I believe the author's point is that Bugzilla has been successfully used through a lifetime of over 100,000 bug / issue reports.
Yes, they must have had the foresightness to allow for such large numbers in the lookup URL.
Totally useless information...
If you can't keep the size of the bugreports to, say, 10% of the code size noone could possibly care to fix the code anyway - the only good measure for scalability would be the number of active bugs
No good selling one application and giving away another.
Then, since he cannot remove the free project from the face of the earth, the only choice is to discredit it. "That product could contain bugs that could ruin your production"
I didn't register for the article but
the idea would be cool if you sent out
all those packages but only recieved the
correct answer back - voila, quantum computing!
How would you make sure only the correct answer
created a correct checksum, and when you get it
how do you know what the question was? But the good part might be that the host only needs to spit out a bunch of numbers without doing any computations.
Well, it might be viable to sell an extra operating system to OEM's - what about a
tiny partition containing just a kiosk mode
web-browser and no other functionality.
If the startup-time is really short it would
be a nice alternative and make the PC usable.
Since my linux system only is switched
on when I read mail I'd rather have a more
robust handling of unexpected shutdowns.
(e.g me pushing the powerbutton)
Whenever I do this all kinds of apps leaves
.pid files i my/var directory and until they
are deleted the apps refuses to start (e.g vnc)
Computers without a shutdown-menu rules!
All Hail ext3-fs which won't stall for 15 minutes
at startup.
Everything brakes - go for the longest warranty
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I've changed screen, harddisk and motherboard,
the keyboard is probably the only original part left : )
For features; screen choices is most important.
Apart from that - less is more. You will probably not miss cdrom or diskdrive if you go on the road without them.
Re:KDE 2s2 feature depth is astounding
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For example, I *love* how finegrained Konqueror's support for cookie and javascript is. You can specify particular sites that allowed to run javascript, to the exculsion of all others.
Mmm, it would rock to be able to disable any attempt of any script to open up a new window.
(can't think of any good use for it)
Then I'd disable javascripts for rightclicking,
damn script-hackers.
And if it's not possible I can always go and
comment out some of the code : )
Which distribution has best support for WINE and the activeX-hack?
Though a TV in you pocket would really spoil the portable bit.
If they team up with some digital camera manufacturers they have the perfect tool if the thing is able to run as an USB host.
Though the USB standard seems to be almost hostile against any good uses like that - do USB hosts really _have_ to feed its slaves with power?
What could make it usabel is the PCMCIA port.
This thing with a barcode reader would be soo much cheaper than a complete Ipaq package.
Though a network might not be a bad thing either.
Sound's like "Mote in Gods eye"
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Mote in God's eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle features an alien race that manage to send a beam of light to a nearby colonized planet.
Though they were not stupid enough to send a laser beam in small angle spotting just one measly starsystem just to contact someone else. (even though the manage to feed the laser for years!)
If you want to contact someone you'd better look for radio signals, anyone that can manipulate stars as a semaphore will probably decide for themselves whether they will come here or not.
Btw, the aliens in the book used the laser to propel a large solar-sail vessel.
In a flame there are often no real
boundary between atoms running berzerk
or forming molecules. If he can
figure that out on the scale of the
actual flame he's really good.
Then he can tune the flame so NOx and
other stuff won't form.
I had a great driver for a laptop touchpad that
emulated buttons by how many finger you tapped
with. If the mouse support in linux didn't suck
this would be a must-have feature.
Considering that I cannot really figure why the I-book needs it's button, it's must be the only glitch in an otherwize good design.
Could you PLEASE name any software that did not build on the success of similar precedents?
The fact that they did it better is just pointing out a sound competitive market situation.
Though the normal procedures is not to rip the name - just to get a similar one like "Kline X7" to give the impression that it is at least at the same version-level as the others.
Why don't do like IBM and let you
twist the screen on a normal portable
another 120 degrees. It could be done
on any design and the notebook keyboard
is much better stowed away on the back
whenever you've got the space to fold out
a real one. Compaq's solution sucks.
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Now that's a contradiction.
Interoperability _is_ the standard
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Devices won't get certified unless they are subject to compability tests with devices of the same type from other manufacturers.
This is easy today when there are few if any devices to test against, but apart from some 1st generation mishaps which could call for an upgrade, a bluetooth device should work with any other device.
