If they were to donate an OS and Office suite to every single school PC in the world, truly donate, no $trings attached...just give it away...even if it's Win95/98....Wow...imagine what the anti MS crowd would have to say then!
This is not to say that such a move would be a cure all for Redmond..not by a long shot...but as a PR statement..."Sure, we're closed source, and yeah, we've kinda strong armed some folks in the past, but...we have GIVEN $XX BILLION dollars worth of OS licenses to schools and 3rd worlds. Sue me now US Government!!"
Bill Gates should decide that $40 billion is enough, and that it's now time to give, truly give, away some of what they has been earned.
Did they think the check from Nambia would actually be cashable?:)*SPROING!!*
Of course, I may be living in a dream world!
And then society and science will HALT development. Once we can all climb into the holodeck and roll our own reality.....what's then the point of anything else?
When I had my first cable modem, it came with a CD that I was supposed to install, I never did. Naturally, the modem worked fine. Since then, I've had no software installed for a cable modem (NIC driver doesn't count). Recommend you get a HARDWARE firewall, and put it between the PC and the modem....I don't know that this will stop the tracking/reporting, but it won't hurt. And uninstall that dog ASAP!!!
I've yet to hear an explanation
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Suit Up Or Ship Out?
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Why am I "more productive" in a $50 pair of dockers and a dorky polo shirt then I am in jeans, tshirt, flannel, and sneakers (personal uniform of choice). I know on Friday when I can dress like this, I am happier, more laid back, and generally easier to get along with (flannel hides the gut, don't have to suck it in!:P ). Instead, corporate management pukes dictate that I shall dress in clothes that I wouldn't be buried in, all in the name of "professionalism" and "productivity". Goddamn, if I EVER am a manager and sit someone down to tell them that they need to dress "more like me" and I am wearing that dorksuit, jesus god put a bullet in my head.
Considering the deserts of the Sahara, Mongolia, SW US, and Australia. Combine that with rainforest (shrinking) in South America, and the vast forests of Siberia. I have not yet read the article, but does it also include Antarctica, and the frozen wastes of Greenland? There's alot of land that just isn't useable out there.
Wait for 3.1...
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Linux 3.0
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· Score: 0, Redundant
At some point, will Linux for Workgroups (3.11) be available? Oh man, that'll be sweet!:)
I'll guarantee you, once you get these machines out into the world, people will want to print with them. Printers fail and are changed, how will the plans for locked down systems affect the users ability to actually create something?
Otherwise, I like the concept.
I run a P233 with a somewhat recently released version of some server software *AHEM* for the OS. The mobo and memory (256MB) were free from a friend, but you may already have similar hardware gathering dust. I bought a 60GB HDD and since the BIOS on the machine was older, I had to buy a PCI IDE controller off of EBay ($15). Total cost was less than $100, and most of that was for the hard drive. The machine serves files in the house, and also acts as an FTP server for trusted persons. I also run it 24/7 for P2P file sharing. It also hosts my printer, acting as a print server. In other words, it performs a host of tasks that can be bandwidth intensive but not processor intensive. A 10/100 MB NIC rounds out the package. I run this in headless mode, attached to just power and ethernet. It's a great solution for me.
At least as far as this article is concerned...that wrap around monitor is hellacool!!! Sign me up....screw it...I'll even run XP if I can take one of those bad boyz home!:)
If you don't want people borrowing your bandwidth, either don't use it, or employ encryption to prevent it. Don't cry theft when your half assed wireless LAN is used by others OUTSIDE of your building.
However, if people use your access and cause havoc, different story. But still.....who left the door unlocked????
Having worked in the public sector, I'd choose private. Public sector puts you at the mercy of the taxpayers, and ANY attempt to secure money for ANYTHING is met with derision and scorn from the people paying your salary, the taxpaying public. Given a choice, I'd remove myself from that sort of scrutiny and go private. Example: If a company wants to send you to a convention in Vegas, no one cares. The public enterprise, in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety, has to send you to a similar conference in Fresno. Ugh.
I would think that over 2 hours, we would see some rotation in the stars. PERHAPS this is explained by accurate tracking by the telescope...I'm not an astronomer, so I don't know. Still, any long term shot I have seen of the sky at night shows star rotation as the earth moves.
Get a book (dead tree) and suck it up. Try 36 hours from Chicago to Cape Town, 8 hour layover in Frankfort, 2 hours on the tarmac in Johannesberg, all with a crappy 2nd rate novel and nothing to fall back on, and then you can gripe about a long flight.
Yeah.....the FCC, they'll show us the way!!!
