Has anyone noticed that when Microsoft needs help and wants to be saved all of sudden Open Source appears in there software. Once again we see right here that when they want better fonts it's Open Source to the rescue, but then again to quote there CEO "Linux is a cancer", he forgot to add, "But we need to steal from them to make our software work".
I'm not directly implying that, no. However there quality in software production sucked. Even there Windows driver where decent at best. It seems that after AMD came in and bought them out we now have awesome drivers on both the Linux and Windows platform.
Your hardware can be as good as possible but with no drivers or crap driver to run the hardware, whats the point. Bar-none the saving grace for ATI is being bought by AMD, now we have good hardware being ran by good software and not good hardware being slugged out by bad software.
This was a great merg. This merg lead to the first decent Ati drivers being created on the Linux side. If this wouldn't of happened then how much longer would ATI of survived. They basicly said FU to Linux and ignored it. Great Merg.
I know your right on both accounts, but A) Windows should know enough to prevent it and B) The windows boot loader is HORRIBLY DESIGNED. I remember having to use it for skills Canada a few years ago and there is no easy way to use it. Now let me explain point A.
Windows is the kind of OS that has to be used by people who can't turn on the computer all the way up to the worlds best IT people. The wide spread of user skill is enough that Windows should be designed with a lock out sub system around the MBR. Now Linux is generally used by skill computer users, well at least if you don't use Ubuntu. Linux gives you all the access you can handle and expects you to know what to do with it.
I highly highly doubt to many Linux users will take pity on you when you screw your MBR from the command line. The over all point that Windows is meant to be used by those who for lack of a better term can't use it means that it should lock access to the MBR at all costs.
The other thing it should do which I mention about is to detect grub and append it's own record into the grub menu. There is 0 reasons it can't do this and there is 0 harmful effects to Microsoft for adding this feature.
The root point over all is that there is NO acceptable reason to ever touch the MBR after the OS is installed. There is 0 reason, none, nota etc.... It should be left alone and given it's right to not be changed.
Got to say this isn't surprising at all. Windows has never favored the dual boot setup. In the mind of Microsoft, there product should be the only one to touch the drive and thats it. Personally I run 2 dual boot setups. 1 on my notebook and 1 on my desktop. The amount of times that Windows has chosen to just over write grub and leave me with no way to get into Linux is amazing. What Microsoft should do to show there a team player is put code into the install to detect a grub install and then append the correct entry into the grub file to setup the dual boot.
I know this will very likely never happen but it would be a good step to be taken by Microsoft.
I have a Ti-89 and I must say that it is a rocking device. It's so nice to have a CAS in hand, in the classroom. My last Ti Calculator, the Ti 83 Silver, dropped one day and it never recovered, the device never turned on. One day I threw it because I pissed off and then it worked for like 2 months before one day during a test the calculator called it quits lol.
I remember as a Kid I was only allowed certain channels, so why not put this into a nation wide scale. First of all fine heavily if any thing that is deamed out of line happens on a kid channel. Second ignore any other channels. It should be the parents job to police what the kids watch not the FCC.
We didn't know this but because we did most of the development at the school they are able to claim the software. Up until June we were able to use a back door SSH server to get at the code. But they've locked it. What ever, they have no clue how the code works and couldn't never alter it. So I'm happy about that.
Okay, but making gnome look like windows 7 really is a dumb idea. I mean I looked at the theme, it's weird. When I sit down at a gnome environment I want it to feel like gnome and act like gnome. If I want to use the Windows 7 desktop, I'll reboot into windows. It's the same theory behind making Windows 7 look like Mac. If you like the other desktop better then just use that OS.
Is it just me or are they listing what was around the station more then information about the station itself. How did this truck blowup exactly, wouldn't you think a hydrogen truck would be specially outfitted to not in anyway be combustible.
Why are people always wanting to change the way the desktop looks, add pointless effects or even make transparents bars. The point is why not just have your desktop look the way it shipped, sure put a new background on it and maybe change the icons but then leave it. Even the default gnome icons are great, really I can't see any practical reason for screwing around with what already works.
