It is wasteful of a lot of fuel...They need to burn fuel just to get the gliders in place, then they need to be "turned" arund every 8 hours or so with a new replacement glider and crew.
I'd imagine you would need a skilled glider pilot to maintain the altitude, last thing we need is a "glider kiddie" flying above commercial traffic.
This does not sound like the greatest business plan...And they are willing to burn so much fuel? What happens to your on-line tarrif's should the Arabs decide to limit supply even more, or we should run low? I'd imagine the cost of this being placed straight onto the customer within a shorter amount of notice than would otherwise be the case.
I am sure others will find faults too...And maybe some good points, although I am hard pressed to see any.
Why do I say Duh? Because with tech stocks falling across the board it was bound to effect new industries hardest with only the strongest surviving this climate.
I'd rather look at the companies business plans rather than Linux; Linux is just a free OS, not a business plan unto itself.
Look at VA, how many things did they venture into? Exactly, they spread themselves across a wide board trying to cover everything.
Most distro's were made up of geek's, rather than business people who knew where they could make the money, hence you now see many more press releases stating new business people onboard.
I happen to make a living with Open Source and know others who do and I find your comments laughable and grossly inaccurate.
What happened with Linuxgruven is nothing to do with Linux or Open Source, how did you draw that paralell?
They mention the need for more "robust Mars missions", will this mean that they are going to teach them how to calculate?
What I would love to hear is this: "We dedicate ourselves to place a permanent human colony on another World by the end of the decade". Guess I am a Space romantic:-).
What has the Russians ticked is his idea of making a new Star Wars type defense system, which I believe actually breaks at least one treaty. I believe its called the NDF.
The Rocket? Nope, again invented in the 30's (and maybe before).
All War did was make governments actually listen to the scientists, not something they do in Peace.
So, yes scrap a Boomer (as I believe they are the most expensive).
Unfortuantly Bush has already announced he wants to cut Scientific research so that everyone can have their Tax break.
>but seriously, in todays world.. where we >are reverting to a cold war like situation
I would not call the Iraqi's that great a threat, and the Chinese do not seem to want war...So who is the Cold War threat? I see no Russia type country under Despot like Stalin.
Yes they should always keep tabs and as many constraints on funding.
But, when it comes to many military projects then you will not have any accountability, even if it fails miserably, or is politically way too sensitive to even attempt and ends up being scrapped after they spend way more than what was ever spent on ISS.
Lets cut spending on military projects first. NASA's budget does not even show up as a blip on the Washington budget, yet they are being crucified. Something is seriously WRONG here! Even grants for medical research is being cut...
We have two many nuclear submarines going around in circles that really are not needed any more. How many times over is it necessary to destroy the Planet? We have enough power to destroy *all* life on Earth.
We have enough deterrants already, no need for more, why not pout this money into things that help humanity? Further the prospects of everyone on Earth, not hinder it with the chgance of total death. Can you imagine in 65 million years a new intelligence trying to figure out killed our species out? Was it an Asteroid? Nope. Oh my, it was there own weapons, they must have been primitive.
If you think that the threat has subsided, well it has to a point, but remember that in 1995 we came to within 2 minutes of Nuclear devastation due to a Norwegian weather rocket fooling the Russians into thinking that the US had launched a first strike against Moscow.
I am not saying we should scrap all the military assests, that would be silly, but we should cut back the white elephants and put that money into something more meaningful.
We have achieved more when reaching out exploring than we have any other way, in my ever so humble opinion.
Damn, got no more moderation points left...Could not agree more! Mod this one up.
We're going to entering a new Dark Age of superstition, fear of the Dark and things that go bump in the night. And we may end up with very powerful technology that no-one understands anymore. The Age of Thought could well be neding and the Age of Technological darkness could well be beginning.
If we do not destroy ourselves in years to come they will wonder at this incompetence...This turning away from Science to turning back the clock.
Its absolutley dangerous and foolhardy to tamper with civil liberties! Its a slippery slope that will lead to.... This is what History has proven over and over again...
Constitutional rights should not be interefered with, even if it means the "victim" is not getting what he wants. In which case he will need to find other legal ways of doing it.
I predict the death of the DMCA in its current form, they know that it will not last either, so will try to get as much as done as quickly as possible before the succesful challange goes in (it just needs to be declared unconstitutional).
What really upsets me is that my grandfathers fought and died for true Freedom against Tyranny (trust me, when I talk to them they feared bad laws such as these) and yet people are so willing to piss on their legacy...
Is not the reason that they got flamed because it was a development snapshot, rather than a stable release?
Heck, even Linus called this decision idiotic! That says more about anything you or anyone else can say to defend that decision...And the rest of the Linux industry will now have to pay for that mistake with incompatible code that they cannot compile, or RPM's that cannot work. And how many people with 7.0 have bothered to patch it (all approx 200MB of it)? By the fact that the Ramen worm did so well really bodes ill...
