I'd love to use computing power to heat my home, like run a rack of servers offering webservices and charge just enough to cover hardware and connection charges, then my profit would be free heat.
I have no idea how much computing power it would take to heat a 2100 squarefoot home though.
any idea how many BTU's (heat energy is put out by an average processor?
as far as an end user is concerned, it's all free downloads from the web.
nothing on current p2p systems labels music as 'freely distributable' or 'copy protected'
therefore, how could an end user get busted? they never agreed to any copy restrictions, they just picked a song that sounded good and listened to it.
the current range of 802.11 is a limiting factor, how many people in my neighborhood have a thrashmetal collection for my listening pleasure?
UWB ultra wide band radio technology, however, promises much more bandwidth and range, but it'd still need an uplink to the web somewhere on the network to come close to what I can find on gnutella now.
it's just a matter of being familiar with one system or the other. microsoft only wants to groom our children to be windows users, and this is the only reason they would come up with a deal like that.
I do tech support for an isp, I get windows calls all day, and in one 8 hour shift, I spend more time waiting for customers windows OS to reboot than I do in a whole year on my home system. Win2k/XP may be a bit better in this respect, but Linux is still far ahead of what windows offeres as a usable environment. Who's going to pay to update virus software on all these 200,000 windows boxes?
from Mozilla or NS6.x click the link to get an early "mockup-preview" of my new XUL application Geekzilla everything a geek needs in one place!!!
GeekZilla
Linux Kernels 2.4.12+
A fair number of users are reporting good results using the more recent kernel subsystems and CVS updates beginning with the Linux kernel 2.4.12 release. We cautiously suggest that the latest versions of the subsystem are stable once again. The term "stable" needs qualification. Please keep in mind that the Linux IEEE-1394 subsystem is considered, in general, an experimental and unstable subsystem of the Linux kernel. In this section, when we mention "stable" we mean mostly usable with known applications without breaking functionality or crashing the machine.
it gets deep read and hack, that's the trick. May the source be with you.
Like Sony is going to for the Playstation? (and did in Japan already)
BTW, anyone know when the Harddrive/Broadband adaptor will be available in the US?
See MS can't do a Linux Kit for Xbox because although it's just a gaming console, it is produced by the Evil Empire who has alterior motives relating to trying to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!! everything they make has some hint of that evil plan in it, it all makes me feel so sick.
Even if you'd like to get an Xbox to hack because you know it is sold at a loss, you become a barganing chip to entice support for the XboX known as installed userbase. MS would never let it be known that 50% of Xbox'es ended up running Linux and being used as PC's, they's just say:-)"we have 50 Million Xbox's in living rooms now make some games for it":-)
Apache 2.x is looking real good, I mean, is there anything Apache can't do? You Apache Developers are great people!
Thanks for 'A Patchy Server', a real showcase of what people can do when we work together as a community.
only users and hackers....tell the managers to read all the man files and create a powerpoint presentation to sum up open source, that ought to keep them busy for awhile.
Many Many people I've helped support for the ISP I work for have never heard of windows update, or never been to the site to get updates. I suspect the issue is that so many copies of windows are pirated, and those users think they'll be discovered by MS if the run windows update.
I like that XP makes people pay, folks will not pay and seek alternatives...what, you can run the corporate version and make as many copies as you like?....I wonder if MS did that on purpose?
don't say :
"I am an English teacher now but am a techie at heart"
instead say:
"I am an English teacher AND a techie at heart"
build on your teaching credentials to get a job teaching Linux/Unix classes. Then you can administer your own computer lab the way you want to do it. Computers are more fun in an education environment than in a business environment.
that's all, free software means no sales tax, and gosh our government really needs those tax dollars. I see it so clearly now, MS is just being good for the ecconomy.
perhaps use a cluster to access a 'virtual ram' across all the machines? 32 PCs would easily give you 64GB, which leads to the question of the day...What needs 64GB ram?
can it not be split into a distributed process?
just do the common projector-camcorder method
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anything that does hi-res scans is going to take awhile. the DV camcorder gets reasonably good images, make sure the projector is nice and polished clean, be sure to block any outside light sources, and go for it. If you don't already own a DV Camcorder, I'd recommend buying one, I use mine to save those family moments, and with the right lighting, it's really broadcast quality video.. it looks better than VHS dare I say on the same footing as DVD? However, then having your captured video on digital video cassettes, they will degrade over time, to be optimum, then transfer your video to DVD. I think blank DVD discs are like 25$ each though, being digital is good, but the tape medium is still magnetic and subject to degrade. DVD is optical and won't have that problem. Mac makes a nice ImacDV with a DVD burner for somewhere around 1300$(I think), not only does this provide a way to get the DVcamcorder connected using firewire to transfer the video, but also nice tools to create your own video (AKA edit out the dull parts) and burn those to disc.
