I don't know where you get your information from but we run our web server on dual PIII's with FreeBSD as the OS and it's rock solid. AMD and Intel chips are great for desktop or server applications just not the mobile environment where heat, power consumption and bulky packaging is a concern.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
Yes I agree we must allow them some time to let the ball roll so to speak. However, the fact of the matter is that Transmeta does have some good ideas but really no working prototype. I mean where is the laptop that is supposed to be running on this new chip?
I have to admit though that their marketing strategy is a stroke of genius. Bring in one of the most respected techies in the world (Linus Torvalds) and combine that with a cloke of secrecy for a few years and you have a winner. Or at least a very curious public. I have to admit that the hype may be slightly over-inflated and artificual considering that most of it is riding on Linus's laurels, but only time will tell.
As mentioned above, Transmeta has some heavy duty backers, so we can expect them to be around for awhile. It never hurts to have "Big Blue" on your side. What will really be interesting is to see how the other chip manufactures like Intel and AMD will respond. It's almost a given that they will try to create a similar product which will directly compete with the Crusoe processor. Essentially, Transmeta will have to either specialize or diversify to keep afloat in the "crazy" computer world. Anyhow it will be interesting...
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
Hold on a second... where does one draw the line. If the collection/compilation of facts can be protected with copyrights, or something similiar, then the only thing that can be written without using fair use (which may also go away under many proposals) will be fiction, opinion, and legal briefs. Will children have to pay a royalty to do a report when they have to look up an atomic weight in the CRC handbook?
The border of compliation versus creative work has worked well for many decades, along with practices of fair use. Crossing or eliminating these will make the things they need to protect less valuable in the end as not being able to use them reduces their need and demand.
How would this relate to common facts (history, statistics, etc.), universal constants (the value of e, pi, avogadro's number, etc.) and there use once they are included in a protected work? We never remember them, we always look them up. I know this legislation is being pushed by people like stock exchanges and sports organizations to protect numbers that they spend money on, but the effects of protecting them become chilling on everything else and eventually reach the level of absurd!
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
I'm looking for a Perl book that already has a bunch of good scripts for log analysis and shopping carts etc... and basically shows you how to implement them. Why re-invent the wheel everytime.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
Wait a second who is using derogatory language in their post. I am quite civil in my comments, as for you, I don't think I need to say anything at all. Capitalism is not going down the drain at all in fact it is getting stronger and stronger. Even poor China with all its philosophical touting of communism as the utopian society is slowly moving over to a capitalistic system. This is a telestial world we live in therefore capitalism or "survival of the fittest" is the only way to go. Denying this simple truth is like saying the Sun doesn't shine every 24 hours. Get a grip on reality my friend and stop deceiving yourself and others with communist propaganda.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
I have tried it... and I wasn't to impressed. It is slow, inefficient, full of holes, and highly unstable. I think I'll stick with my FreeBSD for another year or two. Maybe by then, when Windows 2002 comes out, I'll take another look at switching over. Actually by then Windows will have implemented a Linux kernel so I guess it won't really be "windows" anymore now will it.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
I am in full support of this petition. I have requested that all our clients join the petition as well since numbers are what is going to sway apple to do anything. I will be asking our clients (who use linux) to forward an email to apple suggesting the port to Linux. Every bit counts.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
This technically could become another landmark case for the constitution and the way in which we handle cases like this in the future. I'm quite sure that it will be appealed to a higher court and may eventually reach the supreme court. If it does I can almost guarantee you that the supreme justices will carefully consider the ramifications this may bring to bear on the constitution and will most likey set a precedent. In any case it should be interesting.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
If this were a case of say, a bomber, and the government had confiscated his chemical fertilizer, which he may have obtained legally, and may only intend to use for farming, would the government be required to return it? If yes, then there is no reason by which Mitnick's data can be held. If no, the government could keep it under "reasonable suspicion" or "danger to the public", then the government should have the right to withhold the data.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
Come on you know the answer to this as well as anyone else. I've lived in CANADA for 20 years now (I have dual citizenship)and it basically boils down to the fact that Canada is simply a puppet country in most respects. Sure they have their own parliament and legal system, but when it really comes down to it whatever the US tells them to do, they do it. You notice how there has never really been a dispute between the two countries since the war of 1812. That is simply because when there is a genuine dispute Canada folds almost immediately. Canadians will tell you otherwise (they're a proud bunch... but for what) but the truth is the truth. If you view Canada much like another state or territory like Costa Rica then this whole issue of jurisdiction simply fades away. United States is a "SuperPower" and we basically control the world, what we say goes. And when your talking about a country the size of Canada with a meager population (approximately equal to California) and an even weaker resolve, they just don't stand a chance. I hope this clears up this whole issue some for you because it was never an issue for me.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
I've just had a brilliant idea integrate Linux with iCrave and then it becomes an Open Source project which is covered under the GNU license. Somehow that might stave off all these lawsuits from the big TV companies. I'm not sure on the details but I'm sure there is a way to make iCrave content non-proprietary or some kind of public service announcement thing. If you think I'm wrong tell me.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
This isn't a development kernel or an "release candidate" system, it's the official Win2K software that will hit the stores in a few weeks. OEMs got it early so they can get their systems ready for "first-day" sales of systems preloaded with the software. Even if MS had sat on the software until the 17th, these holes would have been discovered within days. Meanwhile, you grossly misstate the maturity of our community. The 2.2.0 kernel had a significant bug in it, and everyone laughed because it we remembered the long fights between those who insisted the 2.2.0.pre-X kernel was ready and those who wanted just a bit more testing. Linus had to make a choice, and he jumped just a hair too soon. C'est la vive! However, as I recall Linus never made a big deal out of how Linux 2.2.0 was going to finally start taking security seriously. In contrast, I've seen a lot of press recently about how MS is finally taking security seriously. That makes the discovery of *two* security bugs so quickly quite amusing. Trust me there will be more...
