Slow down, read what I wrote, and think. Seriously. It doesn't matter what they do with it. The point is that the same product costs more today than it did yesterday. In terms of what it does in comparison to other products, it does the exact same thing as it did yesterday. If you can't understand the point after further consideration then don't quit your day job (I'm assuming you are in the custodial sciences in this case)
[crystal_Balls]
Well I am custodial scientist and I do not take offense. However what is really going on in the enterprise server industry is about to be shaken to its core.
By the end of next year Microsoft will buy out Dell completely.
HP and Intel will get together with numerous other partners to produce hardware that blows away everything else in terms of operational costs. Citrix is in on the program along with many others except Microsoft.
There is still a shitload of businesses out there on Server 2008 and WinXP pro desktops in critical businesses. I know this for a fact as I see them and clean their desks at night.
My thinking is that WinXP software will be all visualized so that the WinXP desktops will not have to be changed or even upgraded. The new servers will essentially sip power in comparison to the old racks that I see everywhere. So essentially most businesses will consider ditching their old heavy hardware and installing new low power replacements. The chances of them replacing all their desktops when Microsoft obsoletes XP pro are not good this time around. IBM, HP, Intel and all the big players know this and are moving in for the kill.
Microsoft increasing the seat CAL costs is suicide. Paying per processor for site CALS on servers is about to be considered little more than a money losing software pyramid scheme. I have no doubt that most so called ESSENTIAL Windows accounting interfaces will also be replaced this time around. Also IBM is teaming up with Google and Nvidia things are about to get very interesting. Microsoft is running scared and it is about time!
[/crystal_Balls]
From what I understand the whole purpose of what Intel is doing is along the same lines as the HP Moonshot hardware design. READ CAREFULLY WHAT INTEL IS DOING WITH HP AND WHY
How the hell did the discussion suddenly get side tracked into blaming Intel and the hardware manufacturers for creating software security issues? But lately any post about hardware that is not 100 percent Microsoft friendly seems to get slagged by idiots.
The highest rated posts are essentially rants, not a whisper about why going along with Intel and essentially HP's modular hardware and software initiative has the potential to reduce costs and make securing and maintaining complex diverse networks easier.
SoCs in servers with a flexible software setup are what is coming guys the days of putting add on cards and software drivers for servers is limited. WHAT YOU do with the system and how you run it is the security system not THE OS or the hardware. Essentially Intel and many others are telling Microsoft to take a flying f++k with the security on chip garbage. AND IT IS ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME
Within ten years it will be standard that plug in SoCs cards populate servers. The bandwidth problems are no longer an issue.
Intel and HP have it right this time moving away from the old mind set that you can only configure a server selling only proprietary closed source software drivers and closed operating systems that you pay extra depending on node scale size. Linux is poised to kick Microsoft's royal ass this time around. And it is largely due to what Microsoft has done to the industry by insisting on a piece of the processor number pie. Not to mention bullying the shit out of everybody in the consumer market with their hair brained locked boot loaders and data execution locks.
This is why Intel and HP are partnering with everybody but Microsoft on these chips and systems. Having to run closed MICROSOFT code and closed driver binaries has been the security problem with 64 bit servers and anyone with a brain realizes this.
Old tools are sometimes very easily integrated into modern society and can prove very enlightening to researchers and education in general... but just one question does it run Linux?
"Microsoft threatening Intel unless they knock off the Linux integration"
What goes on is more behind the scenes and hidden from the general public by the so called Microsoft "Hardware Partner Cartel" For example..When Intel released a Linux compiler that did better 64bit optimization on the Itanium (remember the Itanic) guess what happened to that line of processors.
At the same time AMD started to make inroads into the server market. Now that AMD is also threatening Microsoft with advanced Linux support look at what is happening to them!
You can bet that the DirectX support for this GPU will not have issues but it will take some time for the Linux issues to be resolved. Just enough to make sure that all the OEM offerings on embedded devices that use this GPU will not have a Linux offering. One cannot blame Intel for shying away from Linux when Microsoft can leverage the OEMs to the extent that they can sink companies if they choose.
Text is the biggest ripoff in Canadian telco history. The margins are nothing short of legalised extortion. The fact is that I cannot even send a simple net based e-mail to text a cell carrier unless I use a blackberry system. The cost of text communication to small business is ridiculous in Canada. If an independent company tries to get on the air and be innovative with services, the big three prevents them from entering the market with the help of the Canadian government.
