HTH is open source cultural imperialism? the only possible way i can see is that if the boxes can't run your onw s/w and dev tools.
i don't see how that could be if it's basically a celeron-based imac (more or less).
one thing that's really good is that spaniards tend to be well educated...meaning quality bug reports from sophisticated, non-emotional people, which AOL probably has trouble getting in the USA.
plus, the users haven't been polluted by previous desktops...that's worth a lot in and of itself.
I had always heard there were severe problems with cloning...like premature aging, cancer, suceptibility of the entire population to a single epidemic.
yet some have said it's not the case, and now there are problems again.
i'm not a big fan of cloning...i think there are a lot of nasty issues when you start cranking out genetically identical populations.
i'd much rather see more work in lab-grown replacement organs and limbs...as well as bringing fetuses to term...although i have concerns about that too.
it sounds like your postings/ads are not properly written, if you can't get the people you are looking for.
another exacerbating factor is cultural. most of the cs i guys i went to school with couldn't adequately explain basic electronics or code in GL.
assuming you are in the USA, most students don't use their hands to build anything anymore. most assembly/production issues are "overseas" concepts. my university had us writing assembly language and building analog/digital circuits in one class. this class has been phased out of the program now.
we also had to take data sets and write GL code to visualize them in pseudo real time. this class has been phased out, too.
examine the want ad and reword it. also understand that you are working in research and the people you are interviewing are being trained for summing rows in spreadsheets...there is a learning curve, so give the kids a break.
finally, consider something like scilab or matlab for some of your projects. be willing to pop money for training, even if that means setting aside time to develop training materials yourself.
Before starting, it is helpful to NOT review any Linux/Unix/Security books or websites, since they will warn you about checking for service vulnerabilities. It is imperative that you don't review:
a) basic server security concepts;
b) your distros recent upgrade/patches (for the last two months);
c) reasons to run bind and how to do it safely.
Here's how to make your machine vulerable to LION:
1) Install a Linux distro.
2) Install bind, but make sure you don't install a recent version! Recent versions won't let LION in!
3) Don't install any of your distos security updates/patches.
4) Finally, connect this machine directly to the internet w/o a firewall -- it's crucial that people on the 'net be able to access your nameserver.
If you follow all these steps, your Linux machine is vulnerable to the "Lion" worm. If your Linux machine does not get infected, please review all the above steps and try again.
look, they have almost no chance at all in the console market...they are competing with MS, and MS has the desktop and a huge warchest.
i'd go poke for an alliance with IBM, Sun or possibly a big contract with the US gov't or some large school districts...even Brasil or France.
push, push push the truth -- that "going microsoft" binds a company to an endless, horrific upgrade path, not to mention the massive licensing fees, etc. None with Indrema.
you've got to demo a turnkey mid-size office system -- running nfs or samba, staroffice, a few legacy windows machines. pound home ease of use, reliablilty, no license fees, low cost in the door.
but i have to say...no NC company has survived, and no console can compete in this market.
bye - bye indrema. i would have loved to see you make it, but there is just no way.
in political science lingo, this is called an "astroturf" movement, for obvious reasons.
perhaps one of the more interesting cases in recent history is Microsofts' infamous attempt (this was circa 1998 or so) at astroturfing...they sent out documents to partners across the usa urging that they (and their employees) send letters of support to their congressmen for "freedom, the american way and microsoft" and that "all care should be taken such that the letters appear to be spontaneous messages of support from disinterested parties".
naturally, word leaked out and the "great innovator" had egg on their face again.
on that note, i wonder just how much Microsoft earns from all things government?
Does anyone know if they are required to split out gov. buyers from com? is this public info?
anyway, i think this is okay, as long as the kids don't suffer too much on the UI. i mean, i don't like staroffice at all, that whole "take over the screen cuz unix desktops suck" idea...kde and gnome have pretty much become the future of the unix desktop, it's just a matter of time.
hopefully SO will improve after they break all the apps out, but we all know what happened to the "new improved netscape"...
I feel sorry for the people who aren't getting jobs, and for Linuxgruven for having to try and get something new going in an economic downturn, but that's the breaks.
