I think the chances of me needing to get my phone replaced for hardware failure are much greater than the chances of being hit by a meteorite. Phones are DESIGNED to fail quickly, so that the consumer has to buy another one.
One day a guest OS (I do think you mean guest, not host, right?) woke up in its dusty little server, achieved sentience, and proceeded to murder each of it's brethren before they too could rise up to strive against it.
Because networking is bound by factors external to the app, not the least of which that IPs are machine bound, not app bound. Or did you forget that a router somewhere needs to know where that IP is routed so it can route packets to you?
It's theoretically possible. Just have multiple IP addresses pointing at one machine, then have some sort of modified network daemon that splits off each IP to an app.
In all honesty it would work just like the current port system works, but using an IP instead of an IP:port. It would be kinda wasteful of IP addresses, but with IPv6 that might not be so much of an issue.
Maybe I'm crazy, but I actually really enjoy rebuilding servers (software wise, not hardware). At my workplace we are slowly moving to virtual slices instead of actual servers. Takes away all the fun of installing the OS and configuring everything, IMO. A lot quicker though... I guess that's the point.
I could see something like that. But you gotta think, how would one get the Steam-like program on the computer in the first place? Maybe it gets installed first, in place of the bootloader. But then you've basically just got another OS (since it would need drivers for mouse, keyboard, and network hardware).
Windows is very entrenched. I think a lot of people would actually pay rather than go to what is still largely considered a cell phone OS for their desktops.
seriously. If someone can figure out how to disable the GA tools windows has NOW, I'm sure someone can disable whatever they come out with for windows 8.
I think possibly what is meant in the article is that a unique key will have to be retrieved every time. When I tried 7 beta, I used the same key several times for installation. It was also possible to turn back the system clock to keep the key valid.
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Myself, I thought Firefly was stupid beyond belief, but -- hey -- different people like different things.
Probably not the best thing to mention on slashdot. Just sayin....
Comcast too. I don't know what they use on the backbone (I assume it's fiber) but in the house we have coax for internet and tv.
I think the chances of me needing to get my phone replaced for hardware failure are much greater than the chances of being hit by a meteorite. Phones are DESIGNED to fail quickly, so that the consumer has to buy another one.
But generally carrier phones do not. I think that's the point that parent is trying to make.
And yet there is so much fragmentation.....
That's a very interesting point. I hadn't looked at it that way until now.
Ice Cream Sandwich.
That should be the name of the next version of android, hands down.
Hear hear. However I do agree with parent that the third world war will likely be fought digitally.
In theory, theory and reality are the same. In reality they're different ;)
One day a guest OS (I do think you mean guest, not host, right?) woke up in its dusty little server, achieved sentience, and proceeded to murder each of it's brethren before they too could rise up to strive against it.
Likely there's a secondary and even a tertiary server for the control daemon itself, and likely multiple mirrored clusters as well.
Because networking is bound by factors external to the app, not the least of which that IPs are machine bound, not app bound. Or did you forget that a router somewhere needs to know where that IP is routed so it can route packets to you?
It's theoretically possible. Just have multiple IP addresses pointing at one machine, then have some sort of modified network daemon that splits off each IP to an app.
In all honesty it would work just like the current port system works, but using an IP instead of an IP:port. It would be kinda wasteful of IP addresses, but with IPv6 that might not be so much of an issue.
Maybe I'm crazy, but I actually really enjoy rebuilding servers (software wise, not hardware). At my workplace we are slowly moving to virtual slices instead of actual servers. Takes away all the fun of installing the OS and configuring everything, IMO. A lot quicker though... I guess that's the point.
That is an amazing bit of computing hsitory. Thanks for sharing!
I could see something like that. But you gotta think, how would one get the Steam-like program on the computer in the first place? Maybe it gets installed first, in place of the bootloader. But then you've basically just got another OS (since it would need drivers for mouse, keyboard, and network hardware).
Maybe the Chinese will make their own nationalistic OS
Golden OS?
It's not. It's related to your mentioning that the activation system is similar to windows 7 beta keys.
Windows is very entrenched. I think a lot of people would actually pay rather than go to what is still largely considered a cell phone OS for their desktops.
So link all three and get everyone bitching at once :D
seriously. If someone can figure out how to disable the GA tools windows has NOW, I'm sure someone can disable whatever they come out with for windows 8.
http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no,14299/
I think possibly what is meant in the article is that a unique key will have to be retrieved every time. When I tried 7 beta, I used the same key several times for installation. It was also possible to turn back the system clock to keep the key valid.
I imagine a lot of users wouldn't really understand how to set those options. I think it's a fine plan though.
They'd just start blocking people who were sending encrypted traffic and weren't known to be associated with enterprise.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but don't cell phone companies pay quite a bit to use the airwaves? If not, then I agree with you.
And how does Comcast use airwaves? They're a cable company. Cable. As in, underground. Last I checked that wasn't an airwave.