Last year I was rear ended by a young lady who sheepishly got out and tried to hide the cell. She was in a hurry to get to a liquor store before it closed. Fortunately it was her second accident as a novice driver in British Columbia. Which means that she had to go back to learner status. Hopefully she learned something!
this is pretty cool, can you send me an email about this / might be a nice little article for MAKE if you're up for it.
Here is the scoop on the LG use of open source.Directly from the Appendix to the user manual
Open Source Software Notice
The following GPL executables and LGPL/MPL libraries used in this product are subject to the GPL/LGPL/MPL License Agreements:
GPL EXECUTABLES:
Linux kernel 2.6.12
busybox
LGPL LIBRARIES:
uclibc
MPL LIBRARIES:
Nanox
LG Electronics offers to provide source code to you on a CD-ROM for a charge covering the cost of performing such distribution, such as the cost of media, shipping and handling upon e-mail request to LG Electronics at: Opensource@lge.com
This offer is valid for a period of three(3) years from the date of the distribution of this product by LG Electronics.
You can obtain a copy of the GPL, LGPL and MPL licenses on the CD-ROM provided with this product.
This software is based in part on the work of the Independant JPEG Group.
This software includes the Zlib compression library, developed by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
I just bought the best priced by feature 42 inch lcd 1080p tv. In my opinion the hardware manufactures that use open source are in a very good position to keep prices on hardware reasonable.
This LG tv uses kernel 2.6.12 in an embedded situation and can be reflashed and tweeked by either a usb or rs232c null modem. The source of the firmware is also available to the consumer and the access software is also available. So because it is open source I can do all the technical service of my own TV if it ever becomes necessary. I can clearly see the advantages to the tech savy consumer in open source firmware!
Here Here! If the ability to run scripts from an external source is not well controlled at the OS UAC level on all computers that access any internal military network,then the ranking IT people setting UACs should replaced and/or disciplined. Also the ability to change any settings on these computers should be severely restricted. All portables accessing the internal networks should have bios boot devices password protected and locked as to not permit any system level changes. If this is not the case then God help US....
it's just that Gov. networks tend to be pretty incestuous, and flash drives are often moved back and forth between multiple computers daily by most users due to the flakiness of CAC (common access card) infrastructure.
WTF are the DOD computers doing with the potential to be hosed from an external media.. If they permit Windows OSes without severe user access restrictions then God help us.
You would think that ANY laptop or portable would need to be cleared of bios or UAC/OS settings to run or load software from external media before being used by any one on any military network.
If it is the case that pc style laptops are used without the right bios setting modifications and a restricted bios password then the stupidity of Military IT is beyond comprehension!
All you have to do is listen to the difference between an extrodinary classical recording of say Stravinsky on Columbia from 1960 Le Sacre De Printemps in a digital remaster to high def audio specs...then listen to the same thing on an mp3 download. It is amazing what passes for good audio these days. I am convinced that the average listener is half deaf! So is it any wonder that our eyes are suffering the same degradation from the video pollution that assaults us daily.
"Most Windows users would be better advised to save their pennies and re-install from original media,"
therein lies the rub Original media" Microshaft has made it so that most pc owners never get an original install disk just a system restore piddle disk from an oem. This install disk invariably requires you do re authorise the windows install and most users are sick and tired of endless re-installs the upgrading all the shitty windows drivers then watching to see if they got rid of the bull. Unless the user is savy enough to know where the infection is then the user is just spitting in the wind(ows) if they save anything during the install. The users that get infected with malware are usually stupid enough to follow the instructions and keep there old files and older windows crap from God knows where...essentially the problem is Microsoft and the windows operating system not the consumer!
The Lisa is the one that interests me the most. It is a multi sat interferometer using differential time calculation. My speculation is that it just might pick up more than graviton waves. The data from this project should be examined by Seti.
"which includes processes ranging from determining and rewarding 'influencers' to treating malaria, HIV, TB, hepatitis, smallpox, and cancer."
This flies in the face of the Bill and Linda foundation. Perhaps the reasoning is to make it so the drug companies get trumped and then the drug patents will be made available to third world. God only knows Bill does not need the money! Yet.
As I receive spam my conclusion is that the majority of bot nets are created by people like my Aunt. She thinks she is safe because she uses some obscure malware and e-mail detection system that seems to have appeared like magic to rescue her from the perils of the net. However her windows 98 kernel has obviously been rooted and she does not even know it.
