My advice is to copy Redhat. Everyone knows Redhat costs money because of the support, and CentOS is based on the source code of Redhat's product and comes "As Is" without the support. My advice would be to copy this- rename either the supported version or the "free" version. Change the branding. Make it clear when the "free" version is downloaded it comes without phone support.
Obviously have a forum for the "free" version, so the community can provide its own support among themselves.
I think the problem for Canonical would be that Amazon would pay them more money for "default on" local ad searches, and they do need money for paying (at least some) developers, and for servers and other stuff.
I'll be honest here and say I don't see a problem with it- it is open source and can be easily removed, unlike apps on some mobile operating systems added by the telecoms companies. Ultimately the money must come from somewhere. For Suse (my main OS) and redhat it mainly comes from server side support contracts; for Canonical it gets some from advertising.
There is a difference between this article and the previous one. the question is: do they compare their database with the boarding card to see if it has been altered? The only way to check this would be to check the boarding card, Photoshop/gimp the barcode, go through the TSA theatre with the altered card and see what happens.
I would not want to try this myself. I think most people here have a fairly dim view of the TSA, so I wouldn't put it past them not to compare the card with the database, but there may be one person who thought about this.
Valve has a huge advantage over Novell, Canonical, Redhat et al. They can prove they create great games that make money. Therefore they have the ability to get nvidia and AMD and the rest to say "We need great drivers for Linux, across multiple graphics cards. We are willing to work with you to make this happen". Valve appears to be worried about Windows 8- so are willing to spend money and political resources into making steam happen on linux as a backup; after all "necessity is the mother of invention"
This was how Apple was able to get itunes out the door- Steve Jobs had the links with the music and movie industry (from working with Pixar, then Disney) that he could get what he wanted.
For non fiction reads I would recommend "Fermats Last Theorem", by Simon Singh. A very good read giving the history of the problem and the various people who attempted to solve it over the course of 370 years. There was a BBC TV documentary made by the same guy, which won a BAFTA. Oh- "the code book", also by Simon Singh is also a good read.
I would also add "Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities" and it's sequel "Hoard of Mathematical Treasures" by Professor Ian Stewart. book are books you can dip in and out of, and contain various bits of mathematical trivia and maths and logic puzzles, along with a few jokes.
...but it was never designed to. It was designed for kids- hence the separate (presumably child friendly) app store, drop safe bumper, parental controils and smaller size than the ipad. Only time will tell whether it will actually sell.
Seriously though, if you just want experience, what about helping out some open source project? Pick something you can keep your interest in, and the moderators on the project can suggest how you can improve your code. It seems from the above advice that freelancing is more for experienced coders. This would improve your own code, help the project and look good on the CV/resume.
In my experience, scientists show results etc with graphs using slides and rarely ever show animations. Researchers are more interested in the numbers than pretty pictures that can be generated. I went to lecture that was basically on computer modelling in industry, who said animation were great for management and trade shows- they look nice and tell you absolutely nothing about what is actually going on.
In my area (chemistry) most lecturers don't have the time or the ability to create animations which are useful, even in areas where animations would look quite cool (e.g. time dependent quantum mechanics stuff). My recommendation to you is to live with the video or audio, or look at the popular science articles, NASA blog or whatever.
The fact you are interested in the subject is a good start. If you want to do a PhD for simply studying 'cool' stuff- go for it! (the definition of cool depends on your personal interest).
Ask a lecturer in condensed matter any experts (s)he knows, and send them an email, prospective CV, and offer to meet up. When you meet them, see if you can get along with them. I went to 2 interviews, one was a brief chat and the other was an interrogation. I subsequently worked for the former.
From what I've seen fraud is not rampant. The fact that scientists who are caught fabricating results end up in the news shows it is rare. I recently found out several results of mine were wrong (summary of the problem: garbage in, garbage out). I told my supervisor this, the reason for the error and he accepted it. I had to redo some calculations, and more annoyingly some guys I work with had to as well, but making sure the results were accurate was more important. We learned from the mistake and move on.
The USA may be different, and I hear funding can become an issue in some cases. That said, in condensed matter I can't see this being an issue.
Currently, high temperature superconductors work up to around 100K- which is about -170C. So currently you would need a liquid nitrogen cylinder to contain the cloak and keep it cold enough. Then you would need to hide that in some other way. somehow I don't think that is likely.
Room temperature superconductors are some way off- they know how low temperature (few kelvin) superconductors work, but are not sure how the high temperature conductors work- so researchers are not sure how to improve on the current designs.
If your school is a 'poor' or 'under preforming' school, it may be worth asking local business' if they are willing to donate some of their older machines. These won't be fantastic, and they probably won't come with hard drives, but may still be useful for the school. I work in academia, and mentioned at a conference that our old computer cluster had died and wasn't worth resurrecting. At which point we were offered some old second hand gear- provided we recycle it when we're done (which is standard university policy anyway).
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My advice is to copy Redhat. Everyone knows Redhat costs money because of the support, and CentOS is based on the source code of Redhat's product and comes "As Is" without the support. My advice would be to copy this- rename either the supported version or the "free" version. Change the branding. Make it clear when the "free" version is downloaded it comes without phone support.
Obviously have a forum for the "free" version, so the community can provide its own support among themselves.
It's a shame judge didn't rule in contempt of court
Although if they try issuing more fake apologies like the last one they are going the right way to achieve that.
