Uh... There is no DARK side of the moon. Or at least no side that's _permanently_ dark. Since the moon rotates relative to the sun, all of it gets some light.
Perhaps you mean _far_ side.
(Sorry, but it's one of my biggest pet peeves.)
As for putting ALL of our radio science there... how silly and expensive (not to mention far off -- try convincing Congress to spend 100s of billions of dollars).
Plus, it's only a stopgap measure. If this kind of ultra-wide spread spectrum transmission is widely adopted, what are the construction and maintenance crews for the facility going to use? And what happens when we (heaven forbid) start advancing outside of the Earth-Moon system.
Which actually raises an interesting question: are there any decent replacements for MS Project that have a minimal learning curve for people used to using it? (Trying to wean people here off of Micros~1)
The Brain is one of the more useful tools I've come across. Haven't tried it under Wine yet, but when you're dealing with hundreds of slivers of information, it helps a lot. (I don't really see any particular reason it shouldn't work under WINE, but...):)
You know, before reading your post, I thought that having LSB was generally a good thing as long as it was open and flexible to new developments.
However, you bring up a couple of really good points. One of the things I like about Linux is that it is co-operative (collaborative? collective?) effort of people with many different points of view, but one larger (yet amazingly hard to define) direction.
I then had a realization...
The LSB could easily be the first step to the Linux Cathedral.
Yes, we need standards. Yes, we need protocols and APIs. We've developed those using the current structures. Do we need an arbitrary group of people determining our direction for us?
I think this could be one of the more interesting questions for the next year or two, as the different allies in the Linux effort (distributors, users, hackers, ISV's, and proprietary software companies expanding into the new market) realize that their own goals are subtly (or not so subtly) different from all the others, and want to have some control (or lack of it) over the direction of Linux.
This could easily lead to the fragmentation that has plagued Unix and other great endeavours in the past.
what would happen if this continues. Eventually, every possible algorithm and informational concept will be patented.
When governments and corporations cannot possibly know even a fraction of the patents they are violating simply by doing business and without intention, I wonder how long it will take to get this mess cleaned up.
You know, wait for a critical mass of this stupidity, then declare all software patents void or good only for 6 months or somesuch.
I wouldn't care who did it; the patent is poorly awarded. That it is Microsoft is largely irrelevant, but they do seem to be doing rather a lot of it the last couple of years.
Slashdot Mirror
Uh... There is no DARK side of the moon. Or at least no side that's _permanently_ dark. Since the moon rotates relative to the sun, all of it gets some light.
Perhaps you mean _far_ side.
(Sorry, but it's one of my biggest pet peeves.)
As for putting ALL of our radio science there... how silly and expensive (not to mention far off -- try convincing Congress to spend 100s of billions of dollars).
Plus, it's only a stopgap measure. If this kind of ultra-wide spread spectrum transmission is widely adopted, what are the construction and maintenance crews for the facility going to use? And what happens when we (heaven forbid) start advancing outside of the Earth-Moon system.
Hmm, spreading across a large range of frequencies... Do it far enough and you ruin the few radio holes left for radio astronomy.
Doupleplus ungood.
of the Micros~1 Teletubbies that respond to coded TV transmissions.
How about "Speaker for the Source" (ala Card's Speakers for the Dead)?
It's a 24 seat license for the book.
(PRISONER reference, for those at home)
Look at the title of the Mozilla Milestone page mentioned above (and linked here)
>TITLE<Microsoft Project Exported Information>/TITLE<
Which actually raises an interesting question: are there any decent replacements for MS Project that have a minimal learning curve for people used to using it? (Trying to wean people here off of Micros~1)
The Brain is one of the more useful tools I've come across. Haven't tried it under Wine yet, but when you're dealing with hundreds of slivers of information, it helps a lot. (I don't really see any particular reason it shouldn't work under WINE, but...) :)
I didn't look for specific addresses, but the Sorenson site appears to be at http://www.s-vision.com/.
Do we have to?
The most telling line in the article, IMHO is
Yet it is so "used to controlling the presentation" that it doesn't seem to know how to deal with a looser environment that it can't dictate to.
Of course, the looser environment the article referred to was Washington.
But... I would venture that the Internet (our home) is somewhat looser still. Boy is Micros~1 in trouble.
Alternic is the one I think you mean.
My current home-lan's DNS points to alternic servers.
What does Bruce Perens say?
(No, I can't tell if I'm kidding or not, either)
I'm sure this has been mentioned on Slashdot AT LEAST once before.
Gee, from that example, DCOM is obviously more OO than CORBA.
;)
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It's longer, after all. And more complicated. The Micros~1 way!
You know, before reading your post, I thought that having LSB was generally a good thing as long as it was open and flexible to new developments.
However, you bring up a couple of really good points. One of the things I like about Linux is that it is co-operative (collaborative? collective?) effort of people with many different points of view, but one larger (yet amazingly hard to define) direction.
I then had a realization...
The LSB could easily be the first step to the Linux Cathedral.
Yes, we need standards. Yes, we need protocols and APIs. We've developed those using the current structures. Do we need an arbitrary group of people determining our direction for us?
I think this could be one of the more interesting questions for the next year or two, as the different allies in the Linux effort (distributors, users, hackers, ISV's, and proprietary software companies expanding into the new market) realize that their own goals are subtly (or not so subtly) different from all the others, and want to have some control (or lack of it) over the direction of Linux.
This could easily lead to the fragmentation that has plagued Unix and other great endeavours in the past.
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A.
Unfortunate.
I guess the lawyers will have work for life. Several lives, actually.
"Yes, I'm a startup, and I need $1 billion in venture capital." "Why so much?" "Before I can hire desingers I have to hire patent lawyers."
what would happen if this continues. Eventually, every possible algorithm and informational concept will be patented.
When governments and corporations cannot possibly know even a fraction of the patents they are violating simply by doing business and without intention, I wonder how long it will take to get this mess cleaned up.
You know, wait for a critical mass of this stupidity, then declare all software patents void or good only for 6 months or somesuch.
Or am I dreaming again?
That should be "As I have trolled before".
I wouldn't care who did it; the patent is poorly awarded. That it is Microsoft is largely irrelevant, but they do seem to be doing rather a lot of it the last couple of years.
Why not Stephen Hawking?
The Internet routes _around_ damage. Legal wrangling is damage. Now, where are those mirror sites? :)
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