But, mistakes happen...And in a few months it will be forgotten as we all move onto hopefully the GCC 3.0 base.
None of them are ready as most of your average user base is not even ready to use a computer, let alone any distrobution. A lot of these users would be better off sticking with M$ windows...
When I worked those contract jobs at people's sites and homes, well they could hardly turn the darn thing on, let alone really use it.
I have heard people rant how great CUPS is on Mandrake, yet on there CUPS website either some of the most common printers were not supported outright, or you had purchase the drivers, or your colour printer could only print in b&w. Ok, this is more of a CUPS issue rather than a Mandrake.
With Mandrake (if you can get over all those stoned looking Penguins) I have gtk crash so often....SuSE too is bleeding edge, yet there's is far more stable...What gives?
I would not believe that there single distro sales, but rather combining the sales of MacMillan books too.
Why is it called Wolverine one may ask...? I think I have the answer...There will be some new alpha program that will Bite everyone up the a@#! Those Wolverines are vicious, they may look cute and cuddly... Everyone is already getting bitten by the effects of GCC 2.96 with code that will not compile on other distrobutions!
I use mine for everything. I had to make a conciencious (ack, spelling) decision to just get Linux games. I have never really liked condsole games anyway, personal preference.
Was not really that hard as I hate dual booting and there are only a few games out there, plus with work and other parts of life needing taking care of time is limited.
I will never buy anything for Windows ever again, no need to anymore. My dual boot Hard drive has lready lost a large part of its windows section, and its due for another chop real soon.
Thats the biggest load of BS I have ever heard! I really hope you were joking and I made myself look like a fool.
Linus went out of his way to say that the desktop is King, lose the desktop and you lose the server too. I know a lot of gamers who would drop Windows in an instant if they could get games on Linux (they do not like BSOD's either you know...).
Go over to FreeBSD or something...
Do not speek for Linus, he made Linux to be fun:-) and to learn about Operating Systems. Those were his own words.
What is a defination of a port? The non-MS versions will be coming out at the same time, not exactly like they area releasing them six months after the release of the MS version (that is what I define as a port).
Indeed they mentioned the fact that the Linux version is the one they started on first.
And hey, what about Creatures? Really gave a good insight into the fact that developers would like to make software for other platforms, but they need to convince the publishers that its worthwhile.
So, please if you are interested in splicing genes on artifical life, go to www.learningcompany.com and mail them asking for a Linux version. Get enough and they will publish. Its already pretty much made...
At mach 7.6 it will reach the ground in no time! How will they slow it down? How will it, "stop".
Kind of frightening, but then if they launch it from Oz it will not matter if it loses control and crashes as Oz is full of the poisonous snakes in the world and full of Convicts too;-)
My second job was for a small computer company that went to customers sites and repaired computers, or they bought them etc...So here are my thoughts about what Joe average will think.
The article misses a crucial point that will be part of this subscription package. The anti-piracy features of XP! Sorry, but you only get two chances to install the software on the PC then thats bad. I very much doubt MS will have fixed the registry so that it does not screw up...That maybe enough to tip the balance, the only thing holding back is so many of these small businesses only know Windows (although that is improving slowly).
When I was at that job, so many users were daily asking me *why* does windows BSOD, why does it crash, why does it get resgistry errors! Next thing I hope they ask is: Why should they pay a subscription service for this software? I cannot see the future, but there is a good possibilty that this could be MS's last real stand as the only OS at 90%, I predict it is going to fall quite far below that....
May not make good money in Astronomy (unless you are Patrick Moore, but thats thanks to good books and TV exposure..), but you make good Karma, and go on living knowing that you are helping the human race by furthering Knowledge. Knowledge is wisdom...
Astrologers do the exact reverse, they are pushing humanity backwards to the Medivial Ages. One day we will end up with a leadership not beleiving how devastating there nuclear arsenal is...
Candle in the darkness, as Carl Sagan once said. I believe the future could well be very dark, unbless we take action now! Improve education, improve TV. Much easier said than done...Few people care or understand how significant this is...
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Saw another report which said they could also see ships at sea....
Guess I should head over to www.badastronomy.org and ask them.
It is wasteful of a lot of fuel...They need to burn fuel just to get the gliders in place, then they need to be "turned" arund every 8 hours or so with a new replacement glider and crew.
I'd imagine you would need a skilled glider pilot to maintain the altitude, last thing we need is a "glider kiddie" flying above commercial traffic.
This does not sound like the greatest business plan ...And they are willing to burn so much fuel? What happens to your on-line tarrif's should the Arabs decide to limit supply even more, or we should run low? I'd imagine the cost of this being placed straight onto the customer within a shorter amount of notice than would otherwise be the case.
