You are doing disservice to Linux by claiming it is usable with less than 1 gig - people might accidentally believe such a bullshit and try. And laugh.
lights, heat, air, DVR, are fine for networked automation
I'm skeptic. I do want heat automated, but then there is no computer control needed. I do not want air ("zoning") because I am confident the advantages are far less than disadvantages. One actuator stops working? Huge PITA. Some SW/HW component misbehaves and one room is OK except randomly not? PITA, again. It must work tens of years without a glitch. We are not there - unless you pay extraordinary amount of money but then it is usually cheaper to forget about it.
Then there are other problems. Think about sauna, when jogging it would be nice to turn it on by phone. But if some idiot put something to dry there - chance of a fire. I would not do that mistake, but I do not trust the average joe not to do it. Same with the kitchen you mentioned.
Seriously, I had very hard time trying NOT to create CD when upgrading Grub multiboot Ubuntu to 9.04. Problem was that Grub would not boot from the ISO image (dd'd into empty partition).
Actually I gave up, I installed a CD-ROM drive and burned a disk.
Why would ZFS require redundancy any more than any other FS? Why is non-redundant HFS+ better than non-redundant ZFS?
Actually detecting errors even without redundancy (i.e. data loss) is IMHO much better than undetected errors. You seem to think device drivers are the only place errors can happen... this is, of course, utter bullshit. Besides, you can have "copies=2" for important data, something which HFS+ does not support. Most laptops do have big enough HD for that (in most cases).
You think >10Mbps downlink for your phone comes for free?
It uses (among other things) Turbo codes which were developed by huge number of people (from different companies, universities, etc.) during several years. Why it is allowed to be patented the one implementation of the family? It could be found by computer search, or a trivial modification of paper from sixties or even fifties.
3G or LTE uses NOTHING fundamentally new - or show me.
If JACK can handle low latency and it works, what is the point of PA?
The only case where latency does not matter is media player... and then only when the media is audio, and even then there are limits (~200-300ms max). Video must be pausable and seekable - without delay. VoIP is killed with 50ms delay as the codec will create additional delay.
I constantly run two users (with User Switcher) and it would be nice if the other user forgetting flash would not disturb me (and vice versa).
At the moment (on Ubuntu 8.04) this is not the case.
Another problem is USB memory sticks and CDs. Putting one in will show the data on both desktops and most annoyingly will start two CD players (one on either user).
Slashdot Mirror
Perfect, it just picks those who are NOT afraid!
Actually it would work - you are not afraid - interrogation - next time you will be.
You can get, say, 100 friends, download the subversion repo and check that all your votes are counted in your copy of the repo.
Therefore official count very likely has all votes, and without grand scale fraud definitely your vote. I'd say more likely than in paper ballot.
Similarly *I assume* the repository can be checked that there are not (many) extra votes.
Copying "britney spears" music over P2P is now a "trademark" infringement as it "dilutes her brand"?
Are you pulling my leg?
Nobody is claiming Asimov will write the sequels, so you point is totally off ... sure you gotta be trolling?
As the other responder said, with you logic Disney would get perpetual co..sorry, trademark for any resemblance of a Bambi, etc.
Hollywood? I always though most slashdotters were against infinite (copy)rights.
So should late Asimov or his estate still hold the rights for the book(s) or not?
IMHO the guy is free to write anything he likes, 40 years is more than enough.
I'm so sorry my sarcasm was not lost on you :-)
P.S. I have still, even after Bush and Obama, huge difficulties differentiating between republicans and democrats.
Don't worry, it is the same problem in Finland, though we can "choose" from three (major) parties.
Eh ... perhaps you should worry.
It was not a free market system.
You are right, they did require accounting even back then. Truly free markets do not impose such a stringent government imposed requirements.
Why government must intervene perfectly legal free market system?
(I'll laugh on your "comments")
Perhaps the OP did not use X nor Emacs.
You are doing disservice to Linux by claiming it is usable with less than 1 gig - people might accidentally believe such a bullshit and try.