I have a virus software just for when I want to scan things like USB keys and cd's before sending them to people when there not from me, better to be sure there not getting effected from someone else.
I agree with this 100%, the amount of times I plug my USB Stick into my Linux box and have the virus scan freak out is amazing. Then again it's always nice to know that my usb is effecting me.
If you make sure the surface is GOOD and I mean really good and you get it's aim perfect. You'll be able to get great results. The problem with this kind of small dish is that if the surface has imperfections they show up and can end up destroying the images.
The other thing you can do is see if you can find a cluster and tie into it. I know there are some groups that allow you to plug your dish into there networks and join them.
I would LOVE to release it open source, but the school being what they are wont let us keep the code or release it. We had to sign away all the rights to code and yes we did it from the ground up so it was unique crafted code base.
Also due to the tight constraints I would love go back and now edit the code to actually make it look good, I'm sure it's a mess. I haven't looked at it in over a year now but it's still kicking it.
We did this at my school. We took a bunch of 3 meter dishes like on your property and turned them in to a astronomy farm. Now to be fair the software end of the project was intense to say the least but the pay off was huge. It was a sweet project and we accomplished it in under a year, It might be something for you to take a look at. Here are some links.
This is a good idea, I wish more programming professors actually taught using this kind of method. Currently in Univeristy all the programming professors are saying C#, F#, Java etc... But how does that actually teach programming students. Ask any of them to write a good assembler program and you'll get total crap.
However ask the embedded programmer to write an assembler program and you'll (should) have it in no time!
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I know it's not all of a sudden, but they do seem to take take take and forget to give give give.
Has anyone noticed that when Microsoft needs help and wants to be saved all of sudden Open Source appears in there software. Once again we see right here that when they want better fonts it's Open Source to the rescue, but then again to quote there CEO "Linux is a cancer", he forgot to add, "But we need to steal from them to make our software work".
I'm not directly implying that, no. However there quality in software production sucked. Even there Windows driver where decent at best. It seems that after AMD came in and bought them out we now have awesome drivers on both the Linux and Windows platform.
Your hardware can be as good as possible but with no drivers or crap driver to run the hardware, whats the point. Bar-none the saving grace for ATI is being bought by AMD, now we have good hardware being ran by good software and not good hardware being slugged out by bad software.
This was a great merg. This merg lead to the first decent Ati drivers being created on the Linux side. If this wouldn't of happened then how much longer would ATI of survived. They basicly said FU to Linux and ignored it. Great Merg.
Hold on, so I can play Jezz Ball, Chips Challenge and all my favourite old school games with a greater level of speed.
Love the post!!! It's true.
Microsoft and Secure? I'm I missing something here.
I know your right on both accounts, but A) Windows should know enough to prevent it and B) The windows boot loader is HORRIBLY DESIGNED. I remember having to use it for skills Canada a few years ago and there is no easy way to use it. Now let me explain point A.
Windows is the kind of OS that has to be used by people who can't turn on the computer all the way up to the worlds best IT people. The wide spread of user skill is enough that Windows should be designed with a lock out sub system around the MBR. Now Linux is generally used by skill computer users, well at least if you don't use Ubuntu. Linux gives you all the access you can handle and expects you to know what to do with it. I highly highly doubt to many Linux users will take pity on you when you screw your MBR from the command line. The over all point that Windows is meant to be used by those who for lack of a better term can't use it means that it should lock access to the MBR at all costs.
The other thing it should do which I mention about is to detect grub and append it's own record into the grub menu. There is 0 reasons it can't do this and there is 0 harmful effects to Microsoft for adding this feature.
The root point over all is that there is NO acceptable reason to ever touch the MBR after the OS is installed. There is 0 reason, none, nota etc.... It should be left alone and given it's right to not be changed.
New antiviral, Nice maybe this can start a new aids solution or at least bring us closer to a point where we can start on new solutions.
