I'm wondering how long it is before someone gets a patent on the "distributed computing buisness model" - where they sell you cycles of other people's system time, paying them some fraction of the fee, and they pocket the rest.
I'm afraid this is going to head in the same direction as the "one click shopping" patents and the other assorted Amazon nonsense.
I mean, you look at Seti (I prefer distributed.net), and you wonder how long it is before VC's start throwing money at that model.
So the question is, is there a defense against this in place? Don't kid yourself and think some suit won't try and corner it all off with a strategic patent...
[Starts scribbling a buisness plan on a napken....]
> Anyone who's serious about high end > research applications wouldn't buy an > Intel/x86 chip.
Thats what I was getting at - they'd historically get access to a beast.
But, what would happenif they had the ability to easily cluster lots of el-cheapo, low priced, consumer chips?
It would yank the carpet out from beneath the workstation market. I'd rather have a rack of PIII systems, then a monolithic station sitting in the corner.
Well, I'm not as compelled to argue that route as you.
While I agree, the *average* consumer has little need for this power right now (with the state of 3d accelerators and all), I do agree that some high end research applications need more horsepower.
I'm wondering why people in this catagory don't explore cluster technology or multiprocessing instead. Seriously - the 3d accelerator market is undercutting the demand for more "power" - the CPU becomes a bit more irrelevent (although, not totally)
As for as I can tell, its cheaper to go that 550Mhz or 600Mhz instead of buying a single CPU that runs at 1.13 Ghz.
MAME has one problem in the vision of major publishers, I imagine: It would hold theappearance of condoning software piracy by releasing the MAME images - remember, in the eyes of publishers... MAME is good for one thing only........
But of course Shockwave is perfectly secure... (scrsm...)
It's been my experience that we Canadian's seem to have cheaper broadband access in urban areas then our friends to the south. You'd think it would be the opposite.
I applaud theidea of de-orbiting these sats if no buyer is found - it's getting congested up there, and that last thing we need is more abandoned junk oribiting.
I mean - in 30 years, with space travel getting comercialized, it's The Right Thing.
Here's to hoping other satelite owners will be as responsible when their hardware lifecycle ends.
True - and I actually use this while I'm on the road.
Unfortunatly, it's a clumsy interface. It feels slow. In fact, it would make me feel like a second class citizen...
Equality of apps, if not, equality of functionality, is required.
Perhaps the Outlook suite is documented to the point we'll see GNU tools to talk with an exchange server?
It's too bad, but this war is a checklist war: If they can do it, we have to do it as well.
Remember, it's not thegeeks we have to convince - it's the suits, who are better off not doing anything risky that would attract overhead attention to any bad decisions they make.
I built a dual celeron with a BP6 MB, overclocked from 366 to 550. Nice and stable. Nice and fast... yet at times, I manage to chug.
"Why's that, Pixel?" I hear you ask? Well, if you don't go SCSI, odds are you're going to be I/O bound. The UDMA66 on this motherboard has been nothing but headaches, and besides, IDE takes CPU cycles (right?)
Anyways, if you're going to spend the money, get the most out of those CPUs. Get a SCSI card.
I have to agree, at least, not in their current form.
Granted, their journaling file system is nice, and all, and their contributions are nice - a company still has to make money, and I don't see how their buisness model can be viable.
... for deciding when Linux is ready for "the desktop" (a subjective term, but I'm guessing we're talking about a corperate desktop, or home user).
You'll know it's ready when:
Joe Average can install it on his own
My mom can use it
I have no reason to boot into WIndows anymore
What does c) involve? Well, for me, it's groupware. I need access to my Exchange server. I bet you te same thing will hold up most desktop setups in corperate america... most don't use pop3 or imap in-house!
Seriously! Guns are used in crimes. You have a gun? You're OBVIOUSLY going to use it to commit a crime. By arresting you now, we can save time and paperwork.
I think the US can be so odd at times. Why do you guys elect the people you do? Seems simple to me. No more stupid lawmakers = no more stupid laws.
How on earth does the United States [government] intend to make informed and smart decisions over the next 30 years when the bloody representatives can't even read their email?
You guys have people making policy who are neither qualified, nor informed about the issues on which they're voting. ICK!
Slashdot Mirror
Without the Japanese comsumer buy-in, the technology will be a stillborn.
I remember the DoCoMo stuff everywhere when I was there last year. If they don't support it, it doesn't go anywhere.
They seem to have a similar strangle hold to what Microsoft has on PCs.