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Future of Wi-Fi
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· Score: 5, Funny
Oh yes please...get the Feds involved...everything they deal with turns golden, and smells nice too!!! Maybe RIAA has a few points to add to the mix as well. Stir in a Congressional sub committee or two, mention that pr0n will fill the airwaves, and you gotch yoself a recipe for a WINNING standard.
What if it gets turned up to 11??
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Voices in Your Head
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· Score: 5, Interesting
My only concern here is what happens when someone cranks up the amp on this and points it at someone's head at close range? Does it become a sonic bullet, destroying hearing (or worse), or is it limited in it's power by default?
NVIDIA is set to introduce its second iteration of its nForce series of integrated solutions soon. The nForce2, as it is called, will contain several features not found in the current line of nForce chipsets, and a few unexpected surprises. First a brief history of nForce is in order. NVIDIA released its nForce series of chipsets to gain market share and realize another venue for revenue. NVIDIA's chipset knowledge gained from developing the chipset on the XBox, and its familiarity with graphics enabled it to entice many motherboard manufacturers, OEMs, and even consumers. Today, the computer market has dried up, and NVIDIA must realize new revenue streams, and by taking a bigger piece of the chipset pie, which Intel and VIA both claim a high chunk of, they may increase their bottom line.
With this in mind NVIDIA knew they had to develop a chipset that would not only sell, but would be state of the art, aimed not only towards the high end but the mainstream. With the nForce2 they may have done just that. First of all the graphics in the nForce should be discussed. Of course, NVIDIA being the graphic company they are, would certainly opt to include their own technology in this product. They chose to use the GeForce4 MX core, which should not be confused with a GeForce4 since it contains none of the Pixel/Vertex shaders, actually it should be considered a modified GeForce2. However, this chip does contain a few differences from a GeForce2. It contains the Light Speed Architecture - a bit toned down however for its needs, Accuview Antialiasing, a TV Tuner, and just like the GeForce2 MX nView will make a return. This covers the IGP, or the integrated graphics processor, contained in the nForce2. Interesting to note however, is that NVIDIA will provide a lower end model, very similar to the nForce2, except lacking this chip. Instead of forcing manufacturers to contain NVIDIA graphics they have opted to allow it not to be bundled with the rest of the chipset. Most of the time companies would not go for such a move, but NVIDIA already holds a dominant market share in the desktop graphics market and with the nForce it has one thing in mind -- to capture market share in the chipset business. The chipset business is seeing renewed interest, as competition has been higher than it has been in years in this market, but at least NVIDIA does not have to go up against Intel with this line which should make for a little bit of an easier time.
The nForce2 will be fully compatible with AGP8x, making it highly attractive to consumers who are planning to purchase an AGP8x enabled video card this fall or for those who plan on purchasing a SIS Xabre graphics card. It will contain USB 2.0 support and double-data-rate SDRAMs at 266/333 and 400 MHz support, among a slew of other features. The MCP-T, NVIDIA's high end model of the nForce2 series, should contain two 10/100 ethernet controllers, six USB 2.0 ports, UltraATA133 support, three 1394 ports, and five PCI slots. This feature list should have most users salivating over it, but one thing to remember is that most of these features will become mainstream in most newer chipsets soon enough. A downsized MCP will also be available, which will strip the MCP of its 1394 and audio capabilities, and also strip the chip of one ethernet port. This one, like its big brother, will also feature 5 PCI slots.
It's a joke. By the time the call got to me, I got the person on the phone, and got a description of the problem...BUZZZZ!!! Times up!!!
Of course, I was asked to support a system that I had no formal training on, that I didn't design, install, or ever see in person....support was....difficult. My dot com layoff was, in sooooo many ways, the best thing that could have happened to me!!
I can delete it with the touch of a button...no trip to the recycling bin, no wad of junk paper that had to be hand delivered to my house. Like it or not, it could lead to a more efficient postal system (at least here in US), by getting alot of the junk out of carriers hands, thus making it possible to perhaps receive snail mail every other day, and maybe allowing the postal service to halve the number of employed carriers. This would result in a trimmer operation, saving money, lowering postal rates, cleaning the air and water and allowing us to leave our doors unlocked at night. Oh wait, the government runs the post office....never mind!:)
Utilize a single board computer, lots of exp. w. remote access. I used to work there....used too.
www.crystalpc.com
Read the article...
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Is Linux Dead?
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· Score: 4, Insightful
It gives props to Server based Linux installs, and states, like many others have, that desktop Linux still faces an uphill battle. Not really the flamebait of an article like/.'s headline would indicate.
Sad that the very mention of "Supermodel" gets this kind of coverage. I've read this excuse for a story in like 6 different places...the guy made a joke, that's it. Cindy Crawford is not going into space.
