That's just it..NET isn't a defacto standard yet. We need an OSS competitor from the beginning. It will be much easier for a company to move to Mono rather than move to.NET and then to Mono. We have the oportunity to get a competing product out early in the game and not have to play catchup. Who knows, maybe this will give OSS the boost it needs?
Please read the article folks. It doesn't take long. The only messages that will not be displayed during boot are those that don't deal with how the system is running, etc. That means no version numbers, no author names, etc, etc.
...So let's simply disallow versions, author information, and "good status"
messages, ok? For stuff that is useful for debugging (but that the driver
doesn't _know_ is needed), use KERN_DEBUG, so that it doesn't actually end
up printed on the screen normally.
I agree 100%. The problem is that the vast majority of americans are perfectly happy living in their own little worlds and have no interest in politics. But what can we do? I believe that at this point, the only way to return America to what it once was or should be is a full scale armed revolution. We all know that will never happen though. America has screwed herself.
"All they have to do to increase the colour resolution is make the pixels thinner (1/3rd the width), not smaller overall"
That probably wouldn't be the best solution though. A perfect sphere would have much greater strength and also allow greater flexibility (smaller, more uniform units) than an elongated shape.
But on the other hand... Nokia has a board of directors that can pull the plug at any given moment
True, but since this will be an open hardware platform, Sony need only stay in the game long enough to establish a standard. I think Sony can handle sticking around that long.
Bernie Mills, vice president of marketing at CollabNet, said, "Nokia has made an important vote of confidence in open source software development. It is a business model that has enormous value in speed to market, and the creation of a large number of software applications."
It'd be great if we could port current linux-based games to this unit. If this system can boost popularity of games written specifically for linux systems, will that also mean a huge increase in linux games for regular desktops?
"We have made the hardware an open design so anyone else can make a clone or compatible product,"
I wonder if they will use standard pc hardware. It'd be pretty cool to be able to upgrade it as often as we like with standard hardware. Of course, I'm not sure how we'd go about installing drivers.
Wouldn't this thing need to be flexible though? If it's too rigid, it'll snap. I can't imagine even a diamond being strong enough to keep a structure of that size rigid. If it can't bend, it'll break. I think that would qualify as a Bad Thing®.
"The simple fact is that any idiot can fix a printer. If there weren't an IT guy to handle that crap, people could do it for themselves."
I sure wish I could support your idiots. My idiots are lucky if they can put paper in a printer. One has little pieces of paper taped all over his computer. One of those pieces of paper is over his power button and says "push to turn on." I guess you just have a better class of idiots.
Could you provide a link to back up your claim? I find it hard to believe. Why would Amazon use a micropayment system? Their primary business is selling merchandise.
Sounds like a good idea, but I'd imagine you'd have to already have a popular site to be deamed worthy of their sponsorship. They want to be associated with top sites not a bunch of nobodies. The question is will the advertising revenue you bring in for them outweigh the cost of equipment/services they give you, and will you screw up and give them a bad name. They'd probably want to monitor any sites they sponsored so the number of sponsorships would need to be kept low.
Another issue is that a terminal server will create a single point of failure. With these rack mount pcs, if a pc goes down it doesn't affect everyone else. If the terminal server goes down, everyone is screwed. Of course having all the rack mount pcs in one room would have it's issues too. If something happened to that one room, the whole building would be without computing.
"Soon we will all be working in phone booths, standing up, because it saves space."
I doubt it. Standing up for long periods of time will increase complaints of fatigue, back ache, etc. Instead, we will be put into coffin-size boxes and stacked several high to save space. Sleep will be induced for 15 minutes every several hours so employees can remain at work 24 hours per day. Those who show signs of nonconformance will be given an extra dose of tranquilizer and their coffin^H^H^H^H^H^Hcubicle will be ejected into a mass grave^H^H^H^H^Hassisted living facility.
"Amen to that. computer hum drives me nuts. I've put my machines in a closet, but they're pretty loud even through the sliding door (mostly because of wood floors, I think). Anyone know a good sound-proofing material that's cheaper that egg-crate foam?"
