There is no way NASA could make money doing anything that it currently does except for launching communications satelites and there other options for doing that already (all of which are either partialy funded by some other government or use equipment developed by governments) We are a long way from having private from-scratch launch capability
The NASA budget and all foreign aid amount to a whopping almost 2% of the Federal Budget. The US doesn't pay its UN dues and if it did that would be another 0.00001% of the budget. Cutting military spending isn't going to happenn any time soon since both the President and the Congress want to increase military spending.
The Democrats don't get to spend a single penny because the REPUBLICANS control the congress and have for the past FOUR YEARS. Obviously you are not an American because you seem to have no idea how the process works. The majority party controls the budget commitess and it is that parties priorities that dominate.
NASA IS publicly owned... its payed for by US citizens tax dollars (and money that Reagan borrowed in the 80s for shiny space weapons) government regulations have NOTHING to do with the lack of (operational) provate launch programs, this has alot more to do with the 100s millions/billions it takes in infrastucture, research and development necessary to build a succesful launch capability (im talking large payloads to geosynch orbit not 50lbs to LEO)
Actually i thought it was an interesting interview, its a good behind-the-scenes look at how SP is made. BUt of course it only got linked to/. because the L-word is used, if they'd used NT or Solaris or whatever for sys-admin stuff it would never have got posted.
1) Hes a member of the House of (Un)Representitives, not a Senator (and a Republican of course)
2) Any time a politician proposes to increase government information on or control over its citizens in the interests of law enforcement be afraid, very afraid. Don't let them do it. The 80's "tough on crime" binge has seriously eroded the 4th amendment IMO.
3) whats wrong with ACLU? any organization that takes a hard line on defending civil liberties Is A Good Thing (TM) in my book. "I suppose you'd rather have terrorists?" - Brazil
What makes you think MICROS~1 is going the way of the Dodo? They just posted record profits. Don't delude your self into think that becuase Linux is chipping away at the low-end server market that linux/OSS will sweep them aside. Its like the PFJ in Monty Pythons Life Of Brian dreaming of world domination in the next 5 years.
If the DOJ keeps the pressure on MICROS~1 and they actually have to compete with people instead of crushing them before they can even get a toe hold, maybe 5 or 10 years from now they'll be a player in a market with multiple choices, rather than the abusive monopoly they are now.
Whats different about Be is that they have a technicaly excellent OS that is powerful and easy for the average user to use. They basically have the best desktop OS there is, better than Windows, Mac, and yes a better desktop OS than Linux. If they are allowed to compete on the merits of their product they will survive linux, OSS, and MICROS~1 not withstanding.
The bottom line is that BeOS is just too good to go away.
The IPO was for 6 million shares at $6 per. Be therefore makes $6 x 6,000,000 = $36,000,000 they get this money from the underwriter, and it is the underwriter then turns around and sells those 6 million shares on the market and it is they who make money if they can sell those shares at more than $6.
If you add in Intel's $25,000,000, be has $61,000,000 on hand. Given that they've spent a total of $56,000,000 since 1990 they will be around for a long time to come which is great news for us Be fans (sorry OSS types but BeOS is here to stay)
The bottom line is that BeOS is just too good to go away.
An open source project to make a BeOS-like OS would be cool. Start with a blank sheet, and design the OS from the start to use lightweight threads for everything, to be SMP friendly, have extremely low media latency, easy to use native GUI, etc etc, as opposed to adding these things at a later date! Of course Be has already done a fantastic job of implementing these ideas, but for some reason they get very little respect around here.
If the OSS zealots are really correct and most future software will be developed under the OSS model it'll be great to have some (more modern) alternatives to unix-like OS. Nothing wrong with unix of course, its longevity speaks for its self, but its not the ONLY way to make a good OS.
The article failed to mention how many of the speakers at this conference were wearing aluminum foil hats (to ward off the mind control rays from the UN Black Helicopters that follow them around...)
These looney right types would be sad if they didn't have so many guns and managed to get a few of themsleves elected to Congress.
Actually BEOS ships with a telnet server, so you *can* login remotely. BeOS is not a multi user OS though, so most of the services associated with a multi user environment are missing.
Programs have to be written specificaly for SockHop and use its base class instead of BLooper (Be's basic thread + event loop class) SockHop also uses a set of classes to handle routing of BMessages between threads.
Anything that makes any OS better is a good thing. I know ill probably get "moderated" down for saying this, but I don't think Windows/NT is bad because its closed source, its bad because they haven't had much competition, and because of the way they use their software as a tool to make the victim^H^H^H^H^H^Huser buy more MICROS~1 products.
Anything (such as linux enterprise servers) that puts pressure on them to improve their product is good.