PHP is an open web scripting language, and IMHO will replace ASP because of this. Beyond that, ASP will make it hard to work without buying all kinds of crap from MS.
Get an Apache server with MySQL and PHP modules running, then walk through the PHP.net Annotated PHP Manual which is all you really need to learn PHP. The annotated manual allows students to post questions or comments right on the manual to get help from PHP Experts or share their insights. There's a bit of "how to MYSQL" in there, but without some kind of database backend, you've just got static HTML pages that really don't do much. Apache also has ways to setup directories for each student to publish to.
If you want to give students something extra, point them to a good shell scripting tutorial so they can write and run their own server side scripts, which can be called upon by PHP. another good link for HTML tutorials is webteacher where they can follow some basic HTML lessons. Above all, don't make them need a textbook, this is the new age, we have no need for paper as connected web developers, and don't teach them something they'll have to pay to use in any sense like ASP.
this case is about MS using it's installed base in a way in which locks out competing products through the use of proprietary protocols and formats, and I think it should extend to the Office Document formats. It's not about trying to take down "the Man" it's about wanting to open OfficeDocuments on my Linux Box. Because Linux is a threat to MS Windows dominance, MS will not create an office package for Linux systems, because that would take share away from Windows. being able to decode MS documents on other platforms is essential to limiting what MS can do with their Monopoly power, and keeps them from being able to LOCK people into running a windows system if they don't want to. a client on a corporate intranet using windows will run across/WORD/EXCEL/PPS files...where can a Linux PC exist in such an environment?
X86 hardware is too entrenched to just up and scrap hundreds of workstations and make the switch to PPC machines. beyond that, how well does the office/Mac get along with a MS network with mounting network drives and sharing folders? I've never used MacOffice, but I'd be willing to be the Windows Office does stuff Mac Office doesn't.
Reason #2 for not switching I feel is the ability to find people to hire who "know where the start menu is" I wonder what the folks over at WineHQ.com think of this deal.
I don't see this working because MS will not be OPENfree, it'll charge lots for developers to get this information. Furthermore, if you are a developer and you do pay, Likely you'll not be allowed to share this info with others, as MS will make themselves the only source for this information. I think the other thing that's missing is document format disclosure, to allow others to read and use MS office files. IMHO, MS Office has more to do with companies not leaving the windows platform than any other issue.
:-) subgenius showed me that the internet can be a cool place, perhaps a realignment with the subgenius site would work wonders for the popularity of SlackWare, create a subgenius edition with a selection of subgenius tools for contributions to the art mines, and a "subgenius clipart" package included, custom icons and sound clips, and a special/doctrine tree included in the doc directory. how about slack sticker propaganda printing app, design and print from the clipart gallery and stick bobheads everywhere.
find out details about the company then make that ONE call and work it into the conversation. I think that if you can show that you actually looked into the company (details like who owns the company how the stock is doing who the competitors are where they stand in the market etc....), it show that YOU ARE CONSIDERING LETTING THEM EMPLOY YOU. Take the approach that you are your own company trying to work out a contract even if it's not contract work but don't seem arrogant in doing so. The last thing any SMART employer wants is a bunch of mindless drones who don't give a rats ass about the big picture and the goals of the company as a whole. disclaimer: I don't work in HR.
use something of known dimentions and scan it and try to measure the acuracy, you're a scientist, create a set of tests to measure color and distortion.
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I'd love to use computing power to heat my home, like run a rack of servers offering webservices and charge just enough to cover hardware and connection charges, then my profit would be free heat.
