VOIP will radically cut costs for the Telco - the equipement used to operate the internet is much cheaper per byte than the equipment used to operate a traditional phone service.
I'm just really surprised they haven't caught on before now.
Do they own enough patents to shut that project down? If they make sure we lose both FAT and SMB, I'm afraid that will do a lot of damage to Linux. Both dual-boot and fileserver Linux will disappear.
I bet they are particularily interested in pushing aside Samba, since that would automatically mean more 2003 licenses.
The Segway balances itself, actually you shift your weight to control it.
Now, the genious part. You robot only has to shift its weight in order to move about. You've eliminated a lot of relatively hard problems by piggybacking on the segway.
It's really kinda like using a library instead of implementing everything from scratch.
If XUL got some steam behind it, that would be a killer app. Cross-platform apps is a good idea, and will eventually become a reality.
I don't think the dragon is such a bad idea. It's just not properly used - it should be about empowering the user, so that the user feel powerful and in control like a dragon.
But I'm fanciful and weird, so nevermind that suggestion:)
The flaws are not being patched since the Government want the option of installing backdoors on all active computers by coercing the commercial sites into being viral infection centers.. Basically, the Government is instructing Microsoft to go slow on the security updates. That way, they can effectively shut down the internet or install back-doors at will.
Always a friendly atmosphere (though I haven't sampled that much), the guys on testosterone overload are way too homophobic to go there!
Of course, if you're looking to score, then a gay bar is not the place to go. But how often do you really score when you go out? And how great is the sex after a night of heavy drinking?
The sexier language that will replace java will be perl6. However, it's still a long way from implemented - last time I checked, it wasn't even fully and finally specified.
However, it looks very promising in fixing some of Perl's shortcomings.
I'm inclined to believe this. The likelihood of a meteorite hitting anything human is extremely small - we only occupy a small fraction of the surface of the earth. When we have meteorites hitting houses, gardens and parking lots all of a sudden, I am wondering if I should pull out the statistics books and start doing an analysis to show whether this is variation or something bigger.
You're not listening, are you? People were convinced that fluoride was good for them BEFORE the industry moved in. In fact, IIRC, the effect of fluoride on dental care was discovered when someone (anthropologists?) realized that people in some regions had excellent teeth in spite of poor general dental hygiene. They tipped someone off, and the effect of fluoride on teeth was discovered.
Flouride as a preventative measure against cavities was first discovered by the dentists. Of course, the industry/government might be exploiting the situation, but I think the author of the linked article perhaps is paranoid to the irrational.
But pre-installed Lindows on hard drives sold seperately is an excellent idea:) I wonder if Mandrake or Red Hat will cut a similar deal with Quantum or whoever?
Really, unless the language really sucks, library availability, quality and pricing are all crucial in choosing what language to use.
Bias : Coming from Perl, I absolutely love CPAN. Readymade libraries that do a lot of the heavy hauling makes sure many hard tasks become manageable.
In the web development world, a good templating engine will gain your productivity. Make sure its caching design and capabilities are good - a proxy server will not save you in all scenarios. At work, we use Mason. I haven't tried the competition, but Mason does the job and those who've tried the competition have seemed pleased.
It is the job of the IT industry to enable their customers to do new things that weren't possible before, but also to make doing existing things cheaper.
The fact that there's less money to be made from selling software is good news for the economy. (Roughly speaking, there are exceptions..) They should be spending their money on business intelligence, not on infrastructure that is roughly speaking "solved".
I agree that we should not be totally unprepared for life's curveballs. However, there should be rational decisions behind this.
If you live somewhere that is exposed to tornadoes and hurricanes, making sure you have a sturdy basement with a bit of supplies is a good thing. Perhaps a small gas heater, some canned food and some extra water is a good idea too.
But you cannot and should not let the fear of the bad stuff that can happen to you rule our life (and/or your personal economy). That is simply poor judgement.
One last piece of advice - pull out your TV. It's amazing how much more time you'll gain for reading , socializing and working out!
So - while this is going on, the process itself is hurting the credibility of the platform we deliver our software on. Given that Gartner recommended a wait-and-see attitude towards Linux and Linux applications, our potential customers lose to a larger or smaller degree interest when they hear "Linux" now. A sad change, and I am sure it will ultimately prove temporary.
So given that we want to spread our risk, what alternative operating systems generally requires the least effort to port to? Abandoning Linux is not an issue, we just want to make sure we keep our investors happy to make sure our application lives on. Actually, our customers (which are banks) have been quite pleased with the price/performance ratio of both Linux and our product. It's just a matter of ensuring our continued survival, not a matter of siding with SCO.
