...one thing that has me paranoid is an urgency flag in IPv6... but it's wide open for abuse.
How many people do you know who abuse the priority flag in the email they send? I can think of a few (and yes, email does get through faster that way).
Basic economic laws are based on supply and demand of scarce resources. This makes sense when there is a significant cost associated with duplication of an existing product. It doesn't make sense for the Internet; once something is digital, it is almost free to copy. This flattens out the traditional supply/demand vs price curve into almost a flat line.
Businesses that have traditionally been able to control their prices to maximize profit suddenly find themselve unable to do so. With near infinite supply, price controls are nearly impossible. That's why O.S. works so well and business has had such a tough time on the net. It's hard to be successful and greedy when what you're selling doesn't cost anything to reproduce.
Bandwidth is not free, and I can understand a market for that. The information on it is free to reproduce, and businesses that have grasped that have done well (barring lawsuits). Hopefully, people will realize the benefits of privatization don't apply to everything (compare with California electricity) and won't cave in to businesses whose only care is their profit, not public good.
When I bought my Visor, I looked at review and saw that on-time for Palm OS devices were 40 hours+ before recharging or battery changing.
How long does a WinCE device last? 4-10 hours? I am curious how long newer devices last, since this was one of the pluses for Palm when I made my decision. If you have a bigger device that also needs three times its weight in batteries to do the same as a palm device, it is not as portable. If they have improved their power requirements, things just got more interesting.
...that wouldnt work, as the other part of the ship would have no way of staying still...
Use two counter-rotating windmills, one on the generator's armature, the other on the rotor.
On the other hand, you could use solar cells. For either one to work, you'd still need sufficient numbers of photons, leaving you powerless between stars.
I wonder if the original intent for the windmill design was to provide propulsionless spin for keeping the sails taunt. After sufficent RPMs have been achieved, the pitch on the "blades" could be flattened out to stabalize the spin rate.
What do almost all cutting-edge games have in common? Loads of multimedia.
Maybe this would be a good place to lead game development from, as they are working on sound and video, things that aren't usually considered Linux's strong point. Besides, if hardware vendors can be pointed to a specific distribution to support, they might be more likely to create useful drivers than if they are asked to "make a linux driver".
This is why a new catagory if IP should be created. A software patent should be awarded to an invention that it implemented in software. Extending the idea, this would cover algorithms and mathematical formulas, as well computer programs.
The difference should be the expiration time. Software is good for only a few years before it loses most of its marketable value. I think the IRS says the depreciation time is 3 years for computers and software. So, just to be generous, why not make it good for 5-10 years? Regular patents are good for 20 years and copyright is good for 120(?) years. Developement of software is obviously much faster. If a shorter timer were allotted, it would ACTUALLY drive INNOVATION forward, in the real sense of the word. Companies would have to keep _really_ inovating to stay in business. Since software is so easy to reproduce, they should only be able to have a reasonable amount of time to recoup their R&D costs + some proffit.
If a revolution against this system ever formed, these same people would simply be informed that Nazi Fascist Renegades were trying to take their God Given Right to Television away, and that would be the end of that.
From the submission for this story, "Even worse, Fox and Disney are making the rounds to get Content Control into over-the-air broadcasts.
Does this mean Fox and Disney are "Nazi Fascist Renegades"?
But seriously, not all people can afford to pay for even cable. I know that a lot of/.ers are used to being surronded by technology, but regardless of their incomes, they are part of the technology "haves". Most revolutions come from the "have-nots". The only exceptions I see to this are the American Reveolutionary and Civil wars, where most of a geographical population felt they were put under restrictions by a distant government.
Wasn't it Thomas Jefferson who said every country needs a revolution every 40(?) years?
I'm not sure if it was 20 or 40, but something in the lifespan of a typical person. All this news about corporatism taking over makes so many people not just upset, but _angry_, that I wonder what the next revelution will look like. The last revolution was flower power and peace. The next one will be ???
The upgrade they are talking about will be 16 1600x1200 projectors configured in a 4 x 4 matrix.
How many GForce 3 cards can you put in a high-end system? One projector for each card carfully laid out to minimize lines along the edges, and you've got a big display. I use Windoze 2000 at work with a Matrox G100 dual-headed card. There is native support for multiple cards in Win98, 2000 (I haven't tried Me). Guiltily, I admit that I haven't used Linux for a while (work, and home life with my wife and 1.5 year-old). What support does Linux have for multiple display-adapters? Also, a high-end card would best interface to a projector via a digital line, to minimize cross talk on all those video cables.