Personally, it looks like they were offering to employ people who gave them cash...that's unconscienable, if not outright illegal.
Note on the webpage that several "exec types" are no longer employed by linuxgruven.
I really. really like Linux. I hope that Linux can succeed, and these people fess up if "bribes" were taken.
...personally, I think the battle of the Kursk salient was more pivotal, and indeed far more shocking to the Germans.
Stalingrad was lost primarily due to the weather...the Soviets were victorious at the Kursk due to the vastly increased quality of their leadership, training and weaponry.
The Kursk was Germany's last stand in the East, and a pivotal victory for the Soviets.
cuz they really shouldn't be able to get to the hardcore porn, or have pedophiles chasing them in chat rooms.
personally, i've always been an advocate of some type of "adult" content tag so you can lock out the material or chat room at the browser.
every library i've been to gives you a login...so why would it be so hard to provide adult/minor logins that disable/enable content?
last time i posted this, i got a torrent of "no one will be able to enforce it" -- phooey. if i bought one of those funky tv transmitter kits and dug out my rf books, i could broadcast porn all over my neighborhood.
what stops me? the law. the fcc would be on my butt pretty quick, and the penalties would be harsh. if anything, it would be easier and faster to track down a renegade porn site than a mobile xmitter.
a kid should be able to search for breast self exam, chicken breast recipes, etc. w/o getting a bunch of hits on porno sites.
Electric Motors are superior to piston engines -- weight, tourque curve, reliability...vastly superior.
Unfortunately, the energy density of batteries is only a fraction of the energy density of gasoline, drastically increasing the vehicles' weight (and thus lowering performance). Thus, after 60 mph or so the ferrari just takes off.
here's a link to more info. It's using Optima batteries...I hate to pee on the story but that "one hour" charge time requires a 240VAC@100A ac line...I don't think I'll be doing that at my house!!
Still, a little over three hours at something like 30 amps isn't too bad.
electric motors kick ass on piston engines
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droool, drooool.
2 moving parts in their basic form, est. 250K miles w/o ANY service, vastly superior tourqe curve, no pollution or toxic waste at the point of use, no more coolant or oil (or drips of same).
if some genius could just solve the energy density problems of current battery technology, we'd all be driving vastly superior vehicles.
yeah, i guess i've never considered the free ones "companies", but you certainly have a point.
there is a tendency in free software and open source along the lines of "BRING it on -- find the problems -- we'll fix 'em" that is kind of refreshing.
i try to bring that spirit with me to my meetings...
as i recall, neither MS or Oracle are very enamored with third party benchmarks. the only time they *don't* threaten the publisher is when their product "shines".
the results are just too easy to skew, and the real-world loading is tough to accurately model.
i'm trying to learn Oracle on linux -- it's pretty cool the way I can legally install a free OS, then download oracle 8i enterprise for personal use.
"oratcl" is now on sourceforge, and php3 has gtk+ bindings for standalone applications (but works great through a browser, of course).
it's a great time to learn about databases...just don't publish those benchmarks!
the stories have gone from okay, to bad, to worse, to the the worst crap hollywood and new york can scrape off the used wax ring of a trailer park toilet.
all the linux guys i know don't spend a dime on linux software, but they spend 200-300 a year on windoz games.
as you say, it's chicken and egg. they want the platform to be more viable for gaming (3d audio, better sound/video support out of the box) before they will even download a game demo.
myself, i've spent no money whatsover on MS products since they fucked my brother's company back in... 1989 or so. i will never use MS products for the rest of my life, so i guess some rabid MS supporter will mod me down, but whatever...i hate to see people i love suffer.
i try to spend $100 a year on linux or linux products. last year i bought q3, which is great, but i had to surf the web, do upgrades, etc. to get it to work. i also bought mythII which is okay.. i also bought some cds from cheapbytes, so i hit my target. i bought no OS last year, cuz i was horribly disappointed in the RH7.0 iso.
i just had a look at lokigames.com, and they have FOURTEEN titles available for linux...the equation is really simple, folks...if you don't buy linux products, linux will die. take that one to heart.