Im surprised the cops (after roughing him up a little) didn't charge him (as an adult of course) with felony theft, reckless endangerment, crossing property lines in the commision of a felony, driving without a license, driving underage, trespassing, driving too slowly, and (all together now) assulting a police officer!
Actually FEMA is the organization that comes in and helps relief efforts after a hurricane etc. They do not "assume total power" and they are not in the business of violating people's rights (the local police forces do that most often in the USA)
Small Gods is probably the best book in the series IMO. I read SG first and its a good place to start if you're reading out of sequence as many of the recurring characters aren't in it. The place to start is in the begining ie The Colour of Magic.
At least where I work comapnies are falling over themselves to hire programmers, and there aren't nearly enough to go around. Maybe its different in the hip "new media" world but for regular business that need coders, its a great time to be coder. Of course this means writing for windoze/NT and doing unhip projects but the money is good & i leave the office by 5 so I have time to do what i want even if that is writing more code (for BeOS)
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check out the old Be web site Its still available and things like BeWare are still being updated. The worst thing about BeOS is all the terrible puns:P
Lots of people use Be, and more importantly when people see it demoed or try it for themselves the overwhelming majority just LOVE it and many of those actualy go out and buy it.
Now that linux has woken people up to the idea of alternatives to windows, BeOS's ease of use and dead simple install put it in a great position to to appeal to Windows refugees. As a computer geek I learnt alot (and enjoyed) the challenges of installing & using linux( i started with linux back in 0.9.18 with a slackware install) but even today with much better installs & desktops available, your average user doesn't have (or want to have) the skills needed to properly use linux.
Although BeOS makes a great general purpose desktop OS, their 'Media OS' strategy is a good one: ports of products such as Bryce 4 & Cinema 4D as well as the various professional A/V mixing & editing tools provide Be with a toehold that will (hopefully) keep their head above financial water long enough for more general user type apps to mature (and these are coming along nicely)
The bottome line is that the BeOS is just too good to go away no matter what happens to BE, Inc.
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New Age Hippies....
Maybe they have a "Gift Economy" and all their software and hardware designs are open Source so there no need for money!
(note for the humor impaired the above is inteded as a "joke")
"I didn't know you wore falsies -- false ears" -Brazil
There is no way NASA could make money doing anything that it currently does except for launching communications satelites and there other options for doing that already (all of which are either partialy funded by some other government or use equipment developed by governments) We are a long way from having private from-scratch launch capability
The NASA budget and all foreign aid amount to a whopping almost 2% of the Federal Budget. The US doesn't pay its UN dues and if it did that would be another 0.00001% of the budget. Cutting military spending isn't going to happenn any time soon since both the President and the Congress want to increase military spending.
The Democrats don't get to spend a single penny because the REPUBLICANS control the congress and have for the past FOUR YEARS. Obviously you are not an American because you seem to have no idea how the process works. The majority party controls the budget commitess and it is that parties priorities that dominate.
NASA IS publicly owned... its payed for by US citizens tax dollars (and money that Reagan borrowed in the 80s for shiny space weapons) government regulations have NOTHING to do with the lack of (operational) provate launch programs, this has alot more to do with the 100s millions/billions it takes in infrastucture, research and development necessary to build a succesful launch capability (im talking large payloads to geosynch orbit not 50lbs to LEO)
Actually i thought it was an interesting interview, its a good behind-the-scenes look at how SP is made. BUt of course it only got linked to /. because the L-word is used, if they'd used NT or Solaris or whatever for sys-admin stuff it would never have got posted.
Consumers For Christ Brazil
1) Hes a member of the House of (Un)Representitives, not a Senator (and a Republican of course)
2) Any time a politician proposes to increase government information on or control over its citizens in the interests of law enforcement be afraid, very afraid. Don't let them do it. The 80's "tough on crime" binge has seriously eroded the 4th amendment IMO.
3) whats wrong with ACLU? any organization that takes a hard line on defending civil liberties Is A Good Thing (TM) in my book.
"I suppose you'd rather have terrorists?" - Brazil
What makes you think MICROS~1 is going the way of the Dodo? They just posted record profits. Don't delude your self into think that becuase Linux is chipping away at the low-end server market that linux/OSS will sweep them aside. Its like the PFJ in Monty Pythons Life Of Brian dreaming of world domination in the next 5 years.
If the DOJ keeps the pressure on MICROS~1 and they actually have to compete with people instead of crushing them before they can even get a toe hold, maybe 5 or 10 years from now they'll be a player in a market with multiple choices, rather than the abusive monopoly they are now.
Whats different about Be is that they have a technicaly excellent OS that is powerful and easy for the average user to use. They basically have the best desktop OS there is, better than Windows, Mac, and yes a better desktop OS than Linux. If they are allowed to compete on the merits of their product they will survive linux, OSS, and MICROS~1 not withstanding.
