Considering that as far as our knowledge of the sub-atomics are concerned we are nearly ignorant. It is perceivable that the depth by which we are able to engineer structures is only now beginning to scratch the surface. Perhaps splitting an atom IS the next step?
Aren't the building a 50 mile long particle accelerator so they can smash these things apart and learn more about what they are?
That was a nice allusion to Swift's A modest Proposal, but I don't think comparing Santa Clara Californians to Ireland's poverty class is exactly a clear analogy.
If they were to threaten to move the very deep-pocketed tax-revenue out of the area then the local governments would do something about the power companies demands.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if one of Intel's factories or development offices moved into Massachusetts, but I think some of their employees in the effected areas may.
That would be like the Pittsburg steel factories asking Detroit to stop using so much steel. Detroit would find a source that won't complain.
You're absolutely right! Unfortunately, George W. Bush probably means the end of the anti-trust suit against Microsoft. Oh well. It was a nice try anyway.
A companies sales records aren't going to be dramatically upheaved because of the market for OpenSource Operating systems.
Now I come to the flaw in your logic. If someone is going to recompile a version for AMD's optimizations then someone is also going to recompile a version for Intel's optimizations. Intel obviously has a far superior 64-bit core. Not saying that the Sledgehammer won't compete because the Athlon broadsided the industry.
They've decided that there was water on Mars. The last report, from a few months ago, speculated that the valleys and stream-like erosion had been produced by liquid-hot rock flowing across the surface.
It'll only be a few months until they take this back in favor of something else.
I don't think we'll know for sure until a man stands and spends some considerable time there.
I wonder how the nutriets could have broken down without a metabolic process? A random sampling from the Martian surface which could transform a radioactive nutrient into radioactive carbon dioxide. That seems almost too cooincidental.
Maybe a new sample of dirt should have been baked before performing the test. Perhaps that mysterious chemical was completely consumed by the first test.
Forget testing, they should just send an electron microscope to mars and take pictures of things thousands of times smaller than the human eye can see.
On another note, it doesn't make sense why this article doesn't go into greater detail about the test that wasn't consistent with the possibility of life on Mars. The article acknowledges that there is evidence that doesn't support it but makes no attempt to qualify it. Kind of disturbing.
Does anyone know anything about that other experiment?
When I tried the first beta release of Netscape 6 I really had to surpress the gag reflex. I understand there is a big competition to revolutionize the interface, but come on. That is just insane. Maybe the enormous buttons should be defaulted to a feature related to "Accessability Options."
That is also to say that I use IE 5 at work simply because it loads faster and the sites involved in my research are "optimized" for the latest browser features. (i.e. won't look right in Netscape 4.7.)
This is seriously a major issue in my mind. I am actually finding Konquerer to be the browser I use when at home. Too bad it wasn't included in this.
Why would I do that?
I don't care about karma. I find it absolutely amazing that some people are so deticated to the pursuit of karma that they honestly believe that everyone posts for karma.
Please grow up. If you have something to say why don't you post it with your name so anyone can marvel in your idocy.
Actually, I have a better idea. How about instead of talking about how good Linux is you actually learn something about programming? How about you try to write a device driver? Oh. Here is another good one, consider just for a moment that you might be wrong about linux's superiority. Consider the word "priority." Consider that it makes more sense to the BSD camp to develop a *good* system rather than a system that is crammed full of the latest hacks for the newest hardware. Consider the possibility that your time could be better spent actually contributing to Linux, BSD, or your favorite Open Source software package instead of wasting the hard drive space on slashdot's cluster and the bandwidth it took for me and the other 80,000 people that had to load your comment.
I am running FreeBSD right now on my IBM Thinkpad i1452.
Now I'm ready to be moderated down for presenting a negative point against linux.
For a company as large as IBM to stay competitive in a market they need to allign themselves with certain companies. Those companies sell their equipment for a considerable markdown. IBM then stands to make much more per unit than it otherwise would.
The revenue that would be generated by making their laptops BSD/Linux compatible would not be high enough to cancel the effects of their industrial partnerships.
It basically comes down to money. This is exactly the same reason companies, recently, have been jumping-off the Linux bandwagon. The cost of support, development, marketing, etc. does not balance to the revenue it can generate.