I'm an independent. I've been looking for a party, but all of them seem to have major stances on issues that have nothing to do with each other (abortion, tax reform, election reform, welfare, medicare, science funding, infrastructure, etc.). I like the reform party (but not the guy that hijacked it).
No, I've not hugged trees, but I want my grandkids to have the same access to natural beauty that I have today. Oil is to valuable to burn (think plastic, medicine, etc.). Why not use more wind, tidal, and solar energy? Even if global warming is in question by some people, the pollutants that are given off are KNOWN to be bad for organisms that are exposed to them.
From the 1950s through the early 1970s, money was no object to space. The US was in a cold war with the USSR, and space became a primary competion site. No price was too high, as long as results happened. Then the oil embargo happened and funds for more moon trips dried up.
NASA transfered its focus to spacestation building, starting with Skylab, to catch up to the Soviets again. It launched Skylab on the cheap, using some leftover Apollo hardware and started development on the shuttle for building space stations. The embargo was over and things were picking up speed for Reagan's Starwars program, complete with a REALLY BIG space station Freedom.
In the 1980s, the economy tripped up a bit. Congress had a harder time justifying the HUGE expenses that government agencies were eating up. Then the Challenger blew up and people started to wonder if it was worth it. Shuttle flights were put on hold for a few years, the iron curtain started to fall with the Berlin wall, the Soviets bankrupt their economy trying to copy the US space shuttle, and space station Freedom couldn't be launched while the shuttle was grounded.
NASA's budget was cut, since it didn't seem to be doing much any more, and it was no longer a sacred cow. Now NASA is stuck in a bit of a conundrum. It can't do anything exciting, because its budget keeps getting cut (while inflation keeps driving costs higher). If it doesn't do anything exciting, people don't pay as much attention (they were supposed to be vacationing on the moon by now! Why get excited by some specialist going in orbit, again?) If a congressperson's constituents aren't letting him know that they want space, they won't protect its budget. Since only a few congressmen have districts with significant numbers of space-jobs, (who only care about keeping those jobs), how can NASA's budget grow?
Every president since Bush I has cut NASA's budget. I think it was > $25 Billion under Bush I, ~$17 Billion under Clinton, and now it is $14 Billion under Bush II. (BTW, each has told NASA that they will get more money from the next president). How is NASA supposed to plan a realistic trip to _anywhere_ with that kind of budget?
Now, Bush is insisting the the economy is going down again and the government needs to give money back to taxpayers. (begin_sarcasm) Since it has been so long since NASA did anything memorable, why not cut some of their budget? They're not making good use of it. (end_sarcasm)
Now it actually looks like some hope, with Russion thinking about relaunching Buran and both Japan and China ramping up their space programs. Not that I'm not patriotic, but Japan did more to make the Allies win WWII by slapping the US in the face at Pearl harbor than could have been done almost any other way. A good slap in the face by other countries in this area could again wake the sleeping giant.
When he was governer of Texas, Texas became the most polluted state in the US. Dallas passed Los Angelos in the number of smoggy days every year.
He "supported" environmental protection by calling in heavy polluters and asking them to come up with a plan to cut back on emissions. The result was an optional reduction plan--one that was never implemented by any of the polluters who drafted it.
Texas also has a large number of plants that were grandfathered in when the earlier federal rules took effect at the beginning of the environmental movement. There has been no real effort on his part, other than asking them, to meet current federal standards.
I'm no democrat, but man, am I glad that he can't ramrod his energy policy through congress anymore (you know, the one with offshore oil drilling, opening national recreation and refuges to energy prospecting, etc.).
Yeah, I guess I did. I was just sitting here reading/. after looking at UF. I guess my subconscious combined cartoon and illustration and spit Karicature out my fingers.
Maybe spelling it KAricature would be better?? I'm not sure what the standard caps usage is for KDE.
Or it would be, if the halflife of both were in the same realm. I think plutonium has a half life of hundreds of years (the number 10000 rings a bell).
I saw a special on TV about the (formerly) secret city where they manufacture plutonium. They use excess heat produced by the breeder reactor to light and heat the city. Since lots of people still live there, they can't just shut it down, or the place will freeze.
MSN Messenger service has been restored to all our worldwide customers. We sincerely regret the inconvenience you may have experienced. While the system has been fully restored, some users may experience delays for log-ins and authentications. We are working to resolve these issues now.
