Joy Happiness and only a few lines:-) Come on dudes, we want to see a t-shirt contest, balloons, cake, features, a "I remember the day we started", Interviews, Best of Slashdot. This should not go by this obscure. You guys now should brag and boast your accomplishments. That is how it is done in the corporate world. Hmm, maybe that is why I like Slashdot, it is not like the corporate world:-)
Does anybody have any good articles on the differences between Linux for embedded systems and other operating systems, like CE? Who has any opinions it? The thing is I heard some mixed reactions on the subject and I have absolutely no idea who to belief.
I think you're making a crucial mistake here. You say that a PDA should be as simple as possible and you seem to be referring to ease of use and not to technical simplicity. This I derive from your remark on the E-100. It is not the black and white that makes a Palm simple. It is the logic behind the design that makes it simple to use. If the colors on the Palm Pilot are just as useful as the colored cases of a Handspring Visor, then there is no reason for them. But if they can add functionality throught the use of colour, then it is worth it for sure. (offcourse managers just buy it for the colour screen):-)
Transmeta's announcements are so vague, it makes makes Microsoft's release dates seem to be written in stone. Come on 'key computer manufacturing industry'. Give us names, release dates, specs. OK, enough of the frustration. I think it is inherent to the policy of secrecy that Transmeta had, that we have to wait a while before we see the first products. Compare it to Bluetooth. It is one thing to have a chip. It is another to have something working based on that chip.
The Main thing I would love this Transmeta stuff for is to act like a pc that I can lug around and that communicates with my server to show me what is on the screen there. It would be great to cuddle up in the couch and watch a movie on that screen or go to class and make notes on it and then have them stored instantly on my server at home. Here on campus there is a program called Wireless Campus and I think these things would fit in nice. Espescially if you can hook it up with a Bluetooth enabled keyboard, for the things you dont like to do writing. I am really anxious to see what will be shown at CEBIT in 2 days.
Great article. It shows microsofties as normal people, which they undoubtedly are. An organization clearly suffering from some of the coordination problems that a large scale corporation has.
But aside from the comments made by others I found it interesting that Microsoft hired a *writer*. Just because this guy had written some wishlist they liked. In the Open Source community it is often said that because you have the source you can alter it and get the features you want. Here is somebody complaining that he doesn't get the right features and he gets hired. This strengthens my beliefs that in the end it doesn't matter if a project is Open Source or Closed Source as long as you get the stuff in that your customers want. Not only the man/woman behind the screen, but also the corporate heads are what Microsoft is looking at. These latter ones influence purchasing, whereas the former ones are left with the results. This means improvements in manageability but a crappy grammar and spellchecker for the Dutch language. If the open source community wants to make a breakthrough they will have to equal Microsoft in terms of (perceived) ease of use AND (perceived) cost of ownership.
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you're partially right... there is no use in building a large file with all possible permutations. But one that just prohibits such obvious ones as CmdrTaco and Hemos or Hemos., emmett, jamie, would be nice. The rest is easy to spot and therefore not a nuisance... A name is all we have here. Our words should do the talking, but some names I associate with intelligent talk, whereas others I don't. (Now Jeff, don't start assuming that you're in the intelligent group:-) But I can see your point here for sure.. and in the end it's the Slashdot guys their name. If they are not bugged then why should I be? Just watch out when something has a name on it and only judge the post
this was posted really late in the evening here
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Couldn't there just be a list of nicks that are banned? Just like with servers in a network, you can't name your machine the same as the gateway. There is no reason here why somebody needs to be hemos or malda. Nobody will be limited if these nicks are banned from use.
For those of you interested in what Doug Englebart has to say, there is also a webcast available at Stanford. There was a Slashdot article on it a couple of weeks ago. You have to register and all of the info can be found here. http://www.bootstrap.org/colloquium/
First of all, great interview. Definitely one that should go in the Good Stuff of Slashdot book.
I think one point that is overlooked or underemphasized is the out of the box security. I am not a technical dude, just read my info. What I mean is that when I buy a car (to use that analogy) and I buy a good one like a Mercedes, it has features to keep me from f@cking up stuff. A standard Mercedes can only go 250km/h, has side impact protection, well you know the drill...