One effectives solution is the Sledge Hammer®. After an initial increase in noise output for anywhere from a few seconds to an hour, niose levels are reduced to near nothing. The effects generally last the life of the computer. Sledge Hammer® is compatible with most architectures.
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But doesn't critical mass depend on density of the substance rather than the amount?
I've always wondered what is stopping us from building a scaled-down version of a nuclear bomb. Why make it so big it'll clear the tri-state area? Can't we make one small enough that it'll only destroy a city or two? It would still be a measure to strive to avoid, but it'd be better than current nuclear bombs.
Hey, don't even joke about PeopleSoft! The Virginia Community College System is moving to PeopleSoft and I'm fortunate *cough*choke*gag* enough to be involved in the move. What were they smoking!? When I first found out about the move, I searched the 'net for more info about them. The only information I could find about them was about the lawsuits pending against them. And they're suprised when it doesn't work!?
CERT isn't getting the bugs reports any earlier than before. They're always waited insane amounts of time before releasing them. Now you can get them soon after they do if you feel you have too much money lying around.
CERT will still post their normal advisories just as they always have (late and free). The only difference is that now you can get them much sooner if you have a few grand burning a hole in your pocket.
But wouldn't it be nice to overlay your display with your speaker? Then it would sound a lot more like it was coming from there without relying on the stereo effect. I wonder if you could divide the display into several regions and have more realistic distribution of the sound...
This was stated in comment #8 I believe by JediTrainer on 04-19-01 14:49 EST, a full 10 minutes before your post. Was this an intentional attepmt to steal karma or merely not paying attention?
Of course that raises the problem of the tubes collapsing under the atmospheric pressure outside. I imagine it'd be pretty hard to cheaply manufacture tubes that can withstand that pressure and remain flexible. And how would you modify the length of the cable? Either you have to order it the perfect length or revacuum it after shortening it. That and hope it never breaks. Of course many people who use fiber today are incapable of cutting it properly so perhaps that's not an issue. Sounds like it'd be nice though.
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That's just it. .NET isn't a defacto standard yet. We need an OSS competitor from the beginning. It will be much easier for a company to move to Mono rather than move to .NET and then to Mono. We have the oportunity to get a competing product out early in the game and not have to play catchup. Who knows, maybe this will give OSS the boost it needs?
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Please read the article folks. It doesn't take long. The only messages that will not be displayed during boot are those that don't deal with how the system is running, etc. That means no version numbers, no author names, etc, etc.
...So let's simply disallow versions, author information, and "good status" messages, ok? For stuff that is useful for debugging (but that the driver doesn't _know_ is needed), use KERN_DEBUG, so that it doesn't actually end up printed on the screen normally.
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I agree 100%. The problem is that the vast majority of americans are perfectly happy living in their own little worlds and have no interest in politics. But what can we do? I believe that at this point, the only way to return America to what it once was or should be is a full scale armed revolution. We all know that will never happen though. America has screwed herself.
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"All they have to do to increase the colour resolution is make the pixels thinner (1/3rd the width), not smaller overall"
That probably wouldn't be the best solution though. A perfect sphere would have much greater strength and also allow greater flexibility (smaller, more uniform units) than an elongated shape.
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But on the other hand... Nokia has a board of directors that can pull the plug at any given moment
True, but since this will be an open hardware platform, Sony need only stay in the game long enough to establish a standard. I think Sony can handle sticking around that long.
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Bernie Mills, vice president of marketing at CollabNet, said, "Nokia has made an important vote of confidence in open source software development. It is a business model that has enormous value in speed to market, and the creation of a large number of software applications."
It'd be great if we could port current linux-based games to this unit. If this system can boost popularity of games written specifically for linux systems, will that also mean a huge increase in linux games for regular desktops?
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"We have made the hardware an open design so anyone else can make a clone or compatible product,"
I wonder if they will use standard pc hardware. It'd be pretty cool to be able to upgrade it as often as we like with standard hardware. Of course, I'm not sure how we'd go about installing drivers.
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Wouldn't this thing need to be flexible though? If it's too rigid, it'll snap. I can't imagine even a diamond being strong enough to keep a structure of that size rigid. If it can't bend, it'll break. I think that would qualify as a Bad Thing®.