I have no idea how much computing power it would take to heat a 2100 squarefoot home though.
any idea how many BTU's (heat energy is put out by an average processor?
hey it could happen
as far as an end user is concerned, it's all free downloads from the web.
nothing on current p2p systems labels music as 'freely distributable' or 'copy protected'
therefore, how could an end user get busted? they never agreed to any copy restrictions, they just picked a song that sounded good and listened to it.
the current range of 802.11 is a limiting factor, how many people in my neighborhood have a thrashmetal collection for my listening pleasure?
UWB ultra wide band radio technology, however, promises much more bandwidth and range, but it'd still need an uplink to the web somewhere on the network to come close to what I can find on gnutella now.
it's just a matter of being familiar with one system or the other. microsoft only wants to groom our children to be windows users, and this is the only reason they would come up with a deal like that.
I do tech support for an isp, I get windows calls all day, and in one 8 hour shift, I spend more time waiting for customers windows OS to reboot than I do in a whole year on my home system. Win2k/XP may be a bit better in this respect, but Linux is still far ahead of what windows offeres as a usable environment. Who's going to pay to update virus software on all these 200,000 windows boxes?
from Mozilla or NS6.x click the link to get an early "mockup-preview" of my new XUL application Geekzilla everything a geek needs in one place!!!
GeekZilla
taken from http://linux1394.sourceforge.net
updated 2001-11-06
Linux Kernels 2.4.12+
A fair number of users are reporting good results using the more recent kernel subsystems and CVS updates beginning with the Linux kernel 2.4.12 release. We cautiously suggest that the latest versions of the subsystem are stable once again. The term "stable" needs qualification. Please keep in mind that the Linux IEEE-1394 subsystem is considered, in general, an experimental and unstable subsystem of the Linux kernel. In this section, when we mention "stable" we mean mostly usable with known applications without breaking functionality or crashing the machine.
it gets deep read and hack, that's the trick. May the source be with you.
Like Sony is going to for the Playstation? (and did in Japan already)
:-)"we have 50 Million Xbox's in living rooms now make some games for it":-)
BTW, anyone know when the Harddrive/Broadband adaptor will be available in the US?
See MS can't do a Linux Kit for Xbox because although it's just a gaming console, it is produced by the Evil Empire who has alterior motives relating to trying to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!! everything they make has some hint of that evil plan in it, it all makes me feel so sick.
Even if you'd like to get an Xbox to hack because you know it is sold at a loss, you become a barganing chip to entice support for the XboX known as installed userbase. MS would never let it be known that 50% of Xbox'es ended up running Linux and being used as PC's, they's just say
Evil evil evil....don't buy into the evil empire.
Apache 2.x is looking real good, I mean, is there anything Apache can't do? You Apache Developers are great people!
Thanks for 'A Patchy Server', a real showcase of what people can do when we work together as a community.
but haven't tried the USB camera. in my conferencers with windows users, they crash out more than I did. (old pc to old pc)
it allows you to export to many formats (and import if you already have a 3dmodel) and also has a game engine.
http://blender.nl
time to abandon the old 4.x ....and run Mozilla it seems to load just fine..(and yes I'm running it on Linux)
only users and hackers....tell the managers to read all the man files and create a powerpoint presentation to sum up open source, that ought to keep them busy for awhile.
Many Many people I've helped support for the ISP I work for have never heard of windows update, or never been to the site to get updates. I suspect the issue is that so many copies of windows are pirated, and those users think they'll be discovered by MS if the run windows update.
I like that XP makes people pay, folks will not pay and seek alternatives...what, you can run the corporate version and make as many copies as you like?....I wonder if MS did that on purpose?
don't say :
"I am an English teacher now but am a techie at heart"
instead say:
"I am an English teacher AND a techie at heart"
build on your teaching credentials to get a job teaching Linux/Unix classes. Then you can administer your own computer lab the way you want to do it. Computers are more fun in an education environment than in a business environment.
that's all, free software means no sales tax, and gosh our government really needs those tax dollars. I see it so clearly now, MS is just being good for the ecconomy.
perhaps use a cluster to access a 'virtual ram' across all the machines? 32 PCs would easily give you 64GB, which leads to the question of the day...What needs 64GB ram?
can it not be split into a distributed process?