I keep getting spam traffic from her that is reassigned from a myriad of outlook express ex-emailers. I have told her that she will have to get her OS reinstalled but she just won't listen. I am afraid that the windows OS and the Microsoft way of computing has done little more than create a shit load of computer using zombies and little old ladies (like my aunt) who in blissful ignorance just keep up the status quo. The result of this blissful ignorance is that bot nets have become almost impossible to kill.
Considering the only safe means of propulsion for jet packs like the Bell run on 20 second blast of HP sauce (atomized liquid hydrogen peroxide) it is very unlikely that a practical pack will happen anytime soon. A truly flame/heat resistant suit increases the weight to the point where a genuine jet pack is not feasible, although I am sure someone is going to try. I have visions of flying fiery chicken wings and lots of wtf were they thinking would be aviators.
The industry missed the fact that consumers are miffed at the "album" way of selling music. 10-15 years ago a different business model should have been launched. If there were music kiosks in stores with the ability to burn disks on demand then there would be no reason for this situation. Consumers are more interested in choice. The consumer could pay less for cheapo compilations of mp3 crap...or more for high quality audio disks, from the same source. There would also be the added benefit of not having to put up with unsold inventory and the distribution nightmares of gazillions of disks.
An easy source for some older classical music recordings would also result in increased sales. If you have an interest in classical music the change that has taken place over the last 10 years is disgusting, there is no longer an easy source for good classical recordings which is my biggest gripe! Edgar is right the industry has no one to blame but themselves for alienating the public.
If the companies like Sony and the other media giants could see the forest for the trees. A good example is the fact that whenever I go into a 'record' store I wind up getting the clerk to look through the industry data base to find recordings. Most other classical music lovers that I know find themselves in the same boat. It would be trivial to create a business model for music that would burn the media right in the store. I would gladly pay a sensible per unit price.
A system that would allow the customer to browse a huge selection of tracks and buy the tracks on a per unit price could easily work. The shop(s) could have a secure digital connection to the entertainment companies and there is no reason to think all of this could not be easily done!
This system would also take the distribution, packaging and warehousing costs out of the loop, inventory costs are one of the reasons only the big record stores are still in business.
Not that long ago there were many record stores that had good selection, now the selection and availability of great music is the shits because of companies like Sony aka Columbia, Polydor DDG Archive....etc..etc! and all the other corporate asshats that have screwed things up.
I just wonder if his code will be released under GPL2 or 3..if it is released under GPLv3 then it might taint my kernel! God help us if it is released under a bsd license.
The last time I went into HMV I found that the clerks were all hyped out gaming pimple faced kids. My particular interest is classical music so I guess I went to the wrong store. It seems that they have completely dumped their classical music section. So now with A&B sound cutting back on classical and HMV officially dumping it, how is one going to purchase classical audio? NO one is going to tell me that classical music listeners are particularly cheap breed that down loads of crap audio Mp3 files. The music/entertainment industry in general is causing its own demise, especially for the segment that is the most stable. Point is that with the advent of modern computing there is another option. Change the way audio is marketed.
For example...it would be really great if companies like Sony could allow their monopoly to print audio disks right in the store. It would solve the problem of inventory and distribution overnight. For that matter it could create a resurgence of sales and could be very secure from the dreaded "pirates".
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Slow down, read what I wrote, and think. Seriously. It doesn't matter what they do with it. The point is that the same product costs more today than it did yesterday. In terms of what it does in comparison to other products, it does the exact same thing as it did yesterday. If you can't understand the point after further consideration then don't quit your day job (I'm assuming you are in the custodial sciences in this case)
[crystal_Balls]
Well I am custodial scientist and I do not take offense. However what is really going on in the enterprise server industry is about to be shaken to its core.
By the end of next year Microsoft will buy out Dell completely. HP and Intel will get together with numerous other partners to produce hardware that blows away everything else in terms of operational costs. Citrix is in on the program along with many others except Microsoft.
There is still a shitload of businesses out there on Server 2008 and WinXP pro desktops in critical businesses. I know this for a fact as I see them and clean their desks at night. My thinking is that WinXP software will be all visualized so that the WinXP desktops will not have to be changed or even upgraded. The new servers will essentially sip power in comparison to the old racks that I see everywhere. So essentially most businesses will consider ditching their old heavy hardware and installing new low power replacements. The chances of them replacing all their desktops when Microsoft obsoletes XP pro are not good this time around. IBM, HP, Intel and all the big players know this and are moving in for the kill.
