This architecture is becoming familar. The Koolu is $200 to $300, is a bit more mature (its expandable) and comes from Canada. This architecture makes for a great system as, for instance, a home web, file, and VOIP server. The AMD Geode has a great GPU, but a significant web app (especially with lots of animation) will severely tax the CPU's horsepower.
"I feel it's time for Linux to grow up and find some kind of common ground with the closed source community."
FYI: Open Source has been around a long time - almost as long as so called proprietary software; it just wasn't called "Open Source" back then. I'll argue that proprietary software development can't exist without some sort of open information exchange between developers.
Linux "grew up" when it adopted a free license such as the GPL to promote free information exchange among developers. Proprietary software has yet to understand its need for free information exchange, or is just in a state of denial about it.
I've succeeded in ignoring proprietary software for the past 10 years, and as a result have managed to retire about 17 years early. The only way proprietary developers can retire early is if they have a royalty interest in a patent - or significant shares in a proprietary based software company.
Proprietary software will "grow up" when the perpetuators of closed source software realize the economics of modern software development can't be maintained with a closed model.
It appears to be standard operating procedure for companies to "give away" their product to schools. They know their products will be the only thing students know when they come out of the education system, thus giving them a boost over their competition.
And of course, they get to charge for it, which in the end results in more revenue down the line.
"...patent re-examination process bars the public from rebutting..."
It would seem to me that this would remove the ability to redress. IANAL of course, but it seems to me that this is an appeal process, and violates so many constitutional guarantees, that some lawyers would have a field day.
I really expect them to control the usable lifetime of a car well before they actually improve cars for the consumer's benefit.
Or, at least figure out how to use "nanotechnology" to get more money out of us beleagured consumers.
Remember "crumple zones"? They were an after-market booster (at least for the low-end cars) disguised as a safety device. Even minor parking lot bumps would cause a crumple.
I'm left wondering how much Detroit is planning to charge for the "technology benefit" of nanotechnology!
The proposed addressing scheme seems nearly identical to that used by TPC.INT for the past 10 years or so.
One may want to check with them about similar problems they have had and how they were[n't] solved. Spam was definitely a problem, as was other "Tragedy of the Commons" problems.
I believe Marshall Rose had a lot to do with that addressing scheme.
Unless/. is a member of some industry journalism group that holds their members accountable, you don't have to worry.
So far, you're doing fine: You have pubs like the National Enquirer on one side, and the NYT on the
other. You're in the middle, so don't worry!
Just keep up the good work!
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www.tombihn.com appears down. Probably ./'ed
This architecture is becoming familar. The Koolu is $200 to $300, is a bit more mature (its expandable) and comes from Canada. This architecture makes for a great system as, for instance, a home web, file, and VOIP server. The AMD Geode has a great GPU, but a significant web app (especially with lots of animation) will severely tax the CPU's horsepower.
FYI: Open Source has been around a long time - almost as long as so called proprietary software; it just wasn't called "Open Source" back then. I'll argue that proprietary software development can't exist without some sort of open information exchange between developers.
Linux "grew up" when it adopted a free license such as the GPL to promote free information exchange among developers. Proprietary software has yet to understand its need for free information exchange, or is just in a state of denial about it.
I've succeeded in ignoring proprietary software for the past 10 years, and as a result have managed to retire about 17 years early. The only way proprietary developers can retire early is if they have a royalty interest in a patent - or significant shares in a proprietary based software company.
Proprietary software will "grow up" when the perpetuators of closed source software realize the economics of modern software development can't be maintained with a closed model.
It appears to be standard operating procedure for companies to "give away" their product to schools. They know their products will be the only thing students know when they come out of the education system, thus giving them a boost over their competition.
And of course, they get to charge for it, which in the end results in more revenue down the line.
"...patent re-examination process bars the public from rebutting..."
It would seem to me that this would remove the ability to redress. IANAL of course, but it seems to me that this is an appeal process, and violates so many constitutional guarantees, that some lawyers would have a field day.
You may want to check out JavaHMO on SourceForge. We use it to stream MP3's, web cams, ... to our Tivo unit. Works great.
I really expect them to control the usable lifetime of a car well before they actually improve cars for the consumer's benefit.
Or, at least figure out how to use "nanotechnology" to get more money out of us beleagured consumers.
Remember "crumple zones"? They were an after-market booster (at least for the low-end cars) disguised as a safety device. Even minor parking lot bumps would cause a crumple.
I'm left wondering how much Detroit is planning to charge for the "technology benefit" of nanotechnology!
The proposed addressing scheme seems nearly identical to that used by TPC.INT for the past 10 years or so.
One may want to check with them about similar problems they have had and how they were[n't] solved. Spam was definitely a problem, as was other "Tragedy of the Commons" problems.
I believe Marshall Rose had a lot to do with that addressing scheme.
Unless /. is a member of some industry journalism group that holds their members accountable, you don't have to worry.
So far, you're doing fine: You have pubs like the National Enquirer on one side, and the NYT on the
other. You're in the middle, so don't worry!
Just keep up the good work!