That's it.
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That is all part of the paradox.
Others make money from the blood, sweat, and tears of thousands of developers. Many of those same people also aquire quite a bit of public attention for their "work" for open source. I find that to be the biggest insult.
Only until companies realized the potential Open Source software had to earn money it was dismissed it as infantile rebellion.
Of course, the whole Open Source idea is "just the code." The developers want neither attention nor financial compensation. If they did would they not sell their software? Capitalism is a wonderful thing, but it slams in the face of the socialistic qualities of Open Source. Free Software. If you want a feature then add it yourself. That's the way it should be.
In response, don't put more people in the public eye; more talking heads trying to convince people that Open Source is more than just free software. Get back to developing a quality product instead of trying to get everyone to use a medeocre one.
Yes, those were fun days when if I needed an application I had to search tsx-11 or sunsite by hand looking for it. Then I'd have to gunzip | tar -xvf it, compile it and install it on my Slackware box.
What position do those kinds of sites have now that distro's like Debian, etc. host their own packages and sources to almost all available software?
I must admit, as much as I enjoy rolling my own binary it has become excessively easy (and time efficient) just to apt-get it.
Perhaps I'm just ignorant, but I thought PNG was supposed to replace GIF when Unisys started seeking royalties? Slashdot advertised the "convert your web page's GIFs to PNG" contest or whatever it was. (Ironically, Slashdot still has MANY Gifs!)
Secondly, isn't compression becoming less of a concern since more and more people are stepping into the broadband arena?
It seems to me like the product makes sense, but it would have been much better received 10 years ago or a year ago when Unisys was going insane.
This is awesome. I have ~70 atari carts sitting in a drawer. The old system died a few years ago but I couldn't bring myself to throw it away. Contrary, I also couldn't give the time to open it up and fix it. I guess if I can't find the time to fix the system then I won't find the time to buy/build one of these.
Of course the marketing jugernaught of The Open Source Developers Network could sponsor a "win a Slashdot Portable Atari 2600." contest.
It sure is a good thing I don't work at the CIA! It has been months since I've made it through the day without either using IRC or playing a few (10 or 20) rounds in Counter Strike.
I work at an educational institution. Particularly, one with a limited amount of intelligence.
This is an interesting step toward integration of electronic technology and biology. A similar device could, for instance, be used to enhance the vision of an already healthy eye. Maybe interfacing with another device to allow concurrent interpretations of multiple images.
I'm not sure if I am excited or scared.
The Borg tried to assimilate the humans, they should have let them assimilate themselves.
According to George W. Bush, Jr. this means your soul has been darkened by the internet. You must report to the Internet/Computer Related Violent Tendencies Court for immediate execution.
Yes! It has a processor and a way to accept user input. Someone should port LINUX to it! Once someone found a way to network them the possibilities would be endless...
Imagine a pile of NES's running linux in some sort of a cluster. Wow, I can just hear the tech's now. "Quick! Number 342-32 is down! Get over there and exhale into the cartridge!"
Most of the time breathing on the contacts would work, too. I can't say anything ever beat a good swift punch, though.
The writing is on the wall as far as Microsoft's future is concerned. Why not take this as an opportunity to release the source code to NTFS? It is not like there are companies standing in line to steal NTFS for use in another proprietary OS(or opensource, for that matter).
The truth is out there, I walked passed it getting on the T.
Good. I was hoping there was going to be an application that would allow me to run my many, many, DOS-based applications from linux using equally as many times the ram as DOSEMU. But, at least it's fully functional.
This is exactly what I've been saying since the inception of Mozilla. The probability that this software product will actually be released when promised as they intendend is very unlikely. Perhaps they should have tried to implement a basic browser then added the cool features on for version 2.
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Considering that as far as our knowledge of the sub-atomics are concerned we are nearly ignorant. It is perceivable that the depth by which we are able to engineer structures is only now beginning to scratch the surface. Perhaps splitting an atom IS the next step?
Aren't the building a 50 mile long particle accelerator so they can smash these things apart and learn more about what they are?
That was a nice allusion to Swift's A modest Proposal, but I don't think comparing Santa Clara Californians to Ireland's poverty class is exactly a clear analogy.