if linux dies, you will be playing rent-a-app from MS in just a few years...for the rest of your lives. you might want to take action to prevent that scenario.
no, i don't work for loki and am not in the gaming industry.
oh mighty troll master...just follow the links and the truth will be revealed.
and private companies were building it -- with government support -- the same way airbus is kicking the shit out of boeing.
the USA is going to stagnate heavily in technology if the best we can do is wait for rich people to spend money on high risk projects. historically, it doesn't work.
these programs were not just nasa...they were ventures made up of several leading aerospace companies, many of whose shareholders are rich, and were hoping (obviously) for a nice production run, as well as high tech spinoffs that would keep the USA and her economy strong.
In recessive times, sometimes it's not best to go into production, but just stick with r&d.
the X34 and X33 were both fairly close to production, so a lot of r&d is already done.
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HTH is open source cultural imperialism? the only possible way i can see is that if the boxes can't run your onw s/w and dev tools.
i don't see how that could be if it's basically a celeron-based imac (more or less).
one thing that's really good is that spaniards tend to be well educated...meaning quality bug reports from sophisticated, non-emotional people, which AOL probably has trouble getting in the USA.
plus, the users haven't been polluted by previous desktops...that's worth a lot in and of itself.
this box looks extremely hackable...
i don't see where is say "free". this is an AOL/Intel/spanish bank deal.
there is also a service involved called "avant" that AOL recently puchased....
somehow, i seriously don't all of this is free.
I had always heard there were severe problems with cloning...like premature aging, cancer, suceptibility of the entire population to a single epidemic.
yet some have said it's not the case, and now there are problems again.
i'm not a big fan of cloning...i think there are a lot of nasty issues when you start cranking out genetically identical populations.
i'd much rather see more work in lab-grown replacement organs and limbs...as well as bringing fetuses to term...although i have concerns about that too.
absolute waste of time...linux needs OGL extensions to keep pace with (or surpass dx) as well as quality dev tools and other game apis.
to follow windows, as wine and this project are doing, does nothing but dilute efforts and establish windows and microsoft as the standard.
what a awful waste of time. wine has been around for ages, and will never be able to keep up with redmond's maonkeyshines.
what more evidence to you need? my god, just go clone java in c++ -- the multimedia apis -- you'll be doing linux a much greater favor.
it sounds like your postings/ads are not properly written, if you can't get the people you are looking for.
another exacerbating factor is cultural. most of the cs i guys i went to school with couldn't adequately explain basic electronics or code in GL.
assuming you are in the USA, most students don't use their hands to build anything anymore. most assembly/production issues are "overseas" concepts. my university had us writing assembly language and building analog/digital circuits in one class. this class has been phased out of the program now.
we also had to take data sets and write GL code to visualize them in pseudo real time. this class has been phased out, too.
examine the want ad and reword it. also understand that you are working in research and the people you are interviewing are being trained for summing rows in spreadsheets...there is a learning curve, so give the kids a break.
finally, consider something like scilab or matlab for some of your projects. be willing to pop money for training, even if that means setting aside time to develop training materials yourself.
Before starting, it is helpful to NOT review any Linux/Unix/Security books or websites, since they will warn you about checking for service vulnerabilities. It is imperative that you don't review:
a) basic server security concepts;
b) your distros recent upgrade/patches (for the last two months);
c) reasons to run bind and how to do it safely.
Here's how to make your machine vulerable to LION:
1) Install a Linux distro.
2) Install bind, but make sure you don't install a recent version! Recent versions won't let LION in!
3) Don't install any of your distos security updates/patches.
4) Finally, connect this machine directly to the internet w/o a firewall -- it's crucial that people on the 'net be able to access your nameserver.
If you follow all these steps, your Linux machine is vulnerable to the "Lion" worm. If your Linux machine does not get infected, please review all the above steps and try again.
...navigate employing a dense 3D awareness of their surroundings...