And later in the _same_ release:
Finally, while the system has been fully restored some users may experience delays for log-ins and authentications. We are working to resolve these issues.
Are they just being redundant from carelessness, or are there still so many people having problems that they want them to think that they are one of a few?
And a little more forboding, this is from the MSN article (kinda sounds like even they are criticizing MS):
Still, the MSN Messenger outage leaves questions unanswered. Many people reported a string of secondary problems, such as the inability to access Hotmail accounts, lost MSN Calendar data, or the inability to download software from Microsoft's Microsoft Developer Network Web site. All share one common thread: Passport authentication.
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How many people do you know who abuse the priority flag in the email they send? I can think of a few (and yes, email does get through faster that way).
Businesses that have traditionally been able to control their prices to maximize profit suddenly find themselve unable to do so. With near infinite supply, price controls are nearly impossible. That's why O.S. works so well and business has had such a tough time on the net. It's hard to be successful and greedy when what you're selling doesn't cost anything to reproduce.
Bandwidth is not free, and I can understand a market for that. The information on it is free to reproduce, and businesses that have grasped that have done well (barring lawsuits). Hopefully, people will realize the benefits of privatization don't apply to everything (compare with California electricity) and won't cave in to businesses whose only care is their profit, not public good.
And maybe pigs will fly too, although, with genetic engineering, that might not be too long...
How long does a WinCE device last? 4-10 hours? I am curious how long newer devices last, since this was one of the pluses for Palm when I made my decision. If you have a bigger device that also needs three times its weight in batteries to do the same as a palm device, it is not as portable. If they have improved their power requirements, things just got more interesting.
Use two counter-rotating windmills, one on the generator's armature, the other on the rotor.
On the other hand, you could use solar cells. For either one to work, you'd still need sufficient numbers of photons, leaving you powerless between stars.
I wonder if the original intent for the windmill design was to provide propulsionless spin for keeping the sails taunt. After sufficent RPMs have been achieved, the pitch on the "blades" could be flattened out to stabalize the spin rate.
Maybe this would be a good place to lead game development from, as they are working on sound and video, things that aren't usually considered Linux's strong point. Besides, if hardware vendors can be pointed to a specific distribution to support, they might be more likely to create useful drivers than if they are asked to "make a linux driver".
The difference should be the expiration time. Software is good for only a few years before it loses most of its marketable value. I think the IRS says the depreciation time is 3 years for computers and software. So, just to be generous, why not make it good for 5-10 years? Regular patents are good for 20 years and copyright is good for 120(?) years. Developement of software is obviously much faster. If a shorter timer were allotted, it would ACTUALLY drive INNOVATION forward, in the real sense of the word. Companies would have to keep _really_ inovating to stay in business. Since software is so easy to reproduce, they should only be able to have a reasonable amount of time to recoup their R&D costs + some proffit.
From the submission for this story, "Even worse, Fox and Disney are making the rounds to get Content Control into over-the-air broadcasts.
Does this mean Fox and Disney are "Nazi Fascist Renegades"?
But seriously, not all people can afford to pay for even cable. I know that a lot of /.ers are used to being surronded by technology, but regardless of their incomes, they are part of the technology "haves". Most revolutions come from the "have-nots". The only exceptions I see to this are the American Reveolutionary and Civil wars, where most of a geographical population felt they were put under restrictions by a distant government.
I'm not sure if it was 20 or 40, but something in the lifespan of a typical person. All this news about corporatism taking over makes so many people not just upset, but _angry_, that I wonder what the next revelution will look like. The last revolution was flower power and peace. The next one will be ???
...for the info.
How many GForce 3 cards can you put in a high-end system? One projector for each card carfully laid out to minimize lines along the edges, and you've got a big display. I use Windoze 2000 at work with a Matrox G100 dual-headed card. There is native support for multiple cards in Win98, 2000 (I haven't tried Me). Guiltily, I admit that I haven't used Linux for a while (work, and home life with my wife and 1.5 year-old). What support does Linux have for multiple display-adapters? Also, a high-end card would best interface to a projector via a digital line, to minimize cross talk on all those video cables.
I wonder how long it will be before they lay some fiber down? Maybe even a satellite dish or a microwave relay?
Wish the judges in the Microsoft case were that strict...
I'm an independent. I've been looking for a party, but all of them seem to have major stances on issues that have nothing to do with each other (abortion, tax reform, election reform, welfare, medicare, science funding, infrastructure, etc.). I like the reform party (but not the guy that hijacked it).