Then again, maybe the story is a Russian beaurecrat (sp) actually making a joke!
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If they were to donate an OS and Office suite to every single school PC in the world, truly donate, no $trings attached...just give it away...even if it's Win95/98....Wow...imagine what the anti MS crowd would have to say then! This is not to say that such a move would be a cure all for Redmond..not by a long shot...but as a PR statement..."Sure, we're closed source, and yeah, we've kinda strong armed some folks in the past, but...we have GIVEN $XX BILLION dollars worth of OS licenses to schools and 3rd worlds. Sue me now US Government!!" Bill Gates should decide that $40 billion is enough, and that it's now time to give, truly give, away some of what they has been earned. Did they think the check from Nambia would actually be cashable? :)*SPROING!!*
Of course, I may be living in a dream world!
And then society and science will HALT development. Once we can all climb into the holodeck and roll our own reality.....what's then the point of anything else?
When I had my first cable modem, it came with a CD that I was supposed to install, I never did. Naturally, the modem worked fine. Since then, I've had no software installed for a cable modem (NIC driver doesn't count). Recommend you get a HARDWARE firewall, and put it between the PC and the modem....I don't know that this will stop the tracking/reporting, but it won't hurt. And uninstall that dog ASAP!!!
Why am I "more productive" in a $50 pair of dockers and a dorky polo shirt then I am in jeans, tshirt, flannel, and sneakers (personal uniform of choice). I know on Friday when I can dress like this, I am happier, more laid back, and generally easier to get along with (flannel hides the gut, don't have to suck it in! :P ). Instead, corporate management pukes dictate that I shall dress in clothes that I wouldn't be buried in, all in the name of "professionalism" and "productivity". Goddamn, if I EVER am a manager and sit someone down to tell them that they need to dress "more like me" and I am wearing that dorksuit, jesus god put a bullet in my head.
OK, Antarctica not included. My bad. Still, seems high.
Considering the deserts of the Sahara, Mongolia, SW US, and Australia. Combine that with rainforest (shrinking) in South America, and the vast forests of Siberia. I have not yet read the article, but does it also include Antarctica, and the frozen wastes of Greenland? There's alot of land that just isn't useable out there.
At some point, will Linux for Workgroups (3.11) be available? Oh man, that'll be sweet! :)
I'll guarantee you, once you get these machines out into the world, people will want to print with them. Printers fail and are changed, how will the plans for locked down systems affect the users ability to actually create something? Otherwise, I like the concept.
I run a P233 with a somewhat recently released version of some server software *AHEM* for the OS. The mobo and memory (256MB) were free from a friend, but you may already have similar hardware gathering dust. I bought a 60GB HDD and since the BIOS on the machine was older, I had to buy a PCI IDE controller off of EBay ($15). Total cost was less than $100, and most of that was for the hard drive. The machine serves files in the house, and also acts as an FTP server for trusted persons. I also run it 24/7 for P2P file sharing. It also hosts my printer, acting as a print server. In other words, it performs a host of tasks that can be bandwidth intensive but not processor intensive. A 10/100 MB NIC rounds out the package. I run this in headless mode, attached to just power and ethernet. It's a great solution for me.
At least as far as this article is concerned...that wrap around monitor is hellacool!!! Sign me up....screw it...I'll even run XP if I can take one of those bad boyz home! :)
If you don't want people borrowing your bandwidth, either don't use it, or employ encryption to prevent it. Don't cry theft when your half assed wireless LAN is used by others OUTSIDE of your building.
However, if people use your access and cause havoc, different story. But still.....who left the door unlocked????
Having worked in the public sector, I'd choose private. Public sector puts you at the mercy of the taxpayers, and ANY attempt to secure money for ANYTHING is met with derision and scorn from the people paying your salary, the taxpaying public. Given a choice, I'd remove myself from that sort of scrutiny and go private. Example: If a company wants to send you to a convention in Vegas, no one cares. The public enterprise, in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety, has to send you to a similar conference in Fresno. Ugh.
Where in the midwest was there a large zone with no phone service??? What was this, the 1970's??
Well then color me ignorant. Good info, thanks.
I would think that over 2 hours, we would see some rotation in the stars. PERHAPS this is explained by accurate tracking by the telescope...I'm not an astronomer, so I don't know. Still, any long term shot I have seen of the sky at night shows star rotation as the earth moves.
Get a book (dead tree) and suck it up. Try 36 hours from Chicago to Cape Town, 8 hour layover in Frankfort, 2 hours on the tarmac in Johannesberg, all with a crappy 2nd rate novel and nothing to fall back on, and then you can gripe about a long flight.