With computers I have to install the airbag myself, seatbelts are an option. Yes for large sites we need better administrators, no doubt about it. But imagine that in 10 to 20 years everybody is lugging around a Tramsmeta powered screen, which interacts with their home-server, at school they get the sheets and the notes downloaded to it etc. and all that on *high* bandwith. They have no time to think about all the security. It should be taken care of allready in stead of implemented later on. Why can't a system be build with all the features turned off... instead of everything turned on and open wide?
What you have to remember is that with the take-over of Andover by VA, VA has also taken over all rights and obligations that Andover had. Only if it is explicitly stated in the contracts that the terms might change in event of a merger, acquisition etc. can one change the conditions. Now Hemos and CmdrTaco had a good lawyer, so you bet this is covered. Therefore the answer will be, even after Microsoft Network takes over: NOTHING CHANGES AS LONG AS HEMOS AND CMDRTACO WORK AT SLASHDOT. Start worrying when they leave
Mp3.com wants this to be a jury trial. That is definitely a good move if they get it. They can play on the David against Goliath idea. Juries tend to favor that position. I think Mp3.com is aiming for a younger jury and the RIAA will want a jury which is as old as possible with a big enough bias against modern technology. I leave it to funnier people then me to come up with some great lines we should hear during the jury selections and the rest of the trial.:-)
It seems that the RIAA has tried to bully some of the investment bankers that MP3.com is doing business with. If they can get it to stick in court and maybe link it to the plummeting of their stock, this would become a great trial. I wish them the best
Just as a bit of information on the side, this was shown at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. This is the yearly brag, boast, watch, learn and schmooz fest organized by the IEEE. It is a prestigious conference so everybody shows of their latest and greatest. Yesterday it was Intel with 1Ghz today it was AMD. It is not like this is in production allready, just guys showing off.
What I find interesting is that these are made by wafer-steppers from ASM-Lithography. These guys have been leading the way the last couple of years. I wonder how much Intel is being held back by sticking to their current wafer-stepper producer (Canon? or was it Nikon?)
If you were VA, why would you want to own Slashdot and Freshmeat so badly?
Looking at it from a business perspective I would want Freshmeat and Sourceforge espescially, because they facilitate new developments on which VA thrives. VA doesn't make money from the sites themselves as much as from the new GPL-programms it helps to evolve. These new programs can be used as NT-killers and sell more boxes. The funny thing is that companies like Penguin Computing also will benefit from it, because they can make use of the same programs
Slashdot is great because it lets the community discuss stuff and draws people into the community. I am still running Windows 98 and I can't code. But through Slashdot I am now considering to get Corel Linux on my system. If I ever become a 'suit'. I am much more favorable to Linux. Do you see the pattern evolving:-)
I think the key element to remember here, is that Slashdot is not being made by VA Linux, Hemos or CmdrTaco. Yes they facilitate the discussion, but Slashdot is only what it is because of the community around it. Microsoft could buy Slashdot, Hemos and CmdrTaco could leave, but the very moment the essence of Slashdot "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters" changes, the nerds will vote with their feet/mouse and leave. Then this community would die and the value of it would turn to nothing. Jeff and Rob will get a couple of warnings from us and if they don't comply, we would leave... We would take the source code and start over somewhere else. This has been shown in the 5 years that I am on the Internet now. There is no one that can pressure us to come here and as soon as the essence of Slashdot changes no one will. Therefore if VA knows anything about shareholder value they won't change a thing.
Why did they buy Slashdot then, you ask? VA thrives on the efforts in the community. The only reason they can exist, is when the community keeps getting cooler stuff out. This is the only way to play catch up with Microsoft. Slashdot and all the other sites are a great way to organize the community and to make sure it has places to go to and discuss and focus its energy. You can see it in the letter..
On this website there are some great quotes regarding Perl. My favourites are (Disclaimer: these are not mine, but I claim fair use.:-)) :
prhine: Advanced Perl Programming is a welcome mat on the Dark Path(tm)
prhine: D'you know anything about JavaPerl? As in how they combine the two? Colin: Well. Imagine that Java is a dainty, well-dressed Victorian lady. And Perl is a big, grimy 10th century viking with a hard-on. JavaPerl is like a small room with a bed.
