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  1. Re:Kessler Syndrome by anubi · · Score: 1 · on Report Warns of Space Junk Reaching a Tipping Point
    Thanks, Joshua, for posting that. I was aware of the problem of collisions generating debris, but had no idea how to refer to it.

    A concern I have had is if a small country, feeling threatened by a larger country, decides to launch a couple of tons of pea gravel into an elliptical retrograde orbit.

    Such a move would make space unusable for everyone.

    Consider these snippets from Applying the wisdom of Alexander the Great to Business Intelligence.

    The solution was so brilliant that it is studied today in every naval war college on the planet. Alexander was the first general to defeat a navy on land...

    How do you defeat a navy on land? Well, Alexander carefully gathered data until he completely understood his enemy ... in this case, a fleet. This analysis revealed a key weakness: the need for fresh water...Naval commanders were constrained to carry their water with them, which put an upper bound on operating distances...

    Alexander's army garrisoned all sources of fresh water (e.g., rivers, wells, and lakes) or poisoned those sources they could not control or did not want to control.

    In our case, its not water we need to wage war, its the dominion of space and satellites.

  2. Use the ODBC Text Driver by DVega · · Score: 1 · on F/OSS Flat-File Database?
    You can use the standard ODBC Text driver to access a text file as a database table. You can use it with any program or language that supports ODBC databases

    See "Managing data text files like database tables", and also "How To Use RDO and ODBC Text Driver to Open a Delimited Text"

  3. Re:Technically... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ubuntu On Dell After Four Months

    Wow! I knew linux made a good server, didn't know it was that efficient. Thanks for pointing that out. And I'm only 30, happily living with my wife and drive a Holden Rodeo.

  4. Here we go again! by SwashbucklingCowboy · · Score: 3, Funny · on 2008 - Year of Linux Desktop?
    This has been predicted for many years... Try this instead: Year of the Linux desktop? Who cares!
  5. Re:2007 Year of Linux on the Desktop ? by pimpimpim · · Score: 1 · on IBM Germany Leaving Vista for Linux

    ah, as opposed to 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, etc ;)

  6. Re:Hey Mushupork by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1 · on NextFest 2005
    every year is the year of linux on the desktop

    Heh. Funny you should mention that. I was making that very point recently:
    The Year of the Linux Desktop: 2003
    2004: The Year of the Linux Desktop?
    2004 Won't Be the Year of the Linux Desktop
    2005 Will Be the Year of the Linux Desktop
  7. Simputer .. by sunsrin · · Score: 1 · on India's Cops Meet Technology

    Some of them have started using the Simputer. The relavent news starts from the Managing Traffic paragraph in the article

  8. Linux Will Lose Ground in India by reporter · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Linux Gaining Ground In India
    Linux has significantly less appeal in India than Linux has in the United States of America. The rate of software piracy in India is about 70%. In otherwords, 70% of all software in India is stolen. So, Windows 2000/XP is essentially free.

    The primary appeal of Linux is low cost: $0.00. with Windows being free in India, the typical Indian will not be interested in using Linux. Windows has significantly more applications that run on it than Linux. Off course, those applications are also "free".

    Similar comments apply to China. China (which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan) is the software-piracy capital of the world. More then 90% of the software used in China is pirated. Here are some references to solidly support the aforementioned observations.

    1. "Software piracy rising again in India, Microsoft official says"
    2. "Business Software Alliance"
    3. "Grey area: India 16th on global software piracy watch list"

  9. Language is probably part of the reason. by RealAlaskan · · Score: 1, Flamebait · on Indian Government Chooses Linux for Academia
    Language is probably part of the reason that Linux is catching on there. Look here and here, for a start. They've been working on the problem for a while, and are as likely to make progress as is MS. Maybe more likely; I doubt that MS is very interested in localizing their products, even in Hindi. I suspect that Tamil is a complete non-starter, as far as MS is concerned.

    The fact that this decision will help to produce a homegrown hightech industry is a great bonus that reliance on MS would have precluded, but it certainly isn't the only reason for going this route. It's certainly going to be good for us

  10. Re:Games are flourishing despite piracy by joshwa · · Score: 2 · on Consumer Technology Bill of Rights?

    He meant console gaming, not PC gaming in particular

    "According to IDC, the movie office receipts for Y2000 was $7.75 billion, while the interactive games industry revenue was $8.2 billion!" (found here)