In reality I share your fears that interoperability is an exponentially growing problem still to be solved. The simple protocols in bluetooth won't reach all the way, and even that will be a tough to get working. In the end Bluetooth will only be a carrier of the compete anarchy of XML content... Lets hope for a better standard than "what M$ do"
Some years ago they thought they would
get back their investments by bringing
"content" that would pay for their net.
They failed miserably by competing against
other ISP's with costs for their services
rocketing without any results. The only
outcome - a total block of good multicast services.
If ISP's aren't coming up with good multicast
services across networks this will only lead to higher bandwith costs for alternative services that will be pushed onto users.
Internet is not TV, but I don't think anyone would compare a slow P2P connection to a fast mutlicast connection whatever the content.
Aren't there passive RF id-tags available.
You can etch an antenna on a piezoelectric material to respond to a specific signal.
The signal will be received by the antenna and a surface wave (SAW) will spread along it, but because of the design of the antenna only the correct signal will amplify the wave enough.
The surface wave can then thrigger a "beep" in response if the ID was correct.
Is there a problem?
If you can't compile the VHDL code maybe someone will try to make an open-source compiler in the future, but since the chip-makers want's to earn money on the hardware you'll probably get a free VHDL compiler for their chip only. If you have that why would you want an open-source one instead???
OK, they leave out some simulation tool's so you might get some problems, but the core itself could get checked by someone with a commercial package.
I guess you can develop efficient brakes for boats if the need comes. The problem would be the gigantic waves these boats could make. It will probably force them to keep the speed down close to land much in the way the Concorde had to stay at subsonic speeds over inhabited areas.
Let's just hope they do some thinking in advance and won't accept any fuel consumption just to go a faster.
IBM has some nice tutorials that shows XML in action to produce PDF's, the only need to deprive your XML file of it's contents would be to get that nice Latex touch or view it in a simple HTML browser.
The only thing missing is the stylesheets! If anyone could produce a way to add dynamic page boundaries with headers, footers, footnotes etc. directly on your XML file when it's converted to PDF noone would miss latex!
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I believe the author's point is that Bugzilla has been successfully used through a lifetime of over 100,000 bug / issue reports.
Yes, they must have had the foresightness to allow for such large numbers in the lookup URL.
Totally useless information...
If you can't keep the size of the bugreports to, say, 10% of the code size noone could possibly care to fix the code anyway - the only good measure for scalability would be the number of active bugs
No good selling one application and giving away another.
Then, since he cannot remove the free project from the face of the earth, the only choice is to discredit it. "That product could contain bugs that could ruin your production"
Well that product is software, big deal : )
I didn't register for the article but
the idea would be cool if you sent out
all those packages but only recieved the
correct answer back - voila, quantum computing!
How would you make sure only the correct answer
created a correct checksum, and when you get it
how do you know what the question was? But the good part might be that the host only needs to spit out a bunch of numbers without doing any computations.
Well, it might be viable to sell an extra operating system to OEM's - what about a
tiny partition containing just a kiosk mode
web-browser and no other functionality.
If the startup-time is really short it would
be a nice alternative and make the PC usable.
How slim can you make QXL?
Since my linux system only is switched
/var directory and until they
on when I read mail I'd rather have a more
robust handling of unexpected shutdowns.
(e.g me pushing the powerbutton)
Whenever I do this all kinds of apps leaves
.pid files i my
are deleted the apps refuses to start (e.g vnc)
Computers without a shutdown-menu rules!
All Hail ext3-fs which won't stall for 15 minutes
at startup.
I've changed screen, harddisk and motherboard, the keyboard is probably the only original part left : )
For features; screen choices is most important. Apart from that - less is more. You will probably not miss cdrom or diskdrive if you go on the road without them.
For example, I *love* how finegrained Konqueror's support for cookie and javascript is. You can specify particular sites that allowed to run javascript, to the exculsion of all others. Mmm, it would rock to be able to disable any attempt of any script to open up a new window. (can't think of any good use for it) Then I'd disable javascripts for rightclicking, damn script-hackers. And if it's not possible I can always go and comment out some of the code : ) Which distribution has best support for WINE and the activeX-hack?
Though a TV in you pocket would really spoil the portable bit.