What the hell? Colleges are supposed to be where you develop your intellect! This achievement is several orders of magnitude greater that winning some dinky college league!
(Ok - we also develop our beerguts and identities in college, but the College itself does not sponsor that)
Frankly, the fact that certain distros charge money for using their automatic update system shows that we've got a way to go! After all, when you put the stuff out there and continue to put it out there, you've got a responsiblity of making sure your software is not endangering the integrity of the internet.
Here's a wishlist: 1. Automated updates by default - the likelihood of a break-in is greater than breakage because of updates. 2. Better firewall configuration tools. Maybe a standard interface for having servers request 3. Better monitoring systems - not just as emails to root, but something better.
And completely unrelated, making a secure-coding class mandatory wherever coding is taught.
as simple as that. Idiots almost invariably get into trouble for being idiots. So - let them gamble. The only trouble with online gambling is that the idiots' money are channeled out of the country..
Frankly, taking out electricity would not be something the terrorists would do. Creating nuiscance for regular americans is not what they wanna do. They are looking to create policy change.
BTW - I have a theory why the terrorists are not performing any major attacks. GWB is doing more damage to the US than they possibly could do, so they just give him little pokes to keep him angry, and laugh while he make the world hate him, and while he makes the US a new fascist state. That in turn will marginalize the US over the years..
By having several file systems competing, the developers feel the stakes are higher and work harder to be the best. We also see a bit of differentiation, in that the different file systems typically are good at different things. In my experience, XFS is great for largish mysql databases, while ReiserFS does an excellent job on handling many, small files (like your/tmp).
So, as long as Linus only allows stable filesystems in the stable kernels, I'm all for file system innovations making their way into the kernel! Everyone don't need 'em, but some do!
However, I'd like to see more effort in fuel cell technology. If they can make the cars run on methanol, we could very well lose or reduce a LOT of problems - oil dependency, downtown pollution etc.
I just wish Bush had the vision to launch a program that would make fuel cells more efficient and cheaper.. That way, oil would become much less critical on the long run. Wouldn't that be a greater achievment that throwing that camel fucker in Iraq?
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VOIP will radically cut costs for the Telco - the equipement used to operate the internet is much cheaper per byte than the equipment used to operate a traditional phone service.
I'm just really surprised they haven't caught on before now.
Do they own enough patents to shut that project down? If they make sure we lose both FAT and SMB, I'm afraid that will do a lot of damage to Linux. Both dual-boot and fileserver Linux will disappear.
I bet they are particularily interested in pushing aside Samba, since that would automatically mean more 2003 licenses.
The Segway balances itself, actually you shift your weight to control it.
Now, the genious part. You robot only has to shift its weight in order to move about. You've eliminated a lot of relatively hard problems by piggybacking on the segway.
It's really kinda like using a library instead of implementing everything from scratch.
If XUL got some steam behind it, that would be a killer app. Cross-platform apps is a good idea, and will eventually become a reality.
:)
I don't think the dragon is such a bad idea. It's just not properly used - it should be about empowering the user, so that the user feel powerful and in control like a dragon.
But I'm fanciful and weird, so nevermind that suggestion
Contact the Red Hat support team. That is what you pay for!
The flaws are not being patched since the Government want the option of installing backdoors on all active computers by coercing the commercial sites into being viral infection centers.. Basically, the Government is instructing Microsoft to go slow on the security updates. That way, they can effectively shut down the internet or install back-doors at will.
Always a friendly atmosphere (though I haven't sampled that much), the guys on testosterone overload are way too homophobic to go there!
Of course, if you're looking to score, then a gay bar is not the place to go. But how often do you really score when you go out? And how great is the sex after a night of heavy drinking?
The sexier language that will replace java will be perl6. However, it's still a long way from implemented - last time I checked, it wasn't even fully and finally specified.
However, it looks very promising in fixing some of Perl's shortcomings.
I'm inclined to believe this. The likelihood of a meteorite hitting anything human is extremely small - we only occupy a small fraction of the surface of the earth. When we have meteorites hitting houses, gardens and parking lots all of a sudden, I am wondering if I should pull out the statistics books and start doing an analysis to show whether this is variation or something bigger.
Nah. "We don't do body counts" is more like it ;)
An algorithm is a very well defined concept. The problem is determining what makes two algorithms "similar" or "different" :)
You're not listening, are you? People were convinced that fluoride was good for them BEFORE the industry moved in. In fact, IIRC, the effect of fluoride on dental care was discovered when someone (anthropologists?) realized that people in some regions had excellent teeth in spite of poor general dental hygiene. They tipped someone off, and the effect of fluoride on teeth was discovered.
