people think they are.
That's a fair criticism, but I think in the context it's pretty clear. I mean, the previous sentence explicitly said it was a relative effect. I'm also assuming most/.ers have taken basic high school science.
Having said that, the story isn't exactly as I wrote it (it was edited). So, um, I'll use that as my excuse for any further criticism that comes my way.
Oh, come on. I said "counteract this anti-aging effect" not "counteract relativity and slow down time. " Only an idiot would require your clarification.
I'm concerned about the security on my new Intel iMac. Do any helpful/.ers want a SSH login on my machine so that they can take a look and tell me if it's secure?
I can't wait until I don't need to use my desktops for anything, 'cause my SETI@Home Average Credit will shoot through the roof! Soon afterwards, I will get credited for discovering the Tralfamadoreans, who, coincidently, like to give huge sums of gold to people who discover them.
Although the first computers I used were the Apple IIEs at my elementary school and my friends' Commodore 64s, the first computer my parents bought for the family was a 286 machine from VTech when I was in grade 4. The 286 had PC GEOS installed, which was actually not bad as an alternative to Windows 3.1, compatibility issues aside. The first computer I bought myself (when I was 16) was a 166MHz/16MB machine running Windows 95. It took me many hours working at a fast-food joint to pay my parents back the ~$1500 I borrowed to buy it. When I went away to university, I gave that computer to my parents who upgraded the memory on it and used it for a few more years.
I don't think fighting disease and crime are mutually exclusive endeavors, so I'm not convinced that the comparison is relevant. I mean, sure diseases kill more people and should therefore be addressed aggressively, but that doesn't say anything about terrorism. (I realize that both endeavors are sort of correlated because they get their funding from the same pool of tax dollars, but I doubt disease prevention would automatically get the counter-terrorism funds if counter-terrorism programs were canceled).
No one thinks phone calls made to Al-Qaeda shouldn't be taped. The question is whether the NSA should get a warrant before taping calls that originates within the U.S. (which is why it does relate to this librarian case, which is also a question of whether a warrant should be used).
And the "we don't have time to get a warrant" excuse doesn't apply since the FISA warrants are retroactive for 72 hours. e.g. The NSA can start taping someone's calls now and as long as they get a warrant within the next three days, everyone's happy.
I think the first thing everyone should be taught is that memory is not the same as hard disk space. My mom once received an insufficient-memory error in an application. . . so she began uninstalling programs and deleting her old emails.
Also, I notice that some people have no idea how email works. Someone once tried to send my mom a file that was too big for her ISP mail account (so it was bounced back to the sender). . . my mom's solution was to delete old emails in Outlook to make more space. I once knew someone who refused to reboot their computer, because Outlook wouldn't be able to receive their messages while it wasn't running and she didn't want to miss any.
And someone should explain to the world what cookies are. A lot of people seem to believe that every cookie is a malicious spying tool.
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My favorite call from when I used to do tech support involved a bounced email. The caller kept trying to send an email to her minister, but it kept bouncing back as undeliverable.
She thought it had something to do with the church secretary who apparently hated her and might be interfering. She spent about half-an-hour explaining this to me without giving me a chance to get a word in edgewise.
When I was finally given a chance to ask her a question, I asked what email address she was trying to send to. She told me and I said "try it without the 'www.' at the beginning."
And now you know the difference between 'mental body-swapping' and 'physical body-swapping'.
Protip: Humans are animals
Um, of course. That's why I said "the line between humans and other animals."
I'm not sure that I disagree with what you said, but I do object to the way you made it sound like you were correcting me or something.
Ha! When I submitted it it was available for free. They must have changed it when they noticed all the /. traffic.
The sentence with the spelling error was not submitted. Presumably it was added by Zonk before approval.
This makes me happy, 'cause normally I have to apologize for the errors in my submissions, but not today: Suck it, you whiners! Bow down before my flawless submission!
Folding@Home launched a GPU beta last month that is now publishing data putting donated GPU performance at 20-40 times the efficiency of donated CPU performance.
Obviously some of that is due to GPUs being better than general-purpose CPUs at this sort of math, but how much is also due to the fact that the people who are willing to run a Beta version of Folding@Home on their GPU tend to be the sort of people who would have much better computers overall than those who are merely running the project on their CPUs?
I think you read a summary from a different article, since this one doesn't imply surprise on the part of the scientists at all. But I'll still try to answer your question: The biological cause (e.g. an abnormality in the brain stem) is being contrasted here with a statistical correlation (e.g. lying babies on their back seems to reduce SIDS, but we don't really know why) as opposed to being contrasted with a mystical cause (e.g. magical unicorns that, despite being pretty cute, are incredibly vicious and deadly).