If they were to threaten to move the very deep-pocketed tax-revenue out of the area then the local governments would do something about the power companies demands.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if one of Intel's factories or development offices moved into Massachusetts, but I think some of their employees in the effected areas may.
That would be like the Pittsburg steel factories asking Detroit to stop using so much steel. Detroit would find a source that won't complain.
Or they'll move to mexico.
Hah.
Linux is an operating system, not a religion.
Good point. Even if it was a religion why would it be worth worshiping?!
FreeBSD rules!
You're absolutely right! Unfortunately, George W. Bush probably means the end of the anti-trust suit against Microsoft. Oh well. It was a nice try anyway.
A companies sales records aren't going to be dramatically upheaved because of the market for OpenSource Operating systems.
Now I come to the flaw in your logic. If someone is going to recompile a version for AMD's optimizations then someone is also going to recompile a version for Intel's optimizations. Intel obviously has a far superior 64-bit core. Not saying that the Sledgehammer won't compete because the Athlon broadsided the industry.
read article and subject.
They've decided that there was water on Mars. The last report, from a few months ago, speculated that the valleys and stream-like erosion had been produced by liquid-hot rock flowing across the surface.
It'll only be a few months until they take this back in favor of something else.
I don't think we'll know for sure until a man stands and spends some considerable time there.
Yeah, the two Anonymous Coward posts above contain links which cause IE to move around annoyingly.
Only the best and the brightest read Slashdot. Somepeople deserve to die.
I wonder how the nutriets could have broken down without a metabolic process? A random sampling from the Martian surface which could transform a radioactive nutrient into radioactive carbon dioxide. That seems almost too cooincidental.
Maybe a new sample of dirt should have been baked before performing the test. Perhaps that mysterious chemical was completely consumed by the first test.
Forget testing, they should just send an electron microscope to mars and take pictures of things thousands of times smaller than the human eye can see.
On another note, it doesn't make sense why this article doesn't go into greater detail about the test that wasn't consistent with the possibility of life on Mars. The article acknowledges that there is evidence that doesn't support it but makes no attempt to qualify it. Kind of disturbing.
Does anyone know anything about that other experiment?
Ah, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
When I tried the first beta release of Netscape 6 I really had to surpress the gag reflex. I understand there is a big competition to revolutionize the interface, but come on. That is just insane. Maybe the enormous buttons should be defaulted to a feature related to "Accessability Options."
That is also to say that I use IE 5 at work simply because it loads faster and the sites involved in my research are "optimized" for the latest browser features. (i.e. won't look right in Netscape 4.7.)
This is seriously a major issue in my mind. I am actually finding Konquerer to be the browser I use when at home. Too bad it wasn't included in this.
Don't ask me, I don't know.
Why would I do that?
I don't care about karma.
I find it absolutely amazing that some people are so deticated to the pursuit of karma that they honestly believe that everyone posts for karma.
Please grow up. If you have something to say why don't you post it with your name so anyone can marvel in your idocy.
Go away.
Actually, I have a better idea. How about instead of talking about how good Linux is you actually learn something about programming? How about you try to write a device driver? Oh. Here is another good one, consider just for a moment that you might be wrong about linux's superiority. Consider the word "priority." Consider that it makes more sense to the BSD camp to develop a *good* system rather than a system that is crammed full of the latest hacks for the newest hardware. Consider the possibility that your time could be better spent actually contributing to Linux, BSD, or your favorite Open Source software package instead of wasting the hard drive space on slashdot's cluster and the bandwidth it took for me and the other 80,000 people that had to load your comment. I am running FreeBSD right now on my IBM Thinkpad i1452.
Now I'm ready to be moderated down for presenting a negative point against linux.
For a company as large as IBM to stay competitive in a market they need to allign themselves with certain companies. Those companies sell their equipment for a considerable markdown. IBM then stands to make much more per unit than it otherwise would.
The revenue that would be generated by making their laptops BSD/Linux compatible would not be high enough to cancel the effects of their industrial partnerships.
It basically comes down to money. This is exactly the same reason companies, recently, have been jumping-off the Linux bandwagon. The cost of support, development, marketing, etc. does not balance to the revenue it can generate.