Got to say this isn't surprising at all. Windows has never favored the dual boot setup. In the mind of Microsoft, there product should be the only one to touch the drive and thats it. Personally I run 2 dual boot setups. 1 on my notebook and 1 on my desktop. The amount of times that Windows has chosen to just over write grub and leave me with no way to get into Linux is amazing. What Microsoft should do to show there a team player is put code into the install to detect a grub install and then append the correct entry into the grub file to setup the dual boot.
I know this will very likely never happen but it would be a good step to be taken by Microsoft.
I have a Ti-89 and I must say that it is a rocking device. It's so nice to have a CAS in hand, in the classroom. My last Ti Calculator, the Ti 83 Silver, dropped one day and it never recovered, the device never turned on. One day I threw it because I pissed off and then it worked for like 2 months before one day during a test the calculator called it quits lol.
It seems that Chrome will be catching up with Firefox 4 and IE9 in terms of hardware acceleration soon
I already find Chrome to be much faster then either firefox or IE.
I remember as a Kid I was only allowed certain channels, so why not put this into a nation wide scale. First of all fine heavily if any thing that is deamed out of line happens on a kid channel. Second ignore any other channels. It should be the parents job to police what the kids watch not the FCC.
We didn't know this but because we did most of the development at the school they are able to claim the software. Up until June we were able to use a back door SSH server to get at the code. But they've locked it. What ever, they have no clue how the code works and couldn't never alter it. So I'm happy about that.
Okay, but making gnome look like windows 7 really is a dumb idea. I mean I looked at the theme, it's weird. When I sit down at a gnome environment I want it to feel like gnome and act like gnome. If I want to use the Windows 7 desktop, I'll reboot into windows. It's the same theory behind making Windows 7 look like Mac. If you like the other desktop better then just use that OS.
I know it is, thats my point. wouldn't the truck be secured in someway to make it near impossible to blowup.
Is it just me or are they listing what was around the station more then information about the station itself. How did this truck blowup exactly, wouldn't you think a hydrogen truck would be specially outfitted to not in anyway be combustible.
Star Trek will forever and always be better then Star Wars!!!
Why are people always wanting to change the way the desktop looks, add pointless effects or even make transparents bars. The point is why not just have your desktop look the way it shipped, sure put a new background on it and maybe change the icons but then leave it. Even the default gnome icons are great, really I can't see any practical reason for screwing around with what already works.
I have a virus software just for when I want to scan things like USB keys and cd's before sending them to people when there not from me, better to be sure there not getting effected from someone else.
I agree with this 100%, the amount of times I plug my USB Stick into my Linux box and have the virus scan freak out is amazing. Then again it's always nice to know that my usb is effecting me.
If you make sure the surface is GOOD and I mean really good and you get it's aim perfect. You'll be able to get great results. The problem with this kind of small dish is that if the surface has imperfections they show up and can end up destroying the images.
The other thing you can do is see if you can find a cluster and tie into it. I know there are some groups that allow you to plug your dish into there networks and join them.
I would LOVE to release it open source, but the school being what they are wont let us keep the code or release it. We had to sign away all the rights to code and yes we did it from the ground up so it was unique crafted code base.
Also due to the tight constraints I would love go back and now edit the code to actually make it look good, I'm sure it's a mess. I haven't looked at it in over a year now but it's still kicking it.
We did this at my school. We took a bunch of 3 meter dishes like on your property and turned them in to a astronomy farm. Now to be fair the software end of the project was intense to say the least but the pay off was huge. It was a sweet project and we accomplished it in under a year, It might be something for you to take a look at. Here are some links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_astronomy
http://www.nrao.edu/index.php/learn/radioastronomy
http://www.radio-astronomy.net/
This is a good idea, I wish more programming professors actually taught using this kind of method. Currently in Univeristy all the programming professors are saying C#, F#, Java etc... But how does that actually teach programming students. Ask any of them to write a good assembler program and you'll get total crap.
However ask the embedded programmer to write an assembler program and you'll (should) have it in no time!