I'm afraid this is going to head in the same direction as the "one click shopping" patents and the other assorted Amazon nonsense.
I mean, you look at Seti (I prefer distributed.net), and you wonder how long it is before VC's start throwing money at that model. So the question is, is there a defense against this in place? Don't kid yourself and think some suit won't try and corner it all off with a strategic patent...
[Starts scribbling a buisness plan on a napken....]
Thats what I was getting at - they'd historically get access to a beast.
But, what would happenif they had the ability to easily cluster lots of el-cheapo, low priced, consumer chips?
It would yank the carpet out from beneath the workstation market. I'd rather have a rack of PIII systems, then a monolithic station sitting in the corner.
That would be a function that maps how lazy I am, to the amount of time I'm willing to type an extra 15 or so characters.
See? I can't be bothered to count. ;)
> of the measely 64 that the PS/2 has)
Err... The consumer PS2 has 32 MB of DRAM, and an additional 4 MB of embedded VRAM.
> On the down side, the processors
> (at least in this prototype) are
> connected only via the bus,
Yeah - right now, apparently syncronization is interrupt based in the GSCube. Ouch!
Notice they said "no pictures" on the floor, but we were all snapping away anyways? :)
Has anyone been able to dig up more info? The guys on the floor were technically inept to answer serious questions.
While I agree, the *average* consumer has little need for this power right now (with the state of 3d accelerators and all), I do agree that some high end research applications need more horsepower.
I'm wondering why people in this catagory don't explore cluster technology or multiprocessing instead. Seriously - the 3d accelerator market is undercutting the demand for more "power" - the CPU becomes a bit more irrelevent (although, not totally)
As for as I can tell, its cheaper to go that 550Mhz or 600Mhz instead of buying a single CPU that runs at 1.13 Ghz.
But of course Shockwave is perfectly secure... (scrsm...)
It's been my experience that we Canadian's seem to have cheaper broadband access in urban areas then our friends to the south. You'd think it would be the opposite.
I mean - in 30 years, with space travel getting comercialized, it's The Right Thing.
Here's to hoping other satelite owners will be as responsible when their hardware lifecycle ends.
Unfortunatly, it's a clumsy interface. It feels slow. In fact, it would make me feel like a second class citizen...
Equality of apps, if not, equality of functionality, is required.
Perhaps the Outlook suite is documented to the point we'll see GNU tools to talk with an exchange server?
It's too bad, but this war is a checklist war: If they can do it, we have to do it as well.
Remember, it's not thegeeks we have to convince - it's the suits, who are better off not doing anything risky that would attract overhead attention to any bad decisions they make.
"Why's that, Pixel?" I hear you ask? Well, if you don't go SCSI, odds are you're going to be I/O bound. The UDMA66 on this motherboard has been nothing but headaches, and besides, IDE takes CPU cycles (right?)
Anyways, if you're going to spend the money, get the most out of those CPUs. Get a SCSI card.
Granted, their journaling file system is nice, and all, and their contributions are nice - a company still has to make money, and I don't see how their buisness model can be viable.
Just my $0.02 CDN though.
You'll know it's ready when:
What does c) involve? Well, for me, it's groupware. I need access to my Exchange server. I bet you te same thing will hold up most desktop setups in corperate america... most don't use pop3 or imap in-house!
Get special permission from the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Not likely for the average consumer, I gather.
Besides, we can wait: upgrade our home theatres in the meantime. ;)
I think the US can be so odd at times. Why do you guys elect the people you do? Seems simple to me. No more stupid lawmakers = no more stupid laws.
Stop electing morons.
No morons in 2000!
So what if the working group (or whoever) now charges $2500 for docs?
I'll pony up $50, who else?
My gf asked if thats what I do at work all day, in a serious tone...
"Yes, dear... very similar."
It's easier then explaining.
... so what happens, ONE day, when maybe an engineer blows the whistle?
:)
Then what?
Think it can't happen?
You probably also believe in job seurity, no?
Someone, I figure this is directly related.
Cheers,
It's actually pretty cool.
When System 7.0 was the bomb.
My god. :)
I bet that if Qt ever *REALLY* takes off, they'll be an issue. Mark my works... :)
You guys have people making policy who are neither qualified, nor informed about the issues on which they're voting. ICK!
Woah there, missed that one by a mile, didn't we.
verify(Qt != QT);
It would appear that you've mistaken the Qt widget set for Apple's QuickTime (often abbreviated "QT") multimedia architecture.
One camp should change it's name... wonder who has prior use on the "QT" abbreviation...