Microsoft increasing the seat CAL costs is suicide. Paying per processor for site CALS on servers is about to be considered little more than a money losing software pyramid scheme. I have no doubt that most so called ESSENTIAL Windows accounting interfaces will also be replaced this time around. Also IBM is teaming up with Google and Nvidia things are about to get very interesting. Microsoft is running scared and it is about time! [/crystal_Balls]
How the hell did the discussion suddenly get side tracked into blaming Intel and the hardware manufacturers for creating software security issues? But lately any post about hardware that is not 100 percent Microsoft friendly seems to get slagged by idiots.
The highest rated posts are essentially rants, not a whisper about why going along with Intel and essentially HP's modular hardware and software initiative has the potential to reduce costs and make securing and maintaining complex diverse networks easier.
SoCs in servers with a flexible software setup are what is coming guys the days of putting add on cards and software drivers for servers is limited. WHAT YOU do with the system and how you run it is the security system not THE OS or the hardware. Essentially Intel and many others are telling Microsoft to take a flying f++k with the security on chip garbage. AND IT IS ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME
Within ten years it will be standard that plug in SoCs cards populate servers. The bandwidth problems are no longer an issue.
Intel and HP have it right this time moving away from the old mind set that you can only configure a server selling only proprietary closed source software drivers and closed operating systems that you pay extra depending on node scale size. Linux is poised to kick Microsoft's royal ass this time around. And it is largely due to what Microsoft has done to the industry by insisting on a piece of the processor number pie. Not to mention bullying the shit out of everybody in the consumer market with their hair brained locked boot loaders and data execution locks.
This is why Intel and HP are partnering with everybody but Microsoft on these chips and systems. Having to run closed MICROSOFT code and closed driver binaries has been the security problem with 64 bit servers and anyone with a brain realizes this.
Commander Taco was stoned on PHP!
Old tools are sometimes very easily integrated into modern society and can prove very enlightening to researchers and education in general... but just one question does it run Linux?
What goes on is more behind the scenes and hidden from the general public by the so called Microsoft "Hardware Partner Cartel" For example..When Intel released a Linux compiler that did better 64bit optimization on the Itanium (remember the Itanic) guess what happened to that line of processors.
At the same time AMD started to make inroads into the server market. Now that AMD is also threatening Microsoft with advanced Linux support look at what is happening to them!
You can bet that the DirectX support for this GPU will not have issues but it will take some time for the Linux issues to be resolved. Just enough to make sure that all the OEM offerings on embedded devices that use this GPU will not have a Linux offering. One cannot blame Intel for shying away from Linux when Microsoft can leverage the OEMs to the extent that they can sink companies if they choose.
Text is the biggest ripoff in Canadian telco history. The margins are nothing short of legalised extortion. The fact is that I cannot even send a simple net based e-mail to text a cell carrier unless I use a blackberry system. The cost of text communication to small business is ridiculous in Canada. If an independent company tries to get on the air and be innovative with services, the big three prevents them from entering the market with the help of the Canadian government.
how many cookies does one site need?
The Vancouver Sun needs as many cookies as it can set. Considering the subscription base consists mostly of Wasps in a sushi based economy!
A biggest black eye for IT is the ease with which criminals can use zappers to dupe accounting packages.
Last year I was rear ended by a young lady who sheepishly got out and tried to hide the cell. She was in a hurry to get to a liquor store before it closed. Fortunately it was her second accident as a novice driver in British Columbia. Which means that she had to go back to learner status. Hopefully she learned something!
this is pretty cool, can you send me an email about this / might be a nice little article for MAKE if you're up for it.
Here is the scoop on the LG use of open source.Directly from the Appendix to the user manual
Open Source Software Notice
The following GPL executables and LGPL/MPL libraries used in this product are subject to the GPL/LGPL/MPL License Agreements:
GPL EXECUTABLES:
LGPL LIBRARIES:
MPL LIBRARIES:
LG Electronics offers to provide source code to you on a CD-ROM for a charge covering the cost of performing such distribution, such as the cost of media, shipping and handling upon e-mail request to LG Electronics at: Opensource@lge.com This offer is valid for a period of three(3) years from the date of the distribution of this product by LG Electronics. You can obtain a copy of the GPL, LGPL and MPL licenses on the CD-ROM provided with this product.
This software is based in part on the work of the Independant JPEG Group.