The bottom line is that BeOS is just too good to go away.
The IPO was for 6 million shares at $6 per.
Be therefore makes $6 x 6,000,000 = $36,000,000
they get this money from the underwriter, and it is the underwriter then turns around and sells those 6 million shares on the market and it is they who make money if they can sell those shares at more than $6.
If you add in Intel's $25,000,000, be has $61,000,000 on hand. Given that they've spent a total of $56,000,000 since 1990 they will be around for a long time to come which is great news for us Be fans (sorry OSS types but BeOS is here to stay)
The bottom line is that BeOS is just too good to go away.
An open source project to make a BeOS-like OS would be cool. Start with a blank sheet, and design the OS from the start to use lightweight threads for everything, to be SMP friendly, have extremely low media latency, easy to use native GUI, etc etc, as opposed to adding these things at a later date! Of course Be has already done a fantastic job of implementing these ideas, but for some reason they get very little respect around here.
If the OSS zealots are really correct and most future software will be developed under the OSS model it'll be great to have some (more modern) alternatives to unix-like OS. Nothing wrong with unix of course, its longevity speaks for its self, but its not the ONLY way to make a good OS.
What they should do is either put the array in geo-synchronus orbit and then tether it to the ground and pipe the power down through the tether
or put the microwave reciever on the end of the tether and beam the microwaves UP to the reciever.
The article failed to mention how many of the speakers at this conference were wearing aluminum foil hats (to ward off the mind control rays from the UN Black Helicopters that follow them around...)
These looney right types would be sad if they didn't have so many guns and managed to get a few of themsleves elected to Congress.
How does one become a moderator? A fews posts down an AC has ben moderated up as "informative" even though some of what he's saying in incorrect.
I'll volunteer to correct this!
Actually BEOS ships with a telnet server, so you *can* login remotely. BeOS is not a multi user OS though, so most of the services associated with a multi user environment are missing.
There is SockHop for BeOS.
Programs have to be written specificaly for SockHop and use its base class instead of BLooper (Be's basic thread + event loop class) SockHop also uses a set of classes to handle routing of BMessages between threads.
Anything that makes any OS better is a good thing. I know ill probably get "moderated" down for saying this, but I don't think Windows/NT is bad because its closed source, its bad because they haven't had much competition, and because of the way they use their software as a tool to make the victim^H^H^H^H^H^Huser buy more MICROS~1 products.
Anything (such as linux enterprise servers) that puts pressure on them to improve their product is good.
Im surprised the cops (after roughing him up a little) didn't charge him (as an adult of course) with felony theft, reckless endangerment, crossing property lines in the commision of a felony, driving without a license, driving underage, trespassing, driving too slowly, and (all together now) assulting a police officer!
The Roman Empire went straight down the toilet when it became Christain!
Actually FEMA is the organization that comes in and helps relief efforts after a hurricane etc. They do not "assume total power" and they are not in the business of violating people's rights (the local police forces do that most often in the USA)
Be careful using the "M word" he might pull your arms off!
I was a great Discworld-inspired cartoon once:
Death was sitting infront of a computer, the caption underneath read "DAMN CAPS LOCK..."
Small Gods is probably the best book in the series IMO. I read SG first and its a good place to start if you're reading out of sequence as many of the recurring characters aren't in it. The place to start is in the begining ie The Colour of Magic.
OOk!
The Turtle Moves!
The Turtle Moves!
Help im lost in L-space!
At least where I work comapnies are falling over themselves to hire programmers, and there aren't nearly enough to go around. Maybe its different in the hip "new media" world but for regular business that need coders, its a great time to be coder. Of course this means writing for windoze/NT and doing unhip projects but the money is good & i leave the office by 5 so I have time to do what i want even if that is writing more code (for BeOS)
check out the old Be web site Its still available and things like BeWare are still being updated. The worst thing about BeOS is all the terrible puns :P
Lots of people use Be, and more importantly when people see it demoed or try it for themselves the overwhelming majority just LOVE it and many of those actualy go out and buy it.
Now that linux has woken people up to the idea of alternatives to windows, BeOS's ease of use and dead simple install put it in a great position to to appeal to Windows refugees. As a computer geek I learnt alot (and enjoyed) the challenges of installing & using linux( i started with linux back in 0.9.18 with a slackware install) but even today with much better installs & desktops available, your average user doesn't have (or want to have) the skills needed to properly use linux.
Although BeOS makes a great general purpose desktop OS, their 'Media OS' strategy is a good one: ports of products such as Bryce 4 & Cinema 4D as well as the various professional A/V mixing & editing tools provide Be with a toehold that will (hopefully) keep their head above financial water long enough for more general user type apps to mature (and these are coming along nicely)
The bottome line is that the BeOS is just too good to go away no matter what happens to BE, Inc.