The problem with signatures is not that they can be forged. The problem goes a bit deeper. First of all you have to establish the truth about identity. In the real world you generally take somebodies written signature, because you can see the man and (if you're careful) because of a similar signature on a passport, drivers license etc. In the digital world there is a problem with this reasoning. As we all know it is extremely easy to fake an identity online. So, unless you deposit your unique key at a trusted source, which has checked the identity behind the sig, there is no way you can be sure if it is the person you think it is.
In the Netherlands notaries are trying to get this position as a Trusted Third Party. They are allready in a legal position to do such a thing in the physical world and they now try to expand it to the digital world.
Another, more scary thing IMHO, is to give everybody a uniquely identifying signature. This would be enforced by the state. It would probably be the most secure way, but also the least favorable...
it feels like new years eve again... same questions. I think several sites have lists of this:-) Wasn't there such a discussion on Slashdot too.
In my opinion one of the most important ones is the transistor. It allowed an unprecedented miniaturization, with that it was the basis of alot of new technologies and services, like Slashdot.
At a recent symposium at Twente University, The Netherlands the president and CEO of Ericsson in The Netherlands pointed out that Europe is way ahead of the USA when it comes to wireless services. By his estimate a 2 to 3 years. What he was wondering though was, if Europe would become a dominating force in the mobile services market.
Now, we have the bandwith, but what will be the appliances, what will be the killer-app?
If you read the article, it sais that the explosive is not as dense and therefore not as powerfull as it was expected to be. At least in its present form... Personally I am quite happy with that, because this means that there is still no cooking recipe for yet another explosive. On the other hand I hope they fix the theory for science sake.
For the Dutch people, there is a piece about it in the Volkskrant Wetenschap sectie.
I think that in the end it doesn't really matter who does this.. It could be Freshmeat, Linux Daily, Linux Weekly, *Linux Drivers* or Slashdot... What does matter is that there should be, a source for all the new releases... In my opinion it would be best to have it on another site as Slashdot, since Slashdot is more about discussing news and not about Linux drivers:-) But it would be nice to have a link to the site, just like with Freshmeat. So see this as a way to start your own Linux site, or for other sites to expand their business...
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Now you gotta wonder how a Tama and Aibo are going to live together. Maybe something for Robot Wars.
Joy Happiness and only a few lines :-) Come on dudes, we want to see a t-shirt contest, balloons, cake, features, a "I remember the day we started", Interviews, Best of Slashdot. This should not go by this obscure. You guys now should brag and boast your accomplishments. That is how it is done in the corporate world. Hmm, maybe that is why I like Slashdot, it is not like the corporate world :-)
Does anybody have any good articles on the differences between Linux for embedded systems and other operating systems, like CE? Who has any opinions it? The thing is I heard some mixed reactions on the subject and I have absolutely no idea who to belief.
I think you're making a crucial mistake here. You say that a PDA should be as simple as possible and you seem to be referring to ease of use and not to technical simplicity. This I derive from your remark on the E-100. It is not the black and white that makes a Palm simple. It is the logic behind the design that makes it simple to use. If the colors on the Palm Pilot are just as useful as the colored cases of a Handspring Visor, then there is no reason for them. But if they can add functionality throught the use of colour, then it is worth it for sure. (offcourse managers just buy it for the colour screen) :-)
Transmeta's announcements are so vague, it makes makes Microsoft's release dates seem to be written in stone. Come on 'key computer manufacturing industry'. Give us names, release dates, specs. OK, enough of the frustration. I think it is inherent to the policy of secrecy that Transmeta had, that we have to wait a while before we see the first products. Compare it to Bluetooth. It is one thing to have a chip. It is another to have something working based on that chip.
The Main thing I would love this Transmeta stuff for is to act like a pc that I can lug around and that communicates with my server to show me what is on the screen there. It would be great to cuddle up in the couch and watch a movie on that screen or go to class and make notes on it and then have them stored instantly on my server at home. Here on campus there is a program called Wireless Campus and I think these things would fit in nice. Espescially if you can hook it up with a Bluetooth enabled keyboard, for the things you dont like to do writing. I am really anxious to see what will be shown at CEBIT in 2 days.
Great article. It shows microsofties as normal people, which they undoubtedly are. An organization clearly suffering from some of the coordination problems that a large scale corporation has.