This software includes the Zlib compression library, developed by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
I just bought the best priced by feature 42 inch lcd 1080p tv. In my opinion the hardware manufactures that use open source are in a very good position to keep prices on hardware reasonable. This LG tv uses kernel 2.6.12 in an embedded situation and can be reflashed and tweeked by either a usb or rs232c null modem. The source of the firmware is also available to the consumer and the access software is also available. So because it is open source I can do all the technical service of my own TV if it ever becomes necessary. I can clearly see the advantages to the tech savy consumer in open source firmware!
My God It Is Full Of Sores!
WTF are the DOD computers doing with the potential to be hosed from an external media.. If they permit Windows OSes without severe user access restrictions then God help us.
You would think that ANY laptop or portable would need to be cleared of bios or UAC/OS settings to run or load software from external media before being used by any one on any military network.
If it is the case that pc style laptops are used without the right bios setting modifications and a restricted bios password then the stupidity of Military IT is beyond comprehension!
All you have to do is listen to the difference between an extrodinary classical recording of say Stravinsky on Columbia from 1960 Le Sacre De Printemps in a digital remaster to high def audio specs...then listen to the same thing on an mp3 download. It is amazing what passes for good audio these days. I am convinced that the average listener is half deaf! So is it any wonder that our eyes are suffering the same degradation from the video pollution that assaults us daily.
therein lies the rub Original media" Microshaft has made it so that most pc owners never get an original install disk just a system restore piddle disk from an oem. This install disk invariably requires you do re authorise the windows install and most users are sick and tired of endless re-installs the upgrading all the shitty windows drivers then watching to see if they got rid of the bull. Unless the user is savy enough to know where the infection is then the user is just spitting in the wind(ows) if they save anything during the install. The users that get infected with malware are usually stupid enough to follow the instructions and keep there old files and older windows crap from God knows where ...essentially the problem is Microsoft and the windows operating system not the consumer!
The Lisa is the one that interests me the most. It is a multi sat interferometer using differential time calculation. My speculation is that it just might pick up more than graviton waves. The data from this project should be examined by Seti.
This flies in the face of the Bill and Linda foundation. Perhaps the reasoning is to make it so the drug companies get trumped and then the drug patents will be made available to third world. God only knows Bill does not need the money! Yet.
I concur with what you are saying but what about the malicious propaganda side of things http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=linux+botnet&spell=1 It seems to me that there is also lots of miss information out there, mostly in the form of blogs from so-called security experts, trying desperately to defame open source software!
I keep getting spam traffic from her that is reassigned from a myriad of outlook express ex-emailers. I have told her that she will have to get her OS reinstalled but she just won't listen. I am afraid that the windows OS and the Microsoft way of computing has done little more than create a shit load of computer using zombies and little old ladies (like my aunt) who in blissful ignorance just keep up the status quo. The result of this blissful ignorance is that bot nets have become almost impossible to kill.
"the first casualty of war is............"
Considering the only safe means of propulsion for jet packs like the Bell run on 20 second blast of HP sauce (atomized liquid hydrogen peroxide) it is very unlikely that a practical pack will happen anytime soon. A truly flame/heat resistant suit increases the weight to the point where a genuine jet pack is not feasible, although I am sure someone is going to try. I have visions of flying fiery chicken wings and lots of wtf were they thinking would be aviators.
An easy source for some older classical music recordings would also result in increased sales. If you have an interest in classical music the change that has taken place over the last 10 years is disgusting, there is no longer an easy source for good classical recordings which is my biggest gripe! Edgar is right the industry has no one to blame but themselves for alienating the public.
A system that would allow the customer to browse a huge selection of tracks and buy the tracks on a per unit price could easily work. The shop(s) could have a secure digital connection to the entertainment companies and there is no reason to think all of this could not be easily done! This system would also take the distribution, packaging and warehousing costs out of the loop, inventory costs are one of the reasons only the big record stores are still in business.
Not that long ago there were many record stores that had good selection, now the selection and availability of great music is the shits because of companies like Sony aka Columbia, Polydor DDG Archive....etc..etc! and all the other corporate asshats that have screwed things up.
I just wonder if his code will be released under GPL2 or 3..if it is released under GPLv3 then it might taint my kernel! God help us if it is released under a bsd license.
For example...it would be really great if companies like Sony could allow their monopoly to print audio disks right in the store. It would solve the problem of inventory and distribution overnight. For that matter it could create a resurgence of sales and could be very secure from the dreaded "pirates".