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
With over a million something lines of code the chances of multiple bugs and security holes is highly likely. Therefore, no one should be surprised at these recent findings. I agree Win2k is probably an inferior product to Unix or Solaris but unfortunately it has a major ammount of market share. Hence, regardless of the bugs it will still be installed by millions of users. Obviously, M$ has a moral obligation here to provide a fix for there errors, but I don't think we need to rip them apart for it. Errors are inevitable. What we need to rip them apart for are their outrageous prices for any of their software. They are way overpriced and they are basically robbing everyone. The government should really slap it to them by controlling the retail price of their OS, that would be the killer.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
According to certain source from developers up in Redmond it appears that service pack 2 is already in the works. Apparently service pack 1 is pretty much already finalized. This is truly amazing, service pack 2 before the final product is even released. It just goes to show you how full of bugs anything Microsoft produces. I don't think I will switch over until service pack 4 comes along, maybe then the system will be semi-stable (and secure, hah what a joke).
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
I still think we live in an inperfect world and therefore our solutions to our societal problems, though imperfect, are probably the best we can do. Lately, it seems like Slashdot has been posting a lot of articles which are very socialistic in nature or should I say "communist". What is the deal with this, are we moving away from Linux and into the "New World Order"?
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC www.npsis.com
For some reason I was under the impression that Microsoft was behind it all. Maybe I was misinformed by a co-worker I had at IBM. Anyhow, they were touting XHTML as the next big revolution with the internet. As of yet I have still to see anyone that actually uses this "protocol". Ok, I've learned something today this is good.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
It frightens me... that you have nothing better to say than this. Come on lets get a "real" response. I want some knowledge, not some lame excuse for a post that is supposed to be funny. Better luck next time.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
No, I'm serious, my sig is my sig and that won't change, sorry if you have a problem with it. But my question is, What is the point of XHTML really? I mean we have a multitude of extensions and protocols already which handle basically everything. I think they just need to update the HTML format.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
Actually I think there is already group doing some research into this at Stanford. When I was there at the Biomimetics lab there was a group working on this exact thing. Essentially the goal was to negate the effects of motion on the inner ear, something like those earphones which cancel out unwanted noise. The principle was proven to be attainable but they were having trouble figuring out how to stimulate the inner ear without producing unwanted side affects. In other words, the cancellation signals were too strong or out of synch so it would only make the test patient more motion sick than before. I think this can be eventually overcome but only research and time will tell.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
I've been using html for years in my web pages and also in designing clients web pages. I have never used this "new" thing called "XHTML". If someone could enlighten me as to the advantages of this protocol it would be helpful. I'm always hearing alot about this from the press but I have never needed it, at least I don't think I've ever needed it. Furthermore, is it like front page extensions or something? Do you need a special server to run it, or can you use a regular Unix web server? I don't see what all the hype is about. Personally, I think this is another hype from Microsoft but I may be wrong.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
On the scale of things, the human brain is Mount Everest and these predictions are just folks at a rest stop on the Jersey pike staring though a fogged window in the mens rooms at a torn post card from Tibet (that they are sure is the real thing).