But aside from the comments made by others I found it interesting that Microsoft hired a *writer*. Just because this guy had written some wishlist they liked. In the Open Source community it is often said that because you have the source you can alter it and get the features you want. Here is somebody complaining that he doesn't get the right features and he gets hired. This strengthens my beliefs that in the end it doesn't matter if a project is Open Source or Closed Source as long as you get the stuff in that your customers want. Not only the man/woman behind the screen, but also the corporate heads are what Microsoft is looking at. These latter ones influence purchasing, whereas the former ones are left with the results. This means improvements in manageability but a crappy grammar and spellchecker for the Dutch language. If the open source community wants to make a breakthrough they will have to equal Microsoft in terms of (perceived) ease of use AND (perceived) cost of ownership.
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you're partially right... there is no use in building a large file with all possible permutations. But one that just prohibits such obvious ones as CmdrTaco and Hemos or Hemos., emmett, jamie, would be nice. The rest is easy to spot and therefore not a nuisance... A name is all we have here. Our words should do the talking, but some names I associate with intelligent talk, whereas others I don't. (Now Jeff, don't start assuming that you're in the intelligent group :-) But I can see your point here for sure.. and in the end it's the Slashdot guys their name. If they are not bugged then why should I be? Just watch out when something has a name on it and only judge the post
this was posted really late in the evening here
Couldn't there just be a list of nicks that are banned? Just like with servers in a network, you can't name your machine the same as the gateway. There is no reason here why somebody needs to be hemos or malda. Nobody will be limited if these nicks are banned from use.
What is your opinion on this fake interview?
There is a text version too... http://www.bluetooth.com/text/default.asp
I assume everybody makes mistakes and the site we're all looking for is http://www.bluetooth.net/
For those of you interested in what Doug Englebart has to say, there is also a webcast available at Stanford. There was a Slashdot article on it a couple of weeks ago. You have to register and all of the info can be found here. http://www.bootstrap.org/colloquium/
First of all, great interview. Definitely one that should go in the Good Stuff of Slashdot book.
I think one point that is overlooked or underemphasized is the out of the box security. I am not a technical dude, just read my info. What I mean is that when I buy a car (to use that analogy) and I buy a good one like a Mercedes, it has features to keep me from f@cking up stuff. A standard Mercedes can only go 250km/h, has side impact protection, well you know the drill...
With computers I have to install the airbag myself, seatbelts are an option. Yes for large sites we need better administrators, no doubt about it. But imagine that in 10 to 20 years everybody is lugging around a Tramsmeta powered screen, which interacts with their home-server, at school they get the sheets and the notes downloaded to it etc. and all that on *high* bandwith. They have no time to think about all the security. It should be taken care of allready in stead of implemented later on. Why can't a system be build with all the features turned off... instead of everything turned on and open wide?
What you have to remember is that with the take-over of Andover by VA, VA has also taken over all rights and obligations that Andover had. Only if it is explicitly stated in the contracts that the terms might change in event of a merger, acquisition etc. can one change the conditions. Now Hemos and CmdrTaco had a good lawyer, so you bet this is covered. Therefore the answer will be, even after Microsoft Network takes over: NOTHING CHANGES AS LONG AS HEMOS AND CMDRTACO WORK AT SLASHDOT. Start worrying when they leave
Mp3.com wants this to be a jury trial. That is definitely a good move if they get it. They can play on the David against Goliath idea. Juries tend to favor that position. I think Mp3.com is aiming for a younger jury and the RIAA will want a jury which is as old as possible with a big enough bias against modern technology. I leave it to funnier people then me to come up with some great lines we should hear during the jury selections and the rest of the trial. :-)
It seems that the RIAA has tried to bully some of the investment bankers that MP3.com is doing business with. If they can get it to stick in court and maybe link it to the plummeting of their stock, this would become a great trial. I wish them the best
Just as a bit of information on the side, this was shown at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. This is the yearly brag, boast, watch, learn and schmooz fest organized by the IEEE. It is a prestigious conference so everybody shows of their latest and greatest. Yesterday it was Intel with 1Ghz today it was AMD. It is not like this is in production allready, just guys showing off.
What I find interesting is that these are made by wafer-steppers from ASM-Lithography. These guys have been leading the way the last couple of years. I wonder how much Intel is being held back by sticking to their current wafer-stepper producer (Canon? or was it Nikon?)
If you were VA, why would you want to own Slashdot and Freshmeat so badly?