I think the problem for Canonical would be that Amazon would pay them more money for "default on" local ad searches, and they do need money for paying (at least some) developers, and for servers and other stuff.
I'll be honest here and say I don't see a problem with it- it is open source and can be easily removed, unlike apps on some mobile operating systems added by the telecoms companies.
Ultimately the money must come from somewhere. For Suse (my main OS) and redhat it mainly comes from server side support contracts; for Canonical it gets some from advertising.
I looked into it, but it turns out that modifying a boarding pass is a felony.
And since when has that stopped people modifying/copying hardware, software, music, or legal documents?
If this sounds a little familiar, well, it is...
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/10/24/2222225/
There is a difference between this article and the previous one. the question is: do they compare their database with the boarding card to see if it has been altered? The only way to check this would be to check the boarding card, Photoshop/gimp the barcode, go through the TSA theatre with the altered card and see what happens.
I would not want to try this myself. I think most people here have a fairly dim view of the TSA, so I wouldn't put it past them not to compare the card with the database, but there may be one person who thought about this.
Valve has a huge advantage over Novell, Canonical, Redhat et al. They can prove they create great games that make money. Therefore they have the ability to get nvidia and AMD and the rest to say "We need great drivers for Linux, across multiple graphics cards. We are willing to work with you to make this happen". Valve appears to be worried about Windows 8- so are willing to spend money and political resources into making steam happen on linux as a backup; after all "necessity is the mother of invention"
This was how Apple was able to get itunes out the door- Steve Jobs had the links with the music and movie industry (from working with Pixar, then Disney) that he could get what he wanted.
For non fiction reads I would recommend "Fermats Last Theorem", by Simon Singh. A very good read giving the history of the problem and the various people who attempted to solve it over the course of 370 years. There was a BBC TV documentary made by the same guy, which won a BAFTA. Oh- "the code book", also by Simon Singh is also a good read.
I would also add "Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities" and it's sequel "Hoard of Mathematical Treasures" by Professor Ian Stewart. book are books you can dip in and out of, and contain various bits of mathematical trivia and maths and logic puzzles, along with a few jokes.
person A trying to sell product X, says all other products are inferior to his product
I agree. The words "the world operates 'on an inferior monetary system'" strikes me a bit like Lenin saying Capitalism is a bad idea.
...but it was never designed to. It was designed for kids- hence the separate (presumably child friendly) app store, drop safe bumper, parental controils and smaller size than the ipad. Only time will tell whether it will actually sell.
Seriously though, if you just want experience, what about helping out some open source project? Pick something you can keep your interest in, and the moderators on the project can suggest how you can improve your code. It seems from the above advice that freelancing is more for experienced coders. This would improve your own code, help the project and look good on the CV/resume.
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3- Profit
Over in England, We have had the wettest April through June since our records began [BBC News]. Please send us some sunny weather!
In my experience, scientists show results etc with graphs using slides and rarely ever show animations. Researchers are more interested in the numbers than pretty pictures that can be generated. I went to lecture that was basically on computer modelling in industry, who said animation were great for management and trade shows- they look nice and tell you absolutely nothing about what is actually going on.
In my area (chemistry) most lecturers don't have the time or the ability to create animations which are useful, even in areas where animations would look quite cool (e.g. time dependent quantum mechanics stuff). My recommendation to you is to live with the video or audio, or look at the popular science articles, NASA blog or whatever.
I wonder if the US department of defense would allow its contractors to ever host their data in Australia?
The fact you are interested in the subject is a good start. If you want to do a PhD for simply studying 'cool' stuff- go for it! (the definition of cool depends on your personal interest).
Ask a lecturer in condensed matter any experts (s)he knows, and send them an email, prospective CV, and offer to meet up. When you meet them, see if you can get along with them. I went to 2 interviews, one was a brief chat and the other was an interrogation. I subsequently worked for the former.
From what I've seen fraud is not rampant. The fact that scientists who are caught fabricating results end up in the news shows it is rare. I recently found out several results of mine were wrong (summary of the problem: garbage in, garbage out). I told my supervisor this, the reason for the error and he accepted it. I had to redo some calculations, and more annoyingly some guys I work with had to as well, but making sure the results were accurate was more important. We learned from the mistake and move on.
The USA may be different, and I hear funding can become an issue in some cases. That said, in condensed matter I can't see this being an issue.
I am almost afraid to put this, but
cp -r /home/$USER /media/$EXT_hard_drive/backup$date
It takes a while, but I haven't got round to figuring out how to use rsync yet.
Currently, high temperature superconductors work up to around 100K- which is about -170C. So currently you would need a liquid nitrogen cylinder to contain the cloak and keep it cold enough. Then you would need to hide that in some other way. somehow I don't think that is likely. Room temperature superconductors are some way off- they know how low temperature (few kelvin) superconductors work, but are not sure how the high temperature conductors work- so researchers are not sure how to improve on the current designs.
If your school is a 'poor' or 'under preforming' school, it may be worth asking local business' if they are willing to donate some of their older machines. These won't be fantastic, and they probably won't come with hard drives, but may still be useful for the school. I work in academia, and mentioned at a conference that our old computer cluster had died and wasn't worth resurrecting. At which point we were offered some old second hand gear- provided we recycle it when we're done (which is standard university policy anyway).