And laugh.
I recommend Ratpoison.
It'll teach them to use $20 for a gig of memory.
So did I.
Not smooth, not smooth at all - when compared to 1 gig.
Actually I claim to driver better if I get to drink - it gives sugar and energy and freshens me.
lights, heat, air, DVR, are fine for networked automation
I'm skeptic. I do want heat automated, but then there is no computer control needed. I do not want air ("zoning") because I am confident the advantages are far less than disadvantages. One actuator stops working? Huge PITA. Some SW/HW component misbehaves and one room is OK except randomly not? PITA, again. It must work tens of years without a glitch. We are not there - unless you pay extraordinary amount of money but then it is usually cheaper to forget about it.
Then there are other problems. Think about sauna, when jogging it would be nice to turn it on by phone. But if some idiot put something to dry there - chance of a fire. I would not do that mistake, but I do not trust the average joe not to do it. Same with the kitchen you mentioned.
But does it run on Linux?
Seriously, I had very hard time trying NOT to create CD when upgrading Grub multiboot Ubuntu to 9.04. Problem was that Grub would not boot from the ISO image (dd'd into empty partition).
Actually I gave up, I installed a CD-ROM drive and burned a disk.
Very specific ideas should be patentable.
Like a FEC found by a computer search? I disagree.
should be allowed to protect their investment
No, they should not get protection just because they invest.
I am not saying ANYTHING about Nokia. I am saying patent system should be killed.
Name one "stuff" that should be patentable.
I am very lenient, you can use whatever you want as "stuff".
Note: I am not saying Nokia is wrong, quite the contrary (everybody else is patenting and suing over silly things), why not Nokia?
Most malware does not really need root/administrator privileges.
It would be trivial to make a keylogger or spam-robot in Linux running from e.g. .bashrc. Same for any other OS there is.
Why would ZFS require redundancy any more than any other FS? Why is non-redundant HFS+ better than non-redundant ZFS?
Actually detecting errors even without redundancy (i.e. data loss) is IMHO much better than undetected errors. You seem to think device drivers are the only place errors can happen ... this is, of course, utter bullshit. Besides, you can have "copies=2" for important data, something which HFS+ does not support. Most laptops do have big enough HD for that (in most cases).
Full POSIX ... so where is fork()? Or ksh (or any other POSIX.1 compatible shell)?
I think you have no clue how diverse different POSIXes are.
Am I the only one who reads your text as "the lawyers at Nokia and Apple think they can make more money by going to court"?
lawyers use these patents as a sort of negotiation tool.
You mean, of course, ... sort of Sampo.
(Wikipedia is shit, Sampo is most likely kinda (fake?) money making machine (with super powers - it is mythology after all).
stuff that needs serious R&D
Name one.
You think >10Mbps downlink for your phone comes for free?
It uses (among other things) Turbo codes which were developed by huge number of people (from different companies, universities, etc.) during several years. Why it is allowed to be patented the one implementation of the family? It could be found by computer search, or a trivial modification of paper from sixties or even fifties.
3G or LTE uses NOTHING fundamentally new - or show me.
NOOOO!!!!
Did you have to do it? You just ruined over a hundred (or more[1]) years worth of mathematics in statistics.
Now every Gallup done so far must be discredited, every medical experiment redone, eve..
My brain hurts, I cannot even think of the chil..consequences.
[1] depends on how your stat...calendar looks like
If JACK can handle low latency and it works, what is the point of PA?
The only case where latency does not matter is media player ... and then only when the media is audio, and even then there are limits (~200-300ms max). Video must be pausable and seekable - without delay. VoIP is killed with 50ms delay as the codec will create additional delay.
I constantly run two users (with User Switcher) and it would be nice if the other user forgetting flash would not disturb me (and vice versa).
At the moment (on Ubuntu 8.04) this is not the case.
Another problem is USB memory sticks and CDs. Putting one in will show the data on both desktops and most annoyingly will start two CD players (one on either user).
Maybe that is one of the reasons for: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/opensound/?