User: Wiwi Jumbo

I predict....

On: Supreme Court Accepts Eldred Case

...that we're all going to be disappointed by the outcome... there's too much money on the line for it to go the other way....

Re:More then one...

On: Seti@Home Bandwidth Problems

2) It's NOT possible to run 2 apps that want 100% of your CPU at the same time.

True dat, but I was hoping that while Seti was throttled uploading a finished packet, UD could jump in a steal control of the cycles until it was uploading it's own packet....

Obviously I don't know enough about how these things work on that level... :)

More then one...

On: Seti@Home Bandwidth Problems

I'm currently trying to run Seti@Home and the UD Cancer Cure program but it's not going well... Seti won't give up any cycles to UD.... and in light of this I'll be shutting down Seti for a while.

But what I really wish was created was a single program which all other tasks of this nature could be setup as plug-in's.... each plug-in getting all the unused cycles until it completes a unit and then the next plug-in get's it's turn... maybe even be able to decide how you want to skew the processings:

5 Seti@ Home units, then 12 UD units, 4 Folding@Home, etc....

There are a lot of projects out there I'd like to help with.... if only they'd play nice...

Re:Why Apple Will Stay Away From PDAs

On: Apple PDA?

4) Apple has always been an innovator. PDAs are not new.

Yeah, can you imagine if they came out with a MP3 player? That would *SO* be following everybody else....

Re:and the other way round ...

On: World Govs Choose Linux For Security & More

Um.. I was under the impression that the reasion that site switched is that it went from being hosted by a Gov. department and is now hosted by a company that only uses MS.

The actual switch was from provider, the OS switching was just an effect of that.

Re:I haven't been able to nail it down

On: Defining Globalism

Mostly when I see these "protestors" at various meetings being interviewed they never explain *HOW* globalism is suppose to cause all these evils.... oh sure they'll spout off about it's the Anti-Christ, the End of the World, it'll turn your socks to serpents, we'll all be baby-eating devil worshipers, "dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!"

But they never say how!

God I wish it wasn't "Cool" to protest...

Re:Experienced Advocate

On: RMS Running For GNOME Board Of Directors

No he will fuck this up and most everyone who might be thinking of any kind of free software that he comes in contact with will be poisioned to the idea....

I'm not sayin I'm an expert on any of this but the more I read about the GPL, free-software and RMS the more I think he needs to be pushed to the sidelines...

Re:customer participation and user-centered design

On: Software "Open Monopoly"

" How can user-centered design be reconciled with open source?"

The only thing I can think of is Government... It's organized, has a mandate to respond to the people (or at least pretend :) and need for profit is not a consideration...

Re:what is wrong with.....

On: Software "Open Monopoly"

" If the "people" want a feature that isn't in the OSS, they can code it up themselves..."

And that is generally the problem with OSS....

Horizontal axis wind turbines

On: Living Inside A Giant Wind Turbine

The talk about how it would only work if wind was coming from the right direction made me think of this:

http://www.windpower.dk/tour/design/horver.htm

They point out some drawbacks, but might this be something to consider?

Do you ever...

On: Ask AtheOS Creator Kurt Skauen About His Creature

get sick of people asking why you aren't making another *NIX clone?

:)

Wiwi

Dimishing Returns.....

On: A New Approach To Linux Clusters

'As the number of CPUs in a Beowulf-style cluster-a group of PCs linked via Ethernet-increases and memory is distributed instead of shared, the efficiency of each processor drops as more are added,'

Does that mean you could reach a point where adding another node actually slows everything down?

Weird....

Re:Rocket Jockey

On: Gamespy.com's "Top 50 Games of All Time"

I had the same problem, until I downloaded the cracked version from The Underdogs... then if you install the multiplayer patch you get the full version with CD support as well. I'm loving it. ;)

Rocket Jockey

On: Gamespy.com's "Top 50 Games of All Time"

I can't load the pages up, but I'm willing to bet they never included Rocket Jockey.

This game is just amazing... it's one of the few where it's actually fun to try for a high score after you've finished it.

More people need to play this. ('Cause I *need* a sequal... ;)

Check it out: http://www.theunderdogs.org/game.php?name=Rocket+J ockey , tho it's not quite the same without the soundtrack. :)

Re:Did I miss Unreal Tournament?

On: Gamespy.com's "Top 50 Games of All Time"

Too true.... UT upped FPS's in many ways. Epic made a well rounded "game", not just a bunch of levels strung together...

:-)

On: Who Owns The Data/Apps?

"Save Page to i-drive!"
Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Re:But is astronaut Canadian or FRENCH Canadian?

On: ISS Mission STS-100-6A Canadarm2

I'm sorry, but how is that a slap in the face to French culture?

Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Re:www.superlivingspace.com

On: World's Largest Crystals

Um... I think you mean Fortress of Solitude*...

*which is probably spelled different

Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Re:The French are paranoid about their culture

On: DVD Zoning Enforced In Law

I'm sorry, are we talking about Canada or France?

Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

"The Canadian Goverment 'Get's It' "

On: Canada May Name High-Speed Access "Essential"

How long till Jon Katz has an artical that says this? One day or one week?

Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Still free?

On: Napster Cuts Deal With BMG

What's the chances that instead of paying, the new Napster/BMG deal will allow the music to be paid for by advertising?

It'd probably be that once you dl the music you couldn't take it out of napster/BMG client, but if they make the program right it should matter.

Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Something even more stupid?

On: Apple Licences Amazon's 1-click Shopping

What's the chances that Apple is doing this now so that later when they patent something even dumber they can show that Amazon's patent is fine....

Ever since Slashdot, I've been getting more into conspericy theorys.....
Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Option?

On: Non Disclosure Agreements in Interviews?

What seems to make sense to me is that you have the option of signing the NDA and then get the added info.

Like:

"This is how much we can tell you, but if you would like to sign our NDA, I can tell you more about the position."

That does make sense right?

Right?
Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Re:Easy because MS will just require root privs.

On: Microsoft Porting Applications To Linux (Really!)

What's the chance MS will release it for free???
What's the chance your average Linux user will actually pay for the software?

I think MS Office for Linux will be warezed like nothing else and MS can spout off about how there's no market for 3rd party Linux apps and porting to Linux can actually HURT your software company as no one will buy the windows version once it's ported..

Hell they'll probably even quote Carmark about the lackluster Linux Q3A sales.....

Then again, things work differently in the business world....

Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,

Re:Not entirely true

On: Debian 2.2 Potato Is Stable

What about the "morals" of Debian?

I'm _extreamly_ new to linux/unix, but I'm begining to play with Debian because of there comepletely free ideals... sure, maybe I'll get burned in the end and go with something like Mandrake, but I'm sure there are those more experienced then I who will perfer Debian for the very reasons it intrests me now.

Wiwi
"I trust in my abilities,