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
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I don't know where you get your information from but we run our web server on dual PIII's with FreeBSD as the OS and it's rock solid. AMD and Intel chips are great for desktop or server applications just not the mobile environment where heat, power consumption and bulky packaging is a concern.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
Yes I agree we must allow them some time to let the ball roll so to speak. However, the fact of the matter is that Transmeta does have some good ideas but really no working prototype. I mean where is the laptop that is supposed to be running on this new chip?
I have to admit though that their marketing strategy is a stroke of genius. Bring in one of the most respected techies in the world (Linus Torvalds) and combine that with a cloke of secrecy for a few years and you have a winner. Or at least a very curious public. I have to admit that the hype may be slightly over-inflated and artificual considering that most of it is riding on Linus's laurels, but only time will tell.
As mentioned above, Transmeta has some heavy duty backers, so we can expect them to be around for awhile. It never hurts to have "Big Blue" on your side. What will really be interesting is to see how the other chip manufactures like Intel and AMD will respond. It's almost a given that they will try to create a similar product which will directly compete with the Crusoe processor. Essentially, Transmeta will have to either specialize or diversify to keep afloat in the "crazy" computer world. Anyhow it will be interesting...
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
Hold on a second... where does one draw the line. If the collection/compilation of facts can be protected with copyrights, or something similiar, then the only thing that can be written without using fair use (which may also go away under many proposals) will be fiction, opinion, and legal briefs. Will children have to pay a royalty to do a report when they have to look up an atomic weight in the CRC handbook?
The border of compliation versus creative work has worked well for many decades, along with practices of fair use. Crossing or eliminating these will make the things they need to protect less valuable in the end as not being able to use them reduces their need and demand.
How would this relate to common facts (history, statistics, etc.), universal constants (the value of e, pi, avogadro's number, etc.) and there use once they are included in a protected work? We never remember them, we always look them up. I know this legislation is being pushed by people like stock exchanges and sports organizations to protect numbers that they spend money on, but the effects of protecting them become chilling on everything else and eventually reach the level of absurd!
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
I'm looking for a Perl book that already has a bunch of good scripts for log analysis and shopping carts etc... and basically shows you how to implement them. Why re-invent the wheel everytime.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
Wait a second who is using derogatory language in their post. I am quite civil in my comments, as for you, I don't think I need to say anything at all. Capitalism is not going down the drain at all in fact it is getting stronger and stronger. Even poor China with all its philosophical touting of communism as the utopian society is slowly moving over to a capitalistic system. This is a telestial world we live in therefore capitalism or "survival of the fittest" is the only way to go. Denying this simple truth is like saying the Sun doesn't shine every 24 hours. Get a grip on reality my friend and stop deceiving yourself and others with communist propaganda.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
I have tried it... and I wasn't to impressed. It is slow, inefficient, full of holes, and highly unstable. I think I'll stick with my FreeBSD for another year or two. Maybe by then, when Windows 2002 comes out, I'll take another look at switching over. Actually by then Windows will have implemented a Linux kernel so I guess it won't really be "windows" anymore now will it.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
It wasn't the Canadians though... Damn British!
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
I am in full support of this petition. I have requested that all our clients join the petition as well since numbers are what is going to sway apple to do anything. I will be asking our clients (who use linux) to forward an email to apple suggesting the port to Linux. Every bit counts.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
This technically could become another landmark case for the constitution and the way in which we handle cases like this in the future. I'm quite sure that it will be appealed to a higher court and may eventually reach the supreme court. If it does I can almost guarantee you that the supreme justices will carefully consider the ramifications this may bring to bear on the constitution and will most likey set a precedent. In any case it should be interesting.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
If this were a case of say, a bomber, and the government had confiscated his chemical fertilizer, which he may have obtained legally, and may only intend to use for farming, would the government be required to return it?
If yes, then there is no reason by which Mitnick's data can be held.
If no, the government could keep it under "reasonable suspicion" or "danger to the public", then the government should have the right to withhold the data.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
Come on you know the answer to this as well as anyone else. I've lived in CANADA for 20 years now (I have dual citizenship)and it basically boils down to the fact that Canada is simply a puppet country in most respects. Sure they have their own parliament and legal system, but when it really comes down to it whatever the US tells them to do, they do it.