...be easily placed by ordinary workers in entirely new routes or work areas...
we call 'em "MCSEs"
...is to go after the NC market.
look, they have almost no chance at all in the console market...they are competing with MS, and MS has the desktop and a huge warchest.
i'd go poke for an alliance with IBM, Sun or possibly a big contract with the US gov't or some large school districts...even Brasil or France.
push, push push the truth -- that "going microsoft" binds a company to an endless, horrific upgrade path, not to mention the massive licensing fees, etc. None with Indrema.
you've got to demo a turnkey mid-size office system -- running nfs or samba, staroffice, a few legacy windows machines. pound home ease of use, reliablilty, no license fees, low cost in the door.
but i have to say...no NC company has survived, and no console can compete in this market.
bye - bye indrema. i would have loved to see you make it, but there is just no way.
in political science lingo, this is called an "astroturf" movement, for obvious reasons.
perhaps one of the more interesting cases in recent history is Microsofts' infamous attempt (this was circa 1998 or so) at astroturfing...they sent out documents to partners across the usa urging that they (and their employees) send letters of support to their congressmen for "freedom, the american way and microsoft" and that "all care should be taken such that the letters appear to be spontaneous messages of support from disinterested parties".
naturally, word leaked out and the "great innovator" had egg on their face again.
hahaha...don't get me wrong, i have looked at the open office project and am eager to see what they come up with.
BUT...i have also been disgruntled with that "take over the desktop" interface. i know of no windoz apps that do such a thing.
really, i have hopes for the future of SO.
on that note, i wonder just how much Microsoft earns from all things government?
Does anyone know if they are required to split out gov. buyers from com? is this public info?
anyway, i think this is okay, as long as the kids don't suffer too much on the UI. i mean, i don't like staroffice at all, that whole "take over the screen cuz unix desktops suck" idea...kde and gnome have pretty much become the future of the unix desktop, it's just a matter of time.
hopefully SO will improve after they break all the apps out, but we all know what happened to the "new improved netscape"...
I feel sorry for the people who aren't getting jobs, and for Linuxgruven for having to try and get something new going in an economic downturn, but that's the breaks.
Personally, it looks like they were offering to employ people who gave them cash...that's unconscienable, if not outright illegal.
Note on the webpage that several "exec types" are no longer employed by linuxgruven.
I really. really like Linux. I hope that Linux can succeed, and these people fess up if "bribes" were taken.
...personally, I think the battle of the Kursk salient was more pivotal, and indeed far more shocking to the Germans.
Stalingrad was lost primarily due to the weather...the Soviets were victorious at the Kursk due to the vastly increased quality of their leadership, training and weaponry.
The Kursk was Germany's last stand in the East, and a pivotal victory for the Soviets.
cuz they really shouldn't be able to get to the hardcore porn, or have pedophiles chasing them in chat rooms.
personally, i've always been an advocate of some type of "adult" content tag so you can lock out the material or chat room at the browser.
every library i've been to gives you a login...so why would it be so hard to provide adult/minor logins that disable/enable content?
last time i posted this, i got a torrent of "no one will be able to enforce it" -- phooey. if i bought one of those funky tv transmitter kits and dug out my rf books, i could broadcast porn all over my neighborhood.
what stops me? the law. the fcc would be on my butt pretty quick, and the penalties would be harsh. if anything, it would be easier and faster to track down a renegade porn site than a mobile xmitter.
a kid should be able to search for breast self exam, chicken breast recipes, etc. w/o getting a bunch of hits on porno sites.
Electric Motors are superior to piston engines -- weight, tourque curve, reliability...vastly superior.
Unfortunately, the energy density of batteries is only a fraction of the energy density of gasoline, drastically increasing the vehicles' weight (and thus lowering performance). Thus, after 60 mph or so the ferrari just takes off.
here's a link to more info. It's using Optima batteries...I hate to pee on the story but that "one hour" charge time requires a 240VAC@100A ac line...I don't think I'll be doing that at my house!!
Still, a little over three hours at something like 30 amps isn't too bad.
droool, drooool.
