Posts by Tom Maddox
635 posts • joined Monday 4th June 2007 21:31 GMT
Pre-crime. The software is trying to identify people who *actually* are going to run the light, and some people run red lights accidentally. Thoughtcrime would be catching them if they thought about running it, whether or not they actually did.
Yes, because lord knows those fucking things don't cause traffic problems.
Sooooo . . .
. . . are you trying to support the laughable assertion that this patent is not, in fact, covered by prior art?
Posted in Facebook disses Effin Irishwoman
Missing the obvious
I see that Facebook haven't banned Belgium, so their profanity filters are clearly deficient.
You can't fight the man if you use the man's infrastructure, man.
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
You forgot
"Sent from my iPhone"
To recap about half of this thread . . .
"I know nothing about science whatsoever, but here's why learned physicists are wrong!"
Deep-frying the turkey is significantly faster and seals in the moisture. The only disadvantage I can think of is that you can't really make stuffing with a fried turkey.
No, no, no. We only deep fry them, we don't stuff them with pizza, chocolate bars, haggis, or anything else first.
One word
More bees.
I blame Microsoft
No particular reason--it just seems the thing to do.
Idaho?
Are you sure it's not powered by potatoes?
Mine's the one with the Yukon Golds in the pockets.
Ahem
This is a UK site. If they want to pronounce "Neelie" with a long "e" sound, they're welcome to do so, just like they pronounce "pasta" with a short "a," "pass" to rhyme with "arse," and "Hermione" to vaguely rhyme with "calliope," they're welcome to do so. The British have been butchering the interpretation of others' languages for years (see also: Rangoon, Peking, etc.).
Don't worry, you'll get over it.
Clearly . . .
"Speaking as somebody who's been working his very testicles off for the last month without a break"
. . . you've gone mad from overwork, because nothing you posted actually makes the least amount of goddamn sense.
Thinking small
I'm curious about how strong this stuff is. Would it be possible to make airplanes or rockets partially or completely out of it or some analog?
Posted in Obama says his birthplace is 'in Asia'
Idiot
Kenya is in Africa, not Asia.
In case you miss the icon: I. AM. JOKING.
Simultaneity
"When this happens, your brain remembers to do things, like duck a punch or keep your heart beating. (Often at the same time.)"
Initially read that as "punch a duck" and was forced to wonder what kind of activities Reg hacks get up to in their off-hours.
Posted in Fedora 16: A GNOME lover's paradise
This just in . . .
. . . many modern computer users do enjoy using the GUI for many common tasks!
Ric Romero has more at 11.
This
Redundancy also makes no sense for any organization that is cost-conscious, by your friend's argument. Why spend that extra money on additional power supplies, cluster failover, etc. when you can just have everything in one box?
Back in the real world, properly-implemented virtualization allows for tremendous flexibility with less management overhead per physical device. It arguably requires greater up-front implementation costs and effort than a single box does, but it pays off in the long run for most shops.
As I've commented elsewhere, if you're not implementing virtualization, you're probably doing something wrong.
Good
Even in relatively small shops, finding products that can keep up with a bog-standard VMware vSphere deployment is hard enough. It's remarkable how few monitoring suites truly comprehend the cloud.
You're
. . . a towel?
I'm generally pro-solar, but . . .
"Put solar panels that create NO WASTE, and produce CLEAN ENERGY on your house. You will NEVER have an electric bill again, and if you produce enough energy you can charge it back to the grid, and GIVE the electric company a bill."
Fortunately for me, the solar panel fairy will just deliver these at no cost, and they certainly consume no energy or rare earths during manufacture, nor does their manufacture create toxic wastes. Also, like everyone on earth, I live in a place where the sun constantly shines throughout the year, especially cold winter months, without interference from clouds, fog, or building shadow AND have sufficiently exposed square footage to generate enough electricity!
"Most states will allow you to make up to $1000 a month or more charging electricity back to your local electric company. That's a $12,000 a year direct income that coupled with savings from not having an electric bill would net you around $15000+ yearly."
Well, this certainly seems sustainable. I'm certain that the power companies and governments will be very willing to maintain these subsidies indefinitely.
"We should give all the middle/poor class people solar panels so they can charge electricity back to their local electric companies. Give them electric cars too so that they never have to pay for gas, and make sure those cars have solar panels on them so they are always charging. The financial offset alone would dramatically help our economy."
I would be interested to see your specific calculations on these figures. I suspect I'll be waiting a while.
The problem is not that solar power is bad idea; there are many places on Earth where it makes a great deal of sense. The problem is that it is not feasible for all cases, and it certainly is not without its drawbacks. Your flavor of one-dimensional ranting screed does not help the cause.