Oh yes please...get the Feds involved...everything they deal with turns golden, and smells nice too!!! Maybe RIAA has a few points to add to the mix as well. Stir in a Congressional sub committee or two, mention that pr0n will fill the airwaves, and you gotch yoself a recipe for a WINNING standard.
My only concern here is what happens when someone cranks up the amp on this and points it at someone's head at close range? Does it become a sonic bullet, destroying hearing (or worse), or is it limited in it's power by default?
NVIDIA is set to introduce its second iteration of its nForce series of integrated solutions soon. The nForce2, as it is called, will contain several features not found in the current line of nForce chipsets, and a few unexpected surprises. First a brief history of nForce is in order. NVIDIA released its nForce series of chipsets to gain market share and realize another venue for revenue. NVIDIA's chipset knowledge gained from developing the chipset on the XBox, and its familiarity with graphics enabled it to entice many motherboard manufacturers, OEMs, and even consumers. Today, the computer market has dried up, and NVIDIA must realize new revenue streams, and by taking a bigger piece of the chipset pie, which Intel and VIA both claim a high chunk of, they may increase their bottom line. With this in mind NVIDIA knew they had to develop a chipset that would not only sell, but would be state of the art, aimed not only towards the high end but the mainstream. With the nForce2 they may have done just that. First of all the graphics in the nForce should be discussed. Of course, NVIDIA being the graphic company they are, would certainly opt to include their own technology in this product. They chose to use the GeForce4 MX core, which should not be confused with a GeForce4 since it contains none of the Pixel/Vertex shaders, actually it should be considered a modified GeForce2. However, this chip does contain a few differences from a GeForce2. It contains the Light Speed Architecture - a bit toned down however for its needs, Accuview Antialiasing, a TV Tuner, and just like the GeForce2 MX nView will make a return. This covers the IGP, or the integrated graphics processor, contained in the nForce2. Interesting to note however, is that NVIDIA will provide a lower end model, very similar to the nForce2, except lacking this chip. Instead of forcing manufacturers to contain NVIDIA graphics they have opted to allow it not to be bundled with the rest of the chipset. Most of the time companies would not go for such a move, but NVIDIA already holds a dominant market share in the desktop graphics market and with the nForce it has one thing in mind -- to capture market share in the chipset business. The chipset business is seeing renewed interest, as competition has been higher than it has been in years in this market, but at least NVIDIA does not have to go up against Intel with this line which should make for a little bit of an easier time. The nForce2 will be fully compatible with AGP8x, making it highly attractive to consumers who are planning to purchase an AGP8x enabled video card this fall or for those who plan on purchasing a SIS Xabre graphics card. It will contain USB 2.0 support and double-data-rate SDRAMs at 266/333 and 400 MHz support, among a slew of other features. The MCP-T, NVIDIA's high end model of the nForce2 series, should contain two 10/100 ethernet controllers, six USB 2.0 ports, UltraATA133 support, three 1394 ports, and five PCI slots. This feature list should have most users salivating over it, but one thing to remember is that most of these features will become mainstream in most newer chipsets soon enough. A downsized MCP will also be available, which will strip the MCP of its 1394 and audio capabilities, and also strip the chip of one ethernet port. This one, like its big brother, will also feature 5 PCI slots.
It's a joke. By the time the call got to me, I got the person on the phone, and got a description of the problem...BUZZZZ!!! Times up!!! Of course, I was asked to support a system that I had no formal training on, that I didn't design, install, or ever see in person....support was....difficult. My dot com layoff was, in sooooo many ways, the best thing that could have happened to me!!
I can delete it with the touch of a button...no trip to the recycling bin, no wad of junk paper that had to be hand delivered to my house. Like it or not, it could lead to a more efficient postal system (at least here in US), by getting alot of the junk out of carriers hands, thus making it possible to perhaps receive snail mail every other day, and maybe allowing the postal service to halve the number of employed carriers. This would result in a trimmer operation, saving money, lowering postal rates, cleaning the air and water and allowing us to leave our doors unlocked at night. Oh wait, the government runs the post office....never mind! :)
The above is only 50% sarcasm!
Utilize a single board computer, lots of exp. w. remote access. I used to work there....used too. www.crystalpc.com
It gives props to Server based Linux installs, and states, like many others have, that desktop Linux still faces an uphill battle. Not really the flamebait of an article like /.'s headline would indicate.
Sad that the very mention of "Supermodel" gets this kind of coverage. I've read this excuse for a story in like 6 different places...the guy made a joke, that's it. Cindy Crawford is not going into space.
Then again, maybe the story is a Russian beaurecrat (sp) actually making a joke!
And a fake ID. Nuff said.