Re: Tyler's Education
Thomas Shaddack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And boxes need ventilation slots. Not necessarily. There are other ways of heat transfer. A good way could be water cooling for transport of the heat from the CPU and other parts to a massive metal heatsink that's the part of the case, with an optional fan on its outside. Voila, water cooling is not only for case mod freakz anymore. Any questions? I expect much bigger problem in the attached cables and connectors. How to solve this? Optic fibre.
Re: Tyler's Education
Thomas Shaddack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And boxes need ventilation slots. Not necessarily. There are other ways of heat transfer. A good way could be water cooling for transport of the heat from the CPU and other parts to a massive metal heatsink that's the part of the case, with an optional fan on its outside. Voila, water cooling is not only for case mod freakz anymore. Any questions? I expect much bigger problem in the attached cables and connectors. How to solve this? Optic fibre.
Re: [irtheory] War ain't beanbag. Irony is conserved.
Thomas Shaddack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Exactly at which point does a war (any war) stop being defensive because according to the history books the US has never fought an aggressive war. I prefer to think about the McDonald's paradox: No country that has a McDonald's has attacked another. :-). Then either the paradox is dead wrong, or there is something unclear on the definition of what counts as attack, as Clinton would say. Attacks before the McDonald's opened don't count.
Re: [irtheory] War ain't beanbag. Irony is conserved.
Thomas Shaddack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Exactly at which point does a war (any war) stop being defensive because according to the history books the US has never fought an aggressive war. I prefer to think about the McDonald's paradox: No country that has a McDonald's has attacked another. :-). Then either the paradox is dead wrong, or there is something unclear on the definition of what counts as attack, as Clinton would say. Attacks before the McDonald's opened don't count.
Re: voting
Ed Gerck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Jablon wrote: The 'second law' also takes precedence: ballots are always secret, only vote totals are known and are known only after the election ends. What I see in serious voting system research efforts are attempts to build systems that provide both accountability and privacy, with minimal tradeoffs. There is no tradeoff prossible for voter privacy and ballot secrecy. Take away one of them and the voting process is no longer a valid measure. Serious voting system research efforts do not begin by denying the requirements. You get totals per nation, per state, per county, per riding, per precinct, per polling stion and maybe per ballot box. So there's a need to design the system to have more voters than ballot boxes to conform to your second law.
Re: Return of the homebrew coder
Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Life in the 21st century feels like being a proto-mammal 65Mya, do not get squashed by the monster lizards nor noticed by the hungry others. Small, quick, furry, that's us. Sometimes it gets cold, the lizards can't move fast enough, so we eat them. Last two sentences sound like something Al Q could say :-) May you start to sound like John Young.
Re: IT revealed: Dean Kamen shows off mystery transportion device
I expect to see some GingerITs dashing about in various robotwars. YY Bill Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Boy, what bad timing Kamen has. Not only is it too late for Christmas sales (if in fact the things are shipping anytime soon, as opposed to this being a demo for next Christmas shipping), but overall it's a year or two too late to catch the Razor Scooter fad and the San Francisco geek toys market, where there are some people still commuting on $500 electric scooters (Doug Barnes used to haul one on Caltrain, for instance), but an N-thousand-dollar device that's only usable for short hauls within cities, it'll be a real tough sell. The real question is whether, next year when he's trying to sell quantity, anybody will list to the next round of hype. On the other hand, this announcement is at least timed to keep people from totally forgetting him as more dot-com vaporware, so maybe it's not that bad timing after all.
Re: FBI: More Attacks Soon
Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's the explanation: http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47510,00.html -Declan 'The person who typed it just named it that' Yeah, that's an explanation. But this is too trivial a metter to care about. YY
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bugging IM, as reported in Red Herring
Fatbubble says, Privacy? You're in control. You decide who sees where you surf. Turn on fatbubble Invisibility when you need it. Your buddies won't know you're there. as seen in Red Herring ... FATBUBBLE http://www.fatbubble.com San Francisco FUNDING: $370K PRIOR FUNDING: Low seed ROUND: 1st CATEGORY: Software DESCRIPTION: Develops monitoring software applications for instant messaging (IM) platforms. LEAD INVESTORS: Two Japanese angels, Jun Makihara and Joichi Ito OTHER INVESTORS: None THE HERRING TAKE: Fatbubble has designed a monitoring software solution that collects anonymous information on users and sells it to marketers. But there's a twist. Instead of following Net surfers, Fatbubble is tracking the navigational habits of IM users. We're building vast behavioral maps that track the movements and influences among a large network of users, says CEO and cofounder Brady Bruce. The implications for marketers and consumers are vast, and call into question privacy concerns. The affable chief declares sternly that Fatbubble is not intercepting IM discussions. Rather, the startup is charting the Web destination points that IM users visit. Once this information is collected, it'll sell it to marketers. Thus far, that's Fatbubble's only revenue stream, as the software is available for free. Mr. Brady harbors grand plans for his modest startup and will launch his product first in the States later this summer, and then take it to Japan and Western Europe. Fatbubble is burning $8,000 per month and has a post-money valuation of $3.5 million. The startup is looking to raise $3 million for its second round. Mr. Brady will consider all offers. --R.B.R.