Posted in BOFH: Licence to grill ... stupid users
Missing the point
For people who complain that this episode is the same as the last one, I recommend you look at the episode number, and then look at the URL for the page. Notice anything?
On the bright side . . .
. . . it's a mistake you only make once!
Just popped in . . .
. . . to check on the frothing Matt Bryant hate-fest. Disappointed so far. Maybe he can't get his hate on for Oracle like he did for Sun?
This
Now find me a product that can do it decently without requiring a PhD and/or an army of configuration monkeys.
One correction
NoScript blocks all scripting by default, but it's very easy to unblock specific domains on a particular site. For example, on this page, I allow theregister.co.uk but block doubleclick.net.
The missing device
The device no one seems to think about is the one sitting in every office and hallway: the lowly printer. How many printers support IPv6? My home Lexmark does not, and I'm sure that most HP JetDirect adapters don't. Until that issue is fixed, I think we can safely assume that IPv6 will be at best a hybrid solution in most organizations.
How long . . .
. . . before Apple patents the fast-track appeal?
I think you'll find
. . . that someone hasn't not thought of that already, in fact.
Geez, Matt, who pissed in your JavaBeans this morning?
Stallman. Killed in the study by an irate fanboi with a hurled iPad.
Posted in Royal Navy halts Highlands GPS jamming
Re: Huh
Oooh, a net! How fancy! Back when I was a lad, we would wade out and catch fish with our bare hands and then tear them open raw as the gods intended.
My family roamed the open plains, counting on our bearskins for warmth. Ever tried skinning a bear with your bare hands and curing the skin without fire? It ain't easy!
Posted in NetApp's STEALTH launch of ONTAP 8.1
You should know better
This is a release candidate, not a full release, hence the lack of announcement from NetApp. I imagine we'll hear more of an announcement when the release goes to general availability.
Yeah, it's already been said
But that is a wussy quesadilla. The local taqueria makes quesadillas with one gigantic flour tortilla (or you can get the quesadilla para dos with two gigantic flour tortillas), a mountain of cheese, salsa, avocado, sour cream (which I usually skip), and your choice of meats (my personal favorite being carne asada). The resulting construction, eaten wrapped up like a burrito, is greasy, filling, and delicious, especially after a night of hard drinking.
It's an axiom of food that the further you go from the source, the worse it gets, and this is most especially true of "commoner" food like standard Mexican fare (there are exceptions, of course, but they're rare), so expecting a decent quesadilla out of a Spanish/English collaboration does seem unreasonable. Get your man in San Francisco to FedEx you a quesadilla from El Farolito--the difference, even after being in transit, will be quite apparent.
Do you understand the concept of the Ig Nobel prize?
The Mayor of Vilnius
Hell, he's got my vote.
How about divide by zero?
Have they disproven that one yet?
Right, I'm going, I'm going . . .
Thanks to your OVERUSE of ALL CAPS, I can't actually TELL if you're being SERIOUS. If you ARE, then I AGREE with your basic POINT, which is that MORALITY and RELIGION are not interdependent, but you come off sounding like a JACKASS. If you TROLLING by pretending to be an ATHEIST, then you actually ARE a jackass.
Posted in NASA: Beam me up some power, Scotty
Unlike, for example, being strapped to several tons of continuously exploding rocket fuel? If you don't want to risk life and limb, perhaps being an astronaut is not for you.
Posted in Netflix: How to completely screw up
"Is there some masterplan here we've missed?"
Possibly, but it better be one hell of a plan. The customer base is pissed, and the decision to split into two separate companies, in one stroke massively inconveniencing existing customers and eroding a pioneering and highly successful brand, simply boggles the mind. I suspect Netflix is bound to end up as someone else's subsidiary.
Don't! Worry!
You'll! Get! Over! It!
Posted in NASA: Beam me up some power, Scotty
No mention of sharks?
Anyway, this sounds like the perfect use case for nuclear energy. Assuming they get the basic tech figured out, a nuclear plant sounds like the ideal way of generating the required energy. If the Greens bitch about the nuclear plant, it can just be pointed out how much damage a conventional rocket launch does to the environment.
Maybe! You! Should! Read! A! Different! Site!
Want
I'm sure there will be the usual assortment of Linux trolls posting here, but it sounds like the next version of Windows Server is going to make some major improvements, especially around virtualization, that will be a big help to Windows server admins. It also sounds like they'll be lighting a fire under VMware, which is no bad thing.
Belgium
I thought this was a family publication. How dare you use that sort of language!