No, I've not hugged trees, but I want my grandkids to have the same access to natural beauty that I have today. Oil is to valuable to burn (think plastic, medicine, etc.). Why not use more wind, tidal, and solar energy? Even if global warming is in question by some people, the pollutants that are given off are KNOWN to be bad for organisms that are exposed to them.
From the 1950s through the early 1970s, money was no object to space. The US was in a cold war with the USSR, and space became a primary competion site. No price was too high, as long as results happened. Then the oil embargo happened and funds for more moon trips dried up.
NASA transfered its focus to spacestation building, starting with Skylab, to catch up to the Soviets again. It launched Skylab on the cheap, using some leftover Apollo hardware and started development on the shuttle for building space stations. The embargo was over and things were picking up speed for Reagan's Starwars program, complete with a REALLY BIG space station Freedom.
In the 1980s, the economy tripped up a bit. Congress had a harder time justifying the HUGE expenses that government agencies were eating up. Then the Challenger blew up and people started to wonder if it was worth it. Shuttle flights were put on hold for a few years, the iron curtain started to fall with the Berlin wall, the Soviets bankrupt their economy trying to copy the US space shuttle, and space station Freedom couldn't be launched while the shuttle was grounded.
NASA's budget was cut, since it didn't seem to be doing much any more, and it was no longer a sacred cow. Now NASA is stuck in a bit of a conundrum. It can't do anything exciting, because its budget keeps getting cut (while inflation keeps driving costs higher). If it doesn't do anything exciting, people don't pay as much attention (they were supposed to be vacationing on the moon by now! Why get excited by some specialist going in orbit, again?) If a congressperson's constituents aren't letting him know that they want space, they won't protect its budget. Since only a few congressmen have districts with significant numbers of space-jobs, (who only care about keeping those jobs), how can NASA's budget grow?
Every president since Bush I has cut NASA's budget. I think it was > $25 Billion under Bush I, ~$17 Billion under Clinton, and now it is $14 Billion under Bush II. (BTW, each has told NASA that they will get more money from the next president). How is NASA supposed to plan a realistic trip to _anywhere_ with that kind of budget?
Now, Bush is insisting the the economy is going down again and the government needs to give money back to taxpayers. (begin_sarcasm) Since it has been so long since NASA did anything memorable, why not cut some of their budget? They're not making good use of it. (end_sarcasm)
Now it actually looks like some hope, with Russion thinking about relaunching Buran and both Japan and China ramping up their space programs. Not that I'm not patriotic, but Japan did more to make the Allies win WWII by slapping the US in the face at Pearl harbor than could have been done almost any other way. A good slap in the face by other countries in this area could again wake the sleeping giant.
I'll get off my stump now.
He "supported" environmental protection by calling in heavy polluters and asking them to come up with a plan to cut back on emissions. The result was an optional reduction plan--one that was never implemented by any of the polluters who drafted it.
Texas also has a large number of plants that were grandfathered in when the earlier federal rules took effect at the beginning of the environmental movement. There has been no real effort on his part, other than asking them, to meet current federal standards.
I'm no democrat, but man, am I glad that he can't ramrod his energy policy through congress anymore (you know, the one with offshore oil drilling, opening national recreation and refuges to energy prospecting, etc.).
Maybe spelling it KAricature would be better?? I'm not sure what the standard caps usage is for KDE.
Or it would be, if the halflife of both were in the same realm. I think plutonium has a half life of hundreds of years (the number 10000 rings a bell).
KIllustratosphere
KDraw (already mentioned)
KPicture
Karicature
Ksketch
Kart
MSN Messenger service has been restored to all our worldwide customers. We sincerely regret the inconvenience you may have experienced. While the system has been fully restored, some users may experience delays for log-ins and authentications. We are working to resolve these issues now.
And later in the _same_ release:
Finally, while the system has been fully restored some users may experience delays for log-ins and authentications. We are working to resolve these issues.
Are they just being redundant from carelessness, or are there still so many people having problems that they want them to think that they are one of a few?
And a little more forboding, this is from the MSN article (kinda sounds like even they are criticizing MS):
Still, the MSN Messenger outage leaves questions unanswered. Many people reported a string of secondary problems, such as the inability to access Hotmail accounts, lost MSN Calendar data, or the inability to download software from Microsoft's Microsoft Developer Network Web site. All share one common thread: Passport authentication.
Other stories about Passport on /.