If they team up with some digital camera manufacturers they have the perfect tool if the thing is able to run as an USB host. Though the USB standard seems to be almost hostile against any good uses like that - do USB hosts really _have_ to feed its slaves with power?
What could make it usabel is the PCMCIA port. This thing with a barcode reader would be soo much cheaper than a complete Ipaq package. Though a network might not be a bad thing either.
Mote in God's eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle features an alien race that manage to send a beam of light to a nearby colonized planet.
Though they were not stupid enough to send a laser beam in small angle spotting just one measly starsystem just to contact someone else. (even though the manage to feed the laser for years!)
If you want to contact someone you'd better look for radio signals, anyone that can manipulate stars as a semaphore will probably decide for themselves whether they will come here or not. Btw, the aliens in the book used the laser to propel a large solar-sail vessel.
In a flame there are often no real boundary between atoms running berzerk or forming molecules. If he can figure that out on the scale of the actual flame he's really good. Then he can tune the flame so NOx and other stuff won't form.
I had a great driver for a laptop touchpad that emulated buttons by how many finger you tapped with. If the mouse support in linux didn't suck this would be a must-have feature.
Considering that I cannot really figure why the I-book needs it's button, it's must be the only glitch in an otherwize good design.
Could you PLEASE name any software that did not build on the success of similar precedents?
The fact that they did it better is just pointing out a sound competitive market situation.
Though the normal procedures is not to rip the name - just to get a similar one like "Kline X7" to give the impression that it is at least at the same version-level as the others.
Why don't do like IBM and let you twist the screen on a normal portable another 120 degrees. It could be done on any design and the notebook keyboard is much better stowed away on the back whenever you've got the space to fold out a real one. Compaq's solution sucks.
Copyright 2001 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Click here to print this page. Now that's a contradiction.
Devices won't get certified unless they are subject to compability tests with devices of the same type from other manufacturers.
This is easy today when there are few if any devices to test against, but apart from some 1st generation mishaps which could call for an upgrade, a bluetooth device should work with any other device.
In reality I share your fears that interoperability is an exponentially growing problem still to be solved. The simple protocols in bluetooth won't reach all the way, and even that will be a tough to get working. In the end Bluetooth will only be a carrier of the compete anarchy of XML content... Lets hope for a better standard than "what M$ do"
Some years ago they thought they would get back their investments by bringing "content" that would pay for their net.
They failed miserably by competing against other ISP's with costs for their services rocketing without any results. The only outcome - a total block of good multicast services.
If ISP's aren't coming up with good multicast services across networks this will only lead to higher bandwith costs for alternative services that will be pushed onto users.
Internet is not TV, but I don't think anyone would compare a slow P2P connection to a fast mutlicast connection whatever the content.
- too late -
Aren't there passive RF id-tags available.
You can etch an antenna on a piezoelectric material to respond to a specific signal.
The signal will be received by the antenna and a surface wave (SAW) will spread along it, but because of the design of the antenna only the correct signal will amplify the wave enough.
The surface wave can then thrigger a "beep" in response if the ID was correct.
Is there a problem?
If you can't compile the VHDL code maybe someone will try to make an open-source compiler in the future, but since the chip-makers want's to earn money on the hardware you'll probably get a free VHDL compiler for their chip only. If you have that why would you want an open-source one instead???
OK, they leave out some simulation tool's so you might get some problems, but the core itself could get checked by someone with a commercial package.
If they're on minus someone up there must have really wanted the mission to succeed.
I just wanted one of these, and a titanium macintosh to link it up to.
But what's the point without a 400 bps network? Get back to the blueprints...
Then linux won't have any trouble to get it to work.
What puzzles me is how Windows '95 can get a bluescreen when I plug in an USB mouse..
I guess you can develop efficient brakes for boats if the need comes. The problem would be the gigantic waves these boats could make. It will probably force them to keep the speed down close to land much in the way the Concorde had to stay at subsonic speeds over inhabited areas.
Let's just hope they do some thinking in advance and won't accept any fuel consumption just to go a faster.
You forgot to link Coke.com and Pepsi.
It's not really hard is it?
The only thing missing is the stylesheets! If anyone could produce a way to add dynamic page boundaries with headers, footers, footnotes etc. directly on your XML file when it's converted to PDF noone would miss latex!