That's it.
That is all part of the paradox.
Others make money from the blood, sweat, and tears of thousands of developers. Many of those same people also aquire quite a bit of public attention for their "work" for open source. I find that to be the biggest insult.
Only until companies realized the potential Open Source software had to earn money it was dismissed it as infantile rebellion.
Of course, the whole Open Source idea is "just the code." The developers want neither attention nor financial compensation. If they did would they not sell their software? Capitalism is a wonderful thing, but it slams in the face of the socialistic qualities of Open Source. Free Software. If you want a feature then add it yourself. That's the way it should be.
In response, don't put more people in the public eye; more talking heads trying to convince people that Open Source is more than just free software. Get back to developing a quality product instead of trying to get everyone to use a medeocre one.
Yes.
Yes, those were fun days when if I needed an application I had to search tsx-11 or sunsite by hand looking for it. Then I'd have to gunzip | tar -xvf it, compile it and install it on my Slackware box.
What position do those kinds of sites have now that distro's like Debian, etc. host their own packages and sources to almost all available software?
I must admit, as much as I enjoy rolling my own binary it has become excessively easy (and time efficient) just to apt-get it.
Oh.
Perhaps I'm just ignorant, but I thought PNG was supposed to replace GIF when Unisys started seeking royalties? Slashdot advertised the "convert your web page's GIFs to PNG" contest or whatever it was. (Ironically, Slashdot still has MANY Gifs!)
Secondly, isn't compression becoming less of a concern since more and more people are stepping into the broadband arena?
It seems to me like the product makes sense, but it would have been much better received 10 years ago or a year ago when Unisys was going insane.
Yes, we have no spoon.
This is awesome. I have ~70 atari carts sitting in a drawer. The old system died a few years ago but I couldn't bring myself to throw it away. Contrary, I also couldn't give the time to open it up and fix it. I guess if I can't find the time to fix the system then I won't find the time to buy/build one of these.
Of course the marketing jugernaught of The Open Source Developers Network could sponsor a "win a Slashdot Portable Atari 2600." contest.
There is no spoon.
It sure is a good thing I don't work at the CIA!
It has been months since I've made it through the day without either using IRC
or playing a few (10 or 20) rounds in Counter Strike.
I work at an educational institution. Particularly, one with a limited amount of intelligence.
Don't trust the spoons.
This is an interesting step toward integration of electronic technology and biology.
A similar device could, for instance, be used to enhance the vision of an already healthy eye. Maybe interfacing with another device to allow concurrent interpretations of multiple images.
I'm not sure if I am excited or scared.
The Borg tried to assimilate the humans, they should have let them assimilate themselves.
According to George W. Bush, Jr. this means your soul has been darkened by the internet. You must report to the Internet/Computer Related Violent Tendencies Court for immediate execution.
Lets close the gap and ban the internet.
Yes! It has a processor and a way to accept user input. Someone should port LINUX to it! Once someone found a way to network them the possibilities would be endless...
Imagine a pile of NES's running linux in some sort of a cluster. Wow, I can just hear the tech's now.
"Quick! Number 342-32 is down! Get over there and exhale into the cartridge!"
Most of the time breathing on the contacts would work, too. I can't say anything ever beat a good swift punch, though.
In Article I, Section 9, Clause 3, the constitution reads that the congress shall pass no bills of attainder or ex post facto law.
Congress does not have the power to pass a law making anything illegal retroactively.
The writing is on the wall as far as Microsoft's future is concerned. Why not take this as an opportunity to release the source code to NTFS?
It is not like there are companies standing in line to steal NTFS for use in another proprietary OS(or opensource, for that matter).
The truth is out there, I walked passed it getting on the T.
Good. I was hoping there was going to be an application that would allow me to run my many, many, DOS-based applications from linux using equally as many times the ram as DOSEMU. But, at least it's fully functional.
Believe whatever you want to believe.
This is exactly what I've been saying since the inception of Mozilla. The probability that this software product will actually be released when promised as they intendend is very unlikely. Perhaps they should have tried to implement a basic browser then added the cool features on for version 2.
There is no spoon.