Of course I understand the choice is already limited (as I did point out). But my life does not revolve around an operating system. Neither is research is performed in order to try out the "coolest" operating system.
By limiting options, I was implying limiting options of the research equipment available, which removing Windows as an option would do.
MS might not be the best platform for everything, but the piece of equipment which only supports Windows might be. A multi-platform approach is the default, what's being discussed is removing MS systems from the available options.
I've yet to hear of any institution which requires all systems to run a single operating system, therefore any of the *nix systems have always been an option.
It seems that for the most part only computer science (and administrative software) has been dicussed here.
While not at all exclusive to the biological sciences, analytical equipment which is run in conjunction with desktop computers often only has software available for Windows operating systems.
Many imaging systems for microscopes, ELISA plate readers, bioreactors, spectrophotometers and many others pieces of equipment, use proprietary software and do not have any non-windows software available.
2.4 million would not go very far in replacing this type of equipment as new computers (and therefore software licenses) would be purchased, assuming alternatives were available.
If entirely new equipment was required to be purchased, the time required to update and rewrite the research protocols and validate the equipment would also have to be considered.
Now I find myself kicked off of Napster for downloading Metallica songs legally.
Napster has two parts to it, a search portion that allows you to download songs from other users, and a library portion that takes the songs you've downloaded and makes them available to anyone else who searches.
If you own the song through prior purchase of the a recording, you may (I'm not a lawyer) have the right to download a copy of that recording, but you do not have the right to redistribute it to people who do not. Napster software has several ways to make this easy. You can either place your.MP3's in a new directory that is seperate from your downloaded music directory (which is shared by napster), or even easier, you can sent the number of uploads allowed to zero.
I imagine NetPD only can search what is available for download by users, and by having your.MP3's not in a shared directory you are not making any available. Therefore you can download all the recordings that are rightfully yours, not re-distribute them, and listen to them, all within the limits of the law. Or atleast away from any viable method of catching you.
Anyone who was banned from Napster obviously had to make the files available for download, or the search would not have found them. They were therefore not banned for downloading copyrighted materials, but for distributing copyrighted materials.
I agree if everyone did this, there would be no Napster network. But it does work.
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He's simply "one of us".
It's comments like that which would make me rather sit down with Bill.
$10,000 for just the plumbing and parts? That seems like too much work.
Here or here.
I picked up a thermocycler (for DNA amplification) for $5.00 CDN at a University garage sale.
Ignoring computers, bytes, bits, and data for a second..
Kilo: x10^3
Mega: x10^6
Giga: x10^9
Tera: x10^12
Peta: x10^15
Exa: x10^18
Zetta: x10^21
Yotta: x10^24
It does matter if it's a billion bytes or billions cows, it'd still be 1000 Megacattle.
Of course I understand the choice is already limited (as I did point out). But my life does not revolve around an operating system. Neither is research is performed in order to try out the "coolest" operating system.
By limiting options, I was implying limiting options of the research equipment available, which removing Windows as an option would do.
MS might not be the best platform for everything, but the piece of equipment which only supports Windows might be. A multi-platform approach is the default, what's being discussed is removing MS systems from the available options.
I've yet to hear of any institution which requires all systems to run a single operating system, therefore any of the *nix systems have always been an option.
I'm sorry, I don't see your point.
It seems that for the most part only computer science (and administrative software) has been dicussed here.
While not at all exclusive to the biological sciences, analytical equipment which is run in conjunction with desktop computers often only has software available for Windows operating systems.
Many imaging systems for microscopes, ELISA plate readers, bioreactors, spectrophotometers and many others pieces of equipment, use proprietary software and do not have any non-windows software available.
2.4 million would not go very far in replacing this type of equipment as new computers (and therefore software licenses) would be purchased, assuming alternatives were available.
If entirely new equipment was required to be purchased, the time required to update and rewrite the research protocols and validate the equipment would also have to be considered.
Why limit your choices if you don't have to?
Kevin.
Now I find myself kicked off of Napster for downloading Metallica songs legally.
.MP3's in a new directory that is seperate from your downloaded music directory (which is shared by napster), or even easier, you can sent the number of uploads allowed to zero.
.MP3's not in a shared directory you are not making any available. Therefore you can download all the recordings that are rightfully yours, not re-distribute them, and listen to them, all within the limits of the law. Or atleast away from any viable method of catching you.
Napster has two parts to it, a search portion that allows you to download songs from other users, and a library portion that takes the songs you've downloaded and makes them available to anyone else who searches.
If you own the song through prior purchase of the a recording, you may (I'm not a lawyer) have the right to download a copy of that recording, but you do not have the right to redistribute it to people who do not. Napster software has several ways to make this easy. You can either place your
I imagine NetPD only can search what is available for download by users, and by having your
Anyone who was banned from Napster obviously had to make the files available for download, or the search would not have found them. They were therefore not banned for downloading copyrighted materials, but for distributing copyrighted materials.
I agree if everyone did this, there would be no Napster network. But it does work.