:-)
Looking at it from a business perspective I would want Freshmeat and Sourceforge espescially, because they facilitate new developments on which VA thrives. VA doesn't make money from the sites themselves as much as from the new GPL-programms it helps to evolve. These new programs can be used as NT-killers and sell more boxes. The funny thing is that companies like Penguin Computing also will benefit from it, because they can make use of the same programs
Slashdot is great because it lets the community discuss stuff and draws people into the community. I am still running Windows 98 and I can't code. But through Slashdot I am now considering to get Corel Linux on my system. If I ever become a 'suit'. I am much more favorable to Linux. Do you see the pattern evolving
I think the key element to remember here, is that Slashdot is not being made by VA Linux, Hemos or CmdrTaco. Yes they facilitate the discussion, but Slashdot is only what it is because of the community around it. Microsoft could buy Slashdot, Hemos and CmdrTaco could leave, but the very moment the essence of Slashdot "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters" changes, the nerds will vote with their feet/mouse and leave. Then this community would die and the value of it would turn to nothing. Jeff and Rob will get a couple of warnings from us and if they don't comply, we would leave... We would take the source code and start over somewhere else. This has been shown in the 5 years that I am on the Internet now. There is no one that can pressure us to come here and as soon as the essence of Slashdot changes no one will. Therefore if VA knows anything about shareholder value they won't change a thing.
Why did they buy Slashdot then, you ask? VA thrives on the efforts in the community. The only reason they can exist, is when the community keeps getting cooler stuff out. This is the only way to play catch up with Microsoft. Slashdot and all the other sites are a great way to organize the community and to make sure it has places to go to and discuss and focus its energy. You can see it in the letter..
On this website there are some great quotes regarding Perl. My favourites are (Disclaimer: these are not mine, but I claim fair use. :-)) :
prhine: Advanced Perl Programming is a welcome mat on the Dark Path(tm)
prhine: D'you know anything about JavaPerl? As in how they combine the two?
Colin: Well. Imagine that Java is a dainty, well-dressed Victorian lady. And Perl is a big, grimy 10th century viking with a hard-on. JavaPerl is like a small room with a bed.
The problem with signatures is not that they can be forged. The problem goes a bit deeper. First of all you have to establish the truth about identity. In the real world you generally take somebodies written signature, because you can see the man and (if you're careful) because of a similar signature on a passport, drivers license etc.
In the digital world there is a problem with this reasoning. As we all know it is extremely easy to fake an identity online. So, unless you deposit your unique key at a trusted source, which has checked the identity behind the sig, there is no way you can be sure if it is the person you think it is.
In the Netherlands notaries are trying to get this position as a Trusted Third Party. They are allready in a legal position to do such a thing in the physical world and they now try to expand it to the digital world.
Another, more scary thing IMHO, is to give everybody a uniquely identifying signature. This would be enforced by the state. It would probably be the most secure way, but also the least favorable...
it feels like new years eve again... same questions. I think several sites have lists of this :-) Wasn't there such a discussion on Slashdot too.
In my opinion one of the most important ones is the transistor. It allowed an unprecedented miniaturization, with that it was the basis of alot of new technologies and services, like Slashdot.
just my 2 cents.
At a recent symposium at Twente University, The Netherlands the president and CEO of Ericsson in The Netherlands pointed out that Europe is way ahead of the USA when it comes to wireless services. By his estimate a 2 to 3 years. What he was wondering though was, if Europe would become a dominating force in the mobile services market.
Now, we have the bandwith, but what will be the appliances, what will be the killer-app?
If you read the article, it sais that the explosive is not as dense and therefore not as powerfull as it was expected to be. At least in its present form... Personally I am quite happy with that, because this means that there is still no cooking recipe for yet another explosive. On the other hand I hope they fix the theory for science sake.
For the Dutch people, there is a piece about it in the Volkskrant Wetenschap sectie.
I think that in the end it doesn't really matter who does this.. It could be Freshmeat, Linux Daily, Linux Weekly, *Linux Drivers* or Slashdot... What does matter is that there should be, a source for all the new releases... :-) But it would be nice to have a link to the site, just like with Freshmeat. So see this as a way to start your own Linux site, or for other sites to expand their business...
In my opinion it would be best to have it on another site as Slashdot, since Slashdot is more about discussing news and not about Linux drivers
nope, it is either because I am stupid or because I come from the Netherlands and was born in 1976. A stupid AC will probably have the answer :-)