That's good to know. I'll give that a try.
Since upgrading to FF2, Firefox has gone from crashing approximately "never" to crashing approximately "always." It literally freezes 4 or 5 times per day on me. I've read that this is an iFrame/JavaScript issue and that engineers are aware of it and working on it, but my question is: How could you release something this buggy?
I think the author confuses the issues a bit. I mean, how does using eminent domain to force more competition and/or better service eliminate the issue of net neutrality?
Dude. . . it's refering to that floating orb, light-saber training droid dealie. You know, the one Luke trained with.
discriminatory to those of a lower education level in their attempt to obtain a job
Um . . . I wouldn't want to work for a company that didn't discriminate based on education level.
I'm working from memory so I may have some of the details wrong:
There was an article in Make magazine a few months ago about domain names (I believe it was written by Tim O'Reilly). Basically, it said (paraphrased), "If we were registering a domain name for this magazine a few years ago, we would have needed to get make.com to get any visitors. However, given the ubiquity of search engines now, makezine.com is fine . . . people will still find us with no problem."
So, um, what I'm saying is, domain names aren't as important as people think they are.
That's a fair criticism, but I think in the context it's pretty clear. I mean, the previous sentence explicitly said it was a relative effect. I'm also assuming most /.ers have taken basic high school science.
Having said that, the story isn't exactly as I wrote it (it was edited). So, um, I'll use that as my excuse for any further criticism that comes my way.
Oh, come on. I said "counteract this anti-aging effect" not "counteract relativity and slow down time. " Only an idiot would require your clarification.
I'm concerned about the security on my new Intel iMac. Do any helpful /.ers want a SSH login on my machine so that they can take a look and tell me if it's secure?
Really?
I can't wait until I don't need to use my desktops for anything, 'cause my SETI@Home Average Credit will shoot through the roof! Soon afterwards, I will get credited for discovering the Tralfamadoreans, who, coincidently, like to give huge sums of gold to people who discover them.
I'll just sit back and wait.
If I ever have a kid, I'm going to name him "Dr. Larry Brilliant." That sounds awesome.
FFII for SNES (really FFIV). I was really sad when Tellah died. And I orgasmed when I found out that you got to go to the moon.
Although the first computers I used were the Apple IIEs at my elementary school and my friends' Commodore 64s, the first computer my parents bought for the family was a 286 machine from VTech when I was in grade 4. The 286 had PC GEOS installed, which was actually not bad as an alternative to Windows 3.1, compatibility issues aside. The first computer I bought myself (when I was 16) was a 166MHz/16MB machine running Windows 95. It took me many hours working at a fast-food joint to pay my parents back the ~$1500 I borrowed to buy it. When I went away to university, I gave that computer to my parents who upgraded the memory on it and used it for a few more years.
I don't think fighting disease and crime are mutually exclusive endeavors, so I'm not convinced that the comparison is relevant. I mean, sure diseases kill more people and should therefore be addressed aggressively, but that doesn't say anything about terrorism. (I realize that both endeavors are sort of correlated because they get their funding from the same pool of tax dollars, but I doubt disease prevention would automatically get the counter-terrorism funds if counter-terrorism programs were canceled).
No one thinks phone calls made to Al-Qaeda shouldn't be taped. The question is whether the NSA should get a warrant before taping calls that originates within the U.S. (which is why it does relate to this librarian case, which is also a question of whether a warrant should be used).
And the "we don't have time to get a warrant" excuse doesn't apply since the FISA warrants are retroactive for 72 hours. e.g. The NSA can start taping someone's calls now and as long as they get a warrant within the next three days, everyone's happy.
I think the first thing everyone should be taught is that memory is not the same as hard disk space. My mom once received an insufficient-memory error in an application. . . so she began uninstalling programs and deleting her old emails.
Also, I notice that some people have no idea how email works. Someone once tried to send my mom a file that was too big for her ISP mail account (so it was bounced back to the sender). . . my mom's solution was to delete old emails in Outlook to make more space. I once knew someone who refused to reboot their computer, because Outlook wouldn't be able to receive their messages while it wasn't running and she didn't want to miss any.
And someone should explain to the world what cookies are. A lot of people seem to believe that every cookie is a malicious spying tool.
Wow. . . I'm a grumpy old man.
Actually, I think that comment is using less horizontal space. You will rue the day you confused the words horizontal and vertical! Rue, I say!