I am sure others will find faults too...And maybe some good points, although I am hard pressed to see any.
Duh....
Why do I say Duh? Because with tech stocks falling across the board it was bound to effect new industries hardest with only the strongest surviving this climate.
I'd rather look at the companies business plans rather than Linux; Linux is just a free OS, not a business plan unto itself.
Look at VA, how many things did they venture into? Exactly, they spread themselves across a wide board trying to cover everything.
Most distro's were made up of geek's, rather than business people who knew where they could make the money, hence you now see many more press releases stating new business people onboard.
I happen to make a living with Open Source and know others who do and I find your comments laughable and grossly inaccurate.
What happened with Linuxgruven is nothing to do with Linux or Open Source, how did you draw that paralell?
StarTux
Then you will be very glad that they have now settled on SysV startup as the standard. Look for the LSB (Linux Standards Base).
I know for a fact that SuSE is one distro that has changed as of 7.1 to this standard.
Expect to see a lot of base changes over the coming months to every distrobution...
StarTux
They mention the need for more "robust Mars missions", will this mean that they are going to teach them how to calculate?
:-).
What I would love to hear is this: "We dedicate ourselves to place a permanent human colony on another World by the end of the decade". Guess I am a Space romantic
What has the Russians ticked is his idea of making a new Star Wars type defense system, which I believe actually breaks at least one treaty. I believe its called the NDF.
Actually what was invented during WW2?
The Jet Engine? Nope, invented in the 30's
The Rocket? Nope, again invented in the 30's (and maybe before).
All War did was make governments actually listen to the scientists, not something they do in Peace.
So, yes scrap a Boomer (as I believe they are the most expensive).
Unfortuantly Bush has already announced he wants to cut Scientific research so that everyone can have their Tax break.
>but seriously, in todays world.. where we >are reverting to a cold war like situation
I would not call the Iraqi's that great a threat, and the Chinese do not seem to want war...So who is the Cold War threat? I see no Russia type country under Despot like Stalin.
Yes they should always keep tabs and as many constraints on funding.
But, when it comes to many military projects then you will not have any accountability, even if it fails miserably, or is politically way too sensitive to even attempt and ends up being scrapped after they spend way more than what was ever spent on ISS.
Lets cut spending on military projects first. NASA's budget does not even show up as a blip on the Washington budget, yet they are being crucified. Something is seriously WRONG here! Even grants for medical research is being cut...
StarTux
We have two many nuclear submarines going around in circles that really are not needed any more. How many times over is it necessary to destroy the Planet? We have enough power to destroy *all* life on Earth.
We have enough deterrants already, no need for more, why not pout this money into things that help humanity? Further the prospects of everyone on Earth, not hinder it with the chgance of total death. Can you imagine in 65 million years a new intelligence trying to figure out killed our species out? Was it an Asteroid? Nope. Oh my, it was there own weapons, they must have been primitive.
If you think that the threat has subsided, well it has to a point, but remember that in 1995 we came to within 2 minutes of Nuclear devastation due to a Norwegian weather rocket fooling the Russians into thinking that the US had launched a first strike against Moscow.
I am not saying we should scrap all the military assests, that would be silly, but we should cut back the white elephants and put that money into something more meaningful.
We have achieved more when reaching out exploring than we have any other way, in my ever so humble opinion.
StarTux
Damn, got no more moderation points left...Could not agree more! Mod this one up.
We're going to entering a new Dark Age of superstition, fear of the Dark and things that go bump in the night. And we may end up with very powerful technology that no-one understands anymore. The Age of Thought could well be neding and the Age of Technological darkness could well be beginning.
If we do not destroy ourselves in years to come they will wonder at this incompetence...This turning away from Science to turning back the clock.
StarTux
Its absolutley dangerous and foolhardy to tamper with civil liberties! Its a slippery slope that will lead to.... This is what History has proven over and over again...
Constitutional rights should not be interefered with, even if it means the "victim" is not getting what he wants. In which case he will need to find other legal ways of doing it.
I predict the death of the DMCA in its current form, they know that it will not last either, so will try to get as much as done as quickly as possible before the succesful challange goes in (it just needs to be declared unconstitutional).
What really upsets me is that my grandfathers fought and died for true Freedom against Tyranny (trust me, when I talk to them they feared bad laws such as these) and yet people are so willing to piss on their legacy...
Is not the reason that they got flamed because it was a development snapshot, rather than a stable release?
Heck, even Linus called this decision idiotic! That says more about anything you or anyone else can say to defend that decision...And the rest of the Linux industry will now have to pay for that mistake with incompatible code that they cannot compile, or RPM's that cannot work. And how many people with 7.0 have bothered to patch it (all approx 200MB of it)? By the fact that the Ramen worm did so well really bodes ill...
But, mistakes happen...And in a few months it will be forgotten as we all move onto hopefully the GCC 3.0 base.