You notice how there has never really been a dispute between the two countries since the war of 1812. That is simply because when there is a genuine dispute Canada folds almost immediately. Canadians will tell you otherwise (they're a proud bunch... but for what) but the truth is the truth. If you view Canada much like another state or territory like Costa Rica then this whole issue of jurisdiction simply fades away. United States is a "SuperPower" and we basically control the world, what we say goes. And when your talking about a country the size of Canada with a meager population (approximately equal to California) and an even weaker resolve, they just don't stand a chance. I hope this clears up this whole issue some for you because it was never an issue for me.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
I've just had a brilliant idea integrate Linux with iCrave and then it becomes an Open Source project which is covered under the GNU license. Somehow that might stave off all these lawsuits from the big TV companies. I'm not sure on the details but I'm sure there is a way to make iCrave content non-proprietary or some kind of public service announcement thing. If you think I'm wrong tell me.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
This isn't a development kernel or an "release candidate" system, it's the official Win2K software that will hit the stores in a few weeks. OEMs got it early so they can get their systems ready for "first-day" sales of systems preloaded with the software. Even if MS had sat on the software until the 17th, these holes would have been discovered within days.
Meanwhile, you grossly misstate the maturity of our community. The 2.2.0 kernel had a significant bug in it, and everyone laughed because it we remembered the long fights between those who insisted the 2.2.0.pre-X kernel was ready and those who wanted just a bit more testing. Linus had to make a choice, and he jumped just a hair too soon. C'est la vive!
However, as I recall Linus never made a big deal out of how Linux 2.2.0 was going to finally start taking security seriously. In contrast, I've seen a lot of press recently about how MS is finally taking security seriously. That makes the discovery of *two* security bugs so quickly quite amusing. Trust me there will be more...
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
With over a million something lines of code the chances of multiple bugs and security holes is highly likely. Therefore, no one should be surprised at these recent findings.
I agree Win2k is probably an inferior product to Unix or Solaris but unfortunately it has a major ammount of market share. Hence, regardless of the bugs it will still be installed by millions of users. Obviously, M$ has a moral obligation here to provide a fix for there errors, but I don't think we need to rip them apart for it. Errors are inevitable.
What we need to rip them apart for are their outrageous prices for any of their software. They are way overpriced and they are basically robbing everyone. The government should really slap it to them by controlling the retail price of their OS, that would be the killer.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
According to certain source from developers up in Redmond it appears that service pack 2 is already in the works. Apparently service pack 1 is pretty much already finalized. This is truly amazing, service pack 2 before the final product is even released. It just goes to show you how full of bugs anything Microsoft produces. I don't think I will switch over until service pack 4 comes along, maybe then the system will be semi-stable (and secure, hah what a joke).
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
I still think we live in an inperfect world and therefore our solutions to our societal problems, though imperfect, are probably the best we can do. Lately, it seems like Slashdot has been posting a lot of articles which are very socialistic in nature or should I say "communist". What is the deal with this, are we moving away from Linux and into the "New World Order"?
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
www.npsis.com
For some reason I was under the impression that Microsoft was behind it all. Maybe I was misinformed by a co-worker I had at IBM. Anyhow, they were touting XHTML as the next big revolution with the internet. As of yet I have still to see anyone that actually uses this "protocol". Ok, I've learned something today this is good.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
What do you know about FreeBSD and its administration. I looked over your resume and it looks interesting.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
I don't take it seriously at all. I mean look at my karma, I care less.
But it makes me laugh at all the people that do.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
It frightens me... that you have nothing better to say than this. Come on lets get a "real" response. I want some knowledge, not some lame excuse for a post that is supposed to be funny. Better luck next time.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
Check out this guys user info, he's a freaking Karma Whore.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
No, I'm serious, my sig is my sig and that won't change, sorry if you have a problem with it.
But my question is, What is the point of XHTML really? I mean we have a multitude of extensions and protocols already which handle basically everything. I think they just need to update the HTML format.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
Actually I think there is already group doing some research into this at Stanford. When I was there at the Biomimetics lab there was a group working on this exact thing.
Essentially the goal was to negate the effects of motion on the inner ear, something like those earphones which cancel out unwanted noise. The principle was proven to be attainable but they were having trouble figuring out how to stimulate the inner ear without producing unwanted side affects. In other words, the cancellation signals were too strong or out of synch so it would only make the test patient more motion sick than before. I think this can be eventually overcome but only research and time will tell.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
I've been using html for years in my web pages and also in designing clients web pages. I have never used this "new" thing called "XHTML". If someone could enlighten me as to the advantages of this protocol it would be helpful. I'm always hearing alot about this from the press but I have never needed it, at least I don't think I've ever needed it. Furthermore, is it like front page extensions or something? Do you need a special server to run it, or can you use a regular Unix web server? I don't see what all the hype is about.
Personally, I think this is another hype from Microsoft but I may be wrong.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC
I think this remark somes it up:
On the scale of things, the human brain is Mount Everest and these predictions are just folks at a rest stop on the Jersey pike staring though a fogged window in the mens rooms at a torn post card from Tibet (that they are sure is the real thing).
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
NPS Internet Solutions, LLC