anything that does hi-res scans is going to take awhile. the DV camcorder gets reasonably good images, make sure the projector is nice and polished clean, be sure to block any outside light sources, and go for it. If you don't already own a DV Camcorder, I'd recommend buying one, I use mine to save those family moments, and with the right lighting, it's really broadcast quality video.. it looks better than VHS dare I say on the same footing as DVD? However, then having your captured video on digital video cassettes, they will degrade over time, to be optimum, then transfer your video to DVD. I think blank DVD discs are like 25$ each though, being digital is good, but the tape medium is still magnetic and subject to degrade. DVD is optical and won't have that problem. Mac makes a nice ImacDV with a DVD burner for somewhere around 1300$(I think), not only does this provide a way to get the DVcamcorder connected using firewire to transfer the video, but also nice tools to create your own video (AKA edit out the dull parts) and burn those to disc.
PHP is an open web scripting language, and IMHO will replace ASP because of this. Beyond that, ASP will make it hard to work without buying all kinds of crap from MS.
Get an Apache server with MySQL and PHP modules running, then walk through the PHP.net Annotated PHP Manual which is all you really need to learn PHP. The annotated manual allows students to post questions or comments right on the manual to get help from PHP Experts or share their insights. There's a bit of "how to MYSQL" in there, but without some kind of database backend, you've just got static HTML pages that really don't do much. Apache also has ways to setup directories for each student to publish to.
If you want to give students something extra, point them to a good shell scripting tutorial so they can write and run their own server side scripts, which can be called upon by PHP. another good link for HTML tutorials is webteacher where they can follow some basic HTML lessons. Above all, don't make them need a textbook, this is the new age, we have no need for paper as connected web developers, and don't teach them something they'll have to pay to use in any sense like ASP.
this case is about MS using it's installed base in a way in which locks out competing products through the use of proprietary protocols and formats, and I think it should extend to the Office Document formats. It's not about trying to take down "the Man" it's about wanting to open OfficeDocuments on my Linux Box. Because Linux is a threat to MS Windows dominance, MS will not create an office package for Linux systems, because that would take share away from Windows. being able to decode MS documents on other platforms is essential to limiting what MS can do with their Monopoly power, and keeps them from being able to LOCK people into running a windows system if they don't want to. a client on a corporate intranet using windows will run across /WORD/EXCEL/PPS files...where can a Linux PC exist in such an environment?
X86 hardware is too entrenched to just up and scrap hundreds of workstations and make the switch to PPC machines. beyond that, how well does the office/Mac get along with a MS network with mounting network drives and sharing folders? I've never used MacOffice, but I'd be willing to be the Windows Office does stuff Mac Office doesn't.
Reason #2 for not switching I feel is the ability to find people to hire who "know where the start menu is" I wonder what the folks over at WineHQ.com think of this deal.
I don't see this working because MS will not be OPENfree, it'll charge lots for developers to get this information. Furthermore, if you are a developer and you do pay, Likely you'll not be allowed to share this info with others, as MS will make themselves the only source for this information.
I think the other thing that's missing is document format disclosure, to allow others to read and use MS office files. IMHO, MS Office has more to do with companies not leaving the windows platform than any other issue.
get slack!!!
/doctrine tree included in the doc directory. how about slack sticker propaganda printing app, design and print from the clipart gallery and stick bobheads everywhere.
:-) subgenius showed me that the internet can be a cool place, perhaps a realignment with the subgenius site would work wonders for the popularity of SlackWare, create a subgenius edition with a selection of subgenius tools for contributions to the art mines, and a "subgenius clipart" package included, custom icons and sound clips, and a special
does slackware have any relationship/roots in the church of the subgenius and their encouraging people to get slack?
find out details about the company then make that ONE call and work it into the conversation. I think that if you can show that you actually looked into the company (details like who owns the company how the stock is doing who the competitors are where they stand in the market etc....), it show that YOU ARE CONSIDERING LETTING THEM EMPLOY YOU. Take the approach that you are your own company trying to work out a contract even if it's not contract work but don't seem arrogant in doing so. The last thing any SMART employer wants is a bunch of mindless drones who don't give a rats ass about the big picture and the goals of the company as a whole.
disclaimer: I don't work in HR.
use something of known dimentions and scan it and try to measure the acuracy, you're a scientist, create a set of tests to measure color and distortion.