I think this is rather sad news. ISS is up there, I don't see the need for Russia to give away more money for it's own space station. They should get the country back together first. They are still recovering.
Emailbooms are very dangerous when it comes to schools. Some teachers and student will after a month of two or three. This is prime time for the virus. Those small (sometimes even nifty) beasts were stored on mailservers... waiting. Viruses (viri) will now be downloaded with the mail and mailed all over the world again. Oh man, am I glad I'm on Unix.
How come companies make tech's like us always economy? That way we, man and women that have most right to it, will never fly supersonic. I bet those MBA people will!
Good point. What you are saying is correct. I just hope that the West is going to make it for them, cheap. But I guess it's just a dream, isn't it? It will be the same problem with the blood like with every other kind of support to poor countries. People, we live in a sad world when it comes to hunanity. BE MORE SOCIAL!
If they can have a major production of blood, the big bloodsortage in most countries could be solved AND the risk of getting AIDS by getting a transfusion will disappear.
I still believe that the best way to 'play' with Mindstors is by using the Lego sensors, motors and IR transmitter and to combine them with your own prints. The receiver may be the TSOP1136 receiver. Those are cheap and work like the best. To give the motors their jice at the right moment, use an IC of the L293 series (like the DIP L239B). Of course you will need a controller of some kind... Take the 80C535. It's based on 8051 technology and easy to program (I like to code it in Assebly). Now, you can even use a LDR to let your robot follow a black line!
I'm going to put more information online soon. For now, just some picsures.
One of the major problems with Staroffice is the fact that few people know that is exists. Beside, you have to get a good connection like cable or ADSL to download it in a nice, non-frustrating way. I don't know if you can buy Staroffice in shops in the US but you certainly can't here in Belgium. They should spread it like Linux is spread (the non online way), cheap CD's. This will be the most effective way to make it a success. People will not complain about the money, and they can make legal copies out of purchased CD.
I think things are going to be worse. M$ systems are just too vulnerable to these virus problems. Never forget how much money is gain by the anti-virus companies like McAffee, Norton, etc. Those companies may play behinde the scenes. Beside, most viruses are made to hit just a certain group of people. Like M$ Outlook people. _The_ problem still is Micro$oft if you ask me, and not the bunch of students and other virus coders. They just use the weak M$ application to do their thing.
By the way, Code Red doesn't taste as good as the real stuff: plain old Mountain Dew.
It's clear we missed something. Beermeeting and I wasn't informed. Nice! Anyway, for all of us that didn't go to that Linux Beerfest, here is my list of Belgian Beer. Enjoy!
I made a robot, with a fellow student, in function of our thesis. The basic parts were made out of Lego Mindstorms. The system is great, but narrow in expansion. That is why we made our own electronic circuits. You can see some pictures of MADY, the robot here: http://www.menteb.org/robotics.
More stuff will come soon, like the electronic prints etc. The major part we used in our system is the Lego Mindstorms transmitter that connects to the serial port of your pc. Anyway Lego is a wonderful thing!
I think it kinda brings back the 60's in the office. All those cubes and flowers. Anyway, I like the design... but I wonder, does it come with a pair of shoes with a fishtank in each sole?
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Does this mean that Bush is going to sign the Kyotto deals? Now he can profit from cleaning up!
If there is life, we better make sure that Micro$oft doen't get there first! Two planets full of Windows is too much for me! ;)
I just hope those e-papers aren't too heavy. Think about all those paperboys carrying them around each morning. ;)
This might be a Judge Judy case ;)
If that bot doesn't have a SuperMaxx - 8 Shot or a Bungee Blaster embedded... I don't want it!
I think this is rather sad news. ISS is up there, I don't see the need for Russia to give away more money for it's own space station.
They should get the country back together first. They are still recovering.
That is great. Just as long as the automatic pilot isn't running on M$ Flight Simulator.
People, there actually IS a MBA guy reading Slashdot ;)
Start making Beowulf clusters :)
Emailbooms are very dangerous when it comes to schools. Some teachers and student will after a month of two or three.
This is prime time for the virus. Those small (sometimes even nifty) beasts were stored on mailservers... waiting.
Viruses (viri) will now be downloaded with the mail and mailed all over the world again.
Oh man, am I glad I'm on Unix.
How come companies make tech's like us always economy?
That way we, man and women that have most right to it, will never fly supersonic.
I bet those MBA people will!
Good point. What you are saying is correct.
I just hope that the West is going to make it for them, cheap. But I guess it's just a dream, isn't it?
It will be the same problem with the blood like with every other kind of support to poor countries.
People, we live in a sad world when it comes to hunanity. BE MORE SOCIAL!
If they can have a major production of blood, the big bloodsortage in most countries could be solved AND the risk of getting AIDS by getting a transfusion will disappear.
I still believe that the best way to 'play' with Mindstors is by using the Lego sensors, motors and IR transmitter and to combine them with your own prints. The receiver may be the TSOP1136 receiver. Those are cheap and work like the best.
To give the motors their jice at the right moment, use an IC of the L293 series (like the DIP L239B).
Of course you will need a controller of some kind... Take the 80C535.
It's based on 8051 technology and easy to program (I like to code it in Assebly).
Now, you can even use a LDR to let your robot follow a black line!
I'm going to put more information online soon. For now, just some picsures.
I tried to go to the site, but with all the /. hits there seems to be a lag. ;)
So people at MIT that need to go to the loo, sorry for the lag guys
...but isn't this a bit of self-interest?
One of the major problems with Staroffice is the fact that few people know that is exists.
Beside, you have to get a good connection like cable or ADSL to download it in a nice, non-frustrating way.
I don't know if you can buy Staroffice in shops in the US but you certainly can't here in Belgium.
They should spread it like Linux is spread (the non online way), cheap CD's.
This will be the most effective way to make it a success. People will not complain about the money, and they can make legal copies out of purchased CD.
I think things are going to be worse. M$ systems are just too vulnerable to these virus problems.
Never forget how much money is gain by the anti-virus companies like McAffee, Norton, etc. Those companies may play behinde the scenes.
Beside, most viruses are made to hit just a certain group of people. Like M$ Outlook people. _The_ problem still is Micro$oft if you ask me, and not the bunch of students and other virus coders. They just use the weak M$ application to do their thing.
By the way, Code Red doesn't taste as good as the real stuff: plain old Mountain Dew.
I bet this is just a nice coverup to keep coding during the course of English literature.
It's clear we missed something. Beermeeting and I wasn't informed. Nice!
Anyway, for all of us that didn't go to that Linux Beerfest, here is my list of Belgian Beer. Enjoy!
Hey, the smaller the chips get, the smaller the devices get and the cheaper it is to ship them. So Thinkgeek is going to get cheaper!
And that is the answer on the big question: "why doesn't Micro$oft reward bugfinders"!
I made a robot, with a fellow student, in function of our thesis. The basic parts were made out of Lego Mindstorms. The system is great, but narrow in expansion. That is why we made our own electronic circuits. You can see some pictures of MADY, the robot here: http://www.menteb.org/robotics.
More stuff will come soon, like the electronic prints etc. The major part we used in our system is the Lego Mindstorms transmitter that connects to the serial port of your pc.
Anyway Lego is a wonderful thing!
Well, maybe at ascii art, but it seems that you know what you're drawing about. Maybe you can make some on topic art...
I for one am going to give the book some of my time.
I think it kinda brings back the 60's in the office. All those cubes and flowers. Anyway, I like the design... but I wonder, does it come with a pair of shoes with a fishtank in each sole?