This is somewhat nonsensical.
:) I wonder if Mandrake or Red Hat will cut a similar deal with Quantum or whoever?
Flouride as a preventative measure against cavities was first discovered by the dentists. Of course, the industry/government might be exploiting the situation, but I think the author of the linked article perhaps is paranoid to the irrational.
But pre-installed Lindows on hard drives sold seperately is an excellent idea
Really, unless the language really sucks, library availability, quality and pricing are all crucial in choosing what language to use.
Bias : Coming from Perl, I absolutely love CPAN. Readymade libraries that do a lot of the heavy hauling makes sure many hard tasks become manageable.
In the web development world, a good templating engine will gain your productivity. Make sure its caching design and capabilities are good - a proxy server will not save you in all scenarios. At work, we use Mason. I haven't tried the competition, but Mason does the job and those who've tried the competition have seemed pleased.
It is the job of the IT industry to enable their customers to do new things that weren't possible before, but also to make doing existing things cheaper.
The fact that there's less money to be made from selling software is good news for the economy. (Roughly speaking, there are exceptions..) They should be spending their money on business intelligence, not on infrastructure that is roughly speaking "solved".
I agree that we should not be totally unprepared for life's curveballs. However, there should be rational decisions behind this.
If you live somewhere that is exposed to tornadoes and hurricanes, making sure you have a sturdy basement with a bit of supplies is a good thing. Perhaps a small gas heater, some canned food and some extra water is a good idea too.
But you cannot and should not let the fear of the bad stuff that can happen to you rule our life (and/or your personal economy). That is simply poor judgement.
One last piece of advice - pull out your TV. It's amazing how much more time you'll gain for reading , socializing and working out!
So - while this is going on, the process itself is hurting the credibility of the platform we deliver our software on. Given that Gartner recommended a wait-and-see attitude towards Linux and Linux applications, our potential customers lose to a larger or smaller degree interest when they hear "Linux" now. A sad change, and I am sure it will ultimately prove temporary.
So given that we want to spread our risk,
what alternative operating systems generally requires the least effort to port to? Abandoning Linux is not an issue, we just want to make sure we keep our investors happy to make sure our application lives on. Actually, our customers (which are banks) have been quite pleased with the price/performance ratio of both Linux and our product. It's just a matter of ensuring our continued survival, not a matter of siding with SCO.
What the hell? Colleges are supposed to be where you develop your intellect! This achievement is several orders of magnitude greater that winning some dinky college league!
(Ok - we also develop our beerguts and identities in college, but the College itself does not sponsor that)
Frankly, the fact that certain distros charge money for using their automatic update system shows that we've got a way to go! After all, when you put the stuff out there and continue to put it out there, you've got a responsiblity of making sure your software is not endangering the integrity of the internet.
Here's a wishlist:
1. Automated updates by default - the likelihood of a break-in is greater than breakage because of updates.
2. Better firewall configuration tools. Maybe a standard interface for having servers request
3. Better monitoring systems - not just as emails to root, but something better.
And completely unrelated, making a secure-coding class mandatory wherever coding is taught.
as simple as that. Idiots almost invariably get into trouble for being idiots. So - let them gamble. The only trouble with online gambling is that the idiots' money are channeled out of the country..
Frankly, taking out electricity would not be something the terrorists would do. Creating nuiscance for regular americans is not what they wanna do. They are looking to create policy change.
BTW - I have a theory why the terrorists are not performing any major attacks. GWB is doing more damage to the US than they possibly could do, so they just give him little pokes to keep him angry, and laugh while he make the world hate him, and while he makes the US a new fascist state. That in turn will marginalize the US over the years..
.. what happens when the bad guys get hold of one?
this is not an inherently super-expensive product. it will eventually become somewhat reasonable.
however, the patent system will probably keep it expensive for longer than it should be..
By having several file systems competing, the developers feel the stakes are higher and work harder to be the best. We also see a bit of differentiation, in that the different file systems typically are good at different things. In my experience, XFS is great for largish mysql databases, while ReiserFS does an excellent job on handling many, small files (like your /tmp).
So, as long as Linus only allows stable filesystems in the stable kernels, I'm all for file system innovations making their way into the kernel! Everyone don't need 'em, but some do!
However, I'd like to see more effort in fuel cell technology. If they can make the cars run on methanol, we could very well lose or reduce a LOT of problems - oil dependency, downtown pollution etc.
I just wish Bush had the vision to launch a program that would make fuel cells more efficient and cheaper.. That way, oil would become much less critical on the long run. Wouldn't that be a greater achievment that throwing that camel fucker in Iraq?