My post was meant to humorous too...
StarTux
None of them are ready as most of your average user base is not even ready to use a computer, let alone any distrobution. A lot of these users would be better off sticking with M$ windows...
When I worked those contract jobs at people's sites and homes, well they could hardly turn the darn thing on, let alone really use it.
I have heard people rant how great CUPS is on Mandrake, yet on there CUPS website either some of the most common printers were not supported outright, or you had purchase the drivers, or your colour printer could only print in b&w. Ok, this is more of a CUPS issue rather than a Mandrake.
With Mandrake (if you can get over all those stoned looking Penguins) I have gtk crash so often....SuSE too is bleeding edge, yet there's is far more stable...What gives?
I would not believe that there single distro sales, but rather combining the sales of MacMillan books too.
Why is it called Wolverine one may ask...? I think I have the answer...There will be some new alpha program that will Bite everyone up the a@#! Those Wolverines are vicious, they may look cute and cuddly... Everyone is already getting bitten by the effects of GCC 2.96 with code that will not compile on other distrobutions!
Because not all games can run that great on a console, especially not what NWN is going to be demanding.
Consoles are great for many games, but not all...
I use mine for everything. I had to make a conciencious (ack, spelling) decision to just get Linux games. I have never really liked condsole games anyway, personal preference.
Was not really that hard as I hate dual booting and there are only a few games out there, plus with work and other parts of life needing taking care of time is limited.
I will never buy anything for Windows ever again, no need to anymore. My dual boot Hard drive has lready lost a large part of its windows section, and its due for another chop real soon.
Thats the biggest load of BS I have ever heard! I really hope you were joking and I made myself look like a fool.
:-) and to learn about Operating Systems. Those were his own words.
Linus went out of his way to say that the desktop is King, lose the desktop and you lose the server too. I know a lot of gamers who would drop Windows in an instant if they could get games on Linux (they do not like BSOD's either you know...).
Go over to FreeBSD or something...
Do not speek for Linus, he made Linux to be fun
What is a defination of a port? The non-MS versions will be coming out at the same time, not exactly like they area releasing them six months after the release of the MS version (that is what I define as a port).
Indeed they mentioned the fact that the Linux version is the one they started on first.
And hey, what about Creatures? Really gave a good insight into the fact that developers would like to make software for other platforms, but they need to convince the publishers that its worthwhile.
So, please if you are interested in splicing genes on artifical life, go to www.learningcompany.com and mail them asking for a Linux version. Get enough and they will publish. Its already pretty much made...
At mach 7.6 it will reach the ground in no time! How will they slow it down? How will it, "stop".
;-)
Kind of frightening, but then if they launch it from Oz it will not matter if it loses control and crashes as Oz is full of the poisonous snakes in the world and full of Convicts too
My second job was for a small computer company that went to customers sites and repaired computers, or they bought them etc...So here are my thoughts about what Joe average will think.
The article misses a crucial point that will be part of this subscription package. The anti-piracy features of XP! Sorry, but you only get two chances to install the software on the PC then thats bad. I very much doubt MS will have fixed the registry so that it does not screw up...That maybe enough to tip the balance, the only thing holding back is so many of these small businesses only know Windows (although that is improving slowly).
When I was at that job, so many users were daily asking me *why* does windows BSOD, why does it crash, why does it get resgistry errors! Next thing I hope they ask is: Why should they pay a subscription service for this software? I cannot see the future, but there is a good possibilty that this could be MS's last real stand as the only OS at 90%, I predict it is going to fall quite far below that....
May not make good money in Astronomy (unless you are Patrick Moore, but thats thanks to good books and TV exposure..), but you make good Karma, and go on living knowing that you are helping the human race by furthering Knowledge. Knowledge is wisdom...
Astrologers do the exact reverse, they are pushing humanity backwards to the Medivial Ages. One day we will end up with a leadership not beleiving how devastating there nuclear arsenal is...
Candle in the darkness, as Carl Sagan once said. I believe the future could well be very dark, unbless we take action now! Improve education, improve TV. Much easier said than done...Few people care or understand how significant this is...
You are entitled to your opinion, even though most of it consisted of the word "fuck". Maybe you are not getting enough???
Anyway, I have to disagree, its a disgusting site, but should only stay if its really not true (and makes that clear somewhere on his site...)
If its true then its goodbye and goodriddance.
Simple enough huh? No civilization should condone cruelty against animals, if ti does then its not civilized.
I have cats and still do not find it funny. Yes they do like to hide in things, but come on now, its still sick.
I knew it was going to be bad, and it was ...
To phrase the immortal words of Queen Victoria:
"We are not amused"
If its not a parody I hope he end up in jail and that they yank his website down.
I do believe in freedom, but thats not expression in freedom, but an expression in cruelty.
Still even if its a parody I do not find it humorous at all.