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"The simple fact is that any idiot can fix a printer. If there weren't an IT guy to handle that crap, people could do it for themselves."
I sure wish I could support your idiots. My idiots are lucky if they can put paper in a printer. One has little pieces of paper taped all over his computer. One of those pieces of paper is over his power button and says "push to turn on." I guess you just have a better class of idiots.
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Na, we still have VI and Emacs.
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Wouldn't that be Daemon's Advocate?
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Could you provide a link to back up your claim? I find it hard to believe. Why would Amazon use a micropayment system? Their primary business is selling merchandise.
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Sounds like a good idea, but I'd imagine you'd have to already have a popular site to be deamed worthy of their sponsorship. They want to be associated with top sites not a bunch of nobodies. The question is will the advertising revenue you bring in for them outweigh the cost of equipment/services they give you, and will you screw up and give them a bad name. They'd probably want to monitor any sites they sponsored so the number of sponsorships would need to be kept low.
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Another issue is that a terminal server will create a single point of failure. With these rack mount pcs, if a pc goes down it doesn't affect everyone else. If the terminal server goes down, everyone is screwed. Of course having all the rack mount pcs in one room would have it's issues too. If something happened to that one room, the whole building would be without computing.
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"Soon we will all be working in phone booths, standing up, because it saves space."
I doubt it. Standing up for long periods of time will increase complaints of fatigue, back ache, etc. Instead, we will be put into coffin-size boxes and stacked several high to save space. Sleep will be induced for 15 minutes every several hours so employees can remain at work 24 hours per day. Those who show signs of nonconformance will be given an extra dose of tranquilizer and their coffin^H^H^H^H^H^Hcubicle will be ejected into a mass grave^H^H^H^H^Hassisted living facility.
--
"Amen to that. computer hum drives me nuts. I've put my machines in a closet, but they're pretty loud even through the sliding door (mostly because of wood floors, I think). Anyone know a good sound-proofing material that's cheaper that egg-crate foam?"
One effectives solution is the Sledge Hammer®. After an initial increase in noise output for anywhere from a few seconds to an hour, niose levels are reduced to near nothing. The effects generally last the life of the computer. Sledge Hammer® is compatible with most architectures.
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But doesn't critical mass depend on density of the substance rather than the amount?
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I've always wondered what is stopping us from building a scaled-down version of a nuclear bomb. Why make it so big it'll clear the tri-state area? Can't we make one small enough that it'll only destroy a city or two? It would still be a measure to strive to avoid, but it'd be better than current nuclear bombs.
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Hey, don't even joke about PeopleSoft! The Virginia Community College System is moving to PeopleSoft and I'm fortunate *cough*choke*gag* enough to be involved in the move. What were they smoking!? When I first found out about the move, I searched the 'net for more info about them. The only information I could find about them was about the lawsuits pending against them. And they're suprised when it doesn't work!?
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CERT isn't getting the bugs reports any earlier than before. They're always waited insane amounts of time before releasing them. Now you can get them soon after they do if you feel you have too much money lying around.
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CERT will still post their normal advisories just as they always have (late and free). The only difference is that now you can get them much sooner if you have a few grand burning a hole in your pocket.
--
But wouldn't it be nice to overlay your display with your speaker? Then it would sound a lot more like it was coming from there without relying on the stereo effect. I wonder if you could divide the display into several regions and have more realistic distribution of the sound...
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This was stated in comment #8 I believe by JediTrainer on 04-19-01 14:49 EST, a full 10 minutes before your post. Was this an intentional attepmt to steal karma or merely not paying attention?
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I don't think he was questioning the possibility of light travelling through a vacuum, but rather the feasibility and/or further benefits of it.
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Of course that raises the problem of the tubes collapsing under the atmospheric pressure outside. I imagine it'd be pretty hard to cheaply manufacture tubes that can withstand that pressure and remain flexible. And how would you modify the length of the cable? Either you have to order it the perfect length or revacuum it after shortening it. That and hope it never breaks. Of course many people who use fiber today are incapable of cutting it properly so perhaps that's not an issue. Sounds like it'd be nice though.
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