2 moving parts in their basic form, est. 250K miles w/o ANY service, vastly superior tourqe curve, no pollution or toxic waste at the point of use, no more coolant or oil (or drips of same).
if some genius could just solve the energy density problems of current battery technology, we'd all be driving vastly superior vehicles.
yeah, i guess i've never considered the free ones "companies", but you certainly have a point.
there is a tendency in free software and open source along the lines of "BRING it on -- find the problems -- we'll fix 'em" that is kind of refreshing.
i try to bring that spirit with me to my meetings...
as i recall, neither MS or Oracle are very enamored with third party benchmarks. the only time they *don't* threaten the publisher is when their product "shines".
the results are just too easy to skew, and the real-world loading is tough to accurately model.
i'm trying to learn Oracle on linux -- it's pretty cool the way I can legally install a free OS, then download oracle 8i enterprise for personal use.
"oratcl" is now on sourceforge, and php3 has gtk+ bindings for standalone applications (but works great through a browser, of course).
it's a great time to learn about databases...just don't publish those benchmarks!
The interdata series of computers did not use a clock -- twenty years ago. The logic just "falls through" with the answer and restarts.
This is not new or groundbreaking.
...it won't die, either.
the stories have gone from okay, to bad, to worse, to the the worst crap hollywood and new york can scrape off the used wax ring of a trailer park toilet.
gimme a break.
all the linux guys i know don't spend a dime on linux software, but they spend 200-300 a year on windoz games.
... 1989 or so. i will never use MS products for the rest of my life, so i guess some rabid MS supporter will mod me down, but whatever...i hate to see people i love suffer.
.. i also bought some cds from cheapbytes, so i hit my target. i bought no OS last year, cuz i was horribly disappointed in the RH7.0 iso.
as you say, it's chicken and egg. they want the platform to be more viable for gaming (3d audio, better sound/video support out of the box) before they will even download a game demo.
myself, i've spent no money whatsover on MS products since they fucked my brother's company back in
i try to spend $100 a year on linux or linux products. last year i bought q3, which is great, but i had to surf the web, do upgrades, etc. to get it to work. i also bought mythII which is okay
i just had a look at lokigames.com, and they have FOURTEEN titles available for linux...the equation is really simple, folks...if you don't buy linux products, linux will die. take that one to heart.
if linux dies, you will be playing rent-a-app from MS in just a few years...for the rest of your lives. you might want to take action to prevent that scenario.
no, i don't work for loki and am not in the gaming industry.
if this is what it says, gtk bindings to php -- so you can write desktop apps in gtk using the php scripts hitting a database...that's awfully cool.
reminds me of oractcl...it would be nice to have some SCREENSHOTS of the thing doind financial stuff.
after all, i don't think the road to world domination is paved with games and 3d...it appears to flow from corporate use.
show it doing corporate things, damn it!!!
oh mighty troll master...just follow the links and the truth will be revealed.
and private companies were building it -- with government support -- the same way airbus is kicking the shit out of boeing.
the USA is going to stagnate heavily in technology if the best we can do is wait for rich people to spend money on high risk projects. historically, it doesn't work.
these programs were not just nasa...they were ventures made up of several leading aerospace companies, many of whose shareholders are rich, and were hoping (obviously) for a nice production run, as well as high tech spinoffs that would keep the USA and her economy strong.
In recessive times, sometimes it's not best to go into production, but just stick with r&d.
the X34 and X33 were both fairly close to production, so a lot of r&d is already done.
Here are linx for anyone interested :
X33 and X34 and more in-depth stuff at x33 (nasa) and X34 (nasa)
What a shame. The linear aerospike engine was in test, the frame and skin were waiting for the tank, and the launchpad is almost done.
These technologies and programs would have created thousands of jobs as they trickled down through the US economy.
an apple II, and two S-100's running CP/M.
i have an altair that i was given laying around in my shed, someday i'll put it online so it can get ceremoniously slashdotted.
maybe even a 68000 based system or two. one runs pascal natively, one runs CP/M 68K.
before all the computers we were getting had-me-down TI calculators that had the little mag strips you could store in the back.
memories....light the corners (of what used to be) my mind...