TFA states "..[p]ower stations are fuelled by a specific blend of two types of uranium. About 5 per cent must be uranium 235...".
This is of course untrue, for example the CANDU reactor uses heavy water and natural uranium. Not processing uranium is cheaper than processing, laser or not.
Right on with the average power thing.
And don't forget the base station is typically handling a number of RF channels, where your handset only uses one (at a time). The powers are additive. 10 RF channels means 10 times the power.
Granted this still doesn't add up to the power of a microwave oven.
Day 1 - Andrew's kernel is "stolen" under strange circumstances.
Day 2 - Chip Foose draws up a design for the kernel, the coding commences.
Day 3 - Andrew receives a call from a "kernel repo man". Apparently his kernel was taken by mistake.
Day 4 - Coding like mad. Fake repo man stalls Andrew. The crew is running out of Doritos.
Day 5 - The pressure mounts. Token pretty face "helps out" by typing "make" in a staged moment of tension.
Day 6 - We're never gonna get the kernel done in time!!!! Oops and panic. Fake repo man stalls again.
Day 7 - The reveal. A shiny new kernel is handed back to Andrew. You've been OVERHAULED!
Dvorak has some good points, but there is a lot of time (and cash reserves to fund that time) for MS walk the death march. Most of what he cites are very short-term issues.
More significantly, the risks long term for MS are poor security, anti-DRM backlash, and the improvement of competitive alternatives, FLOSS or else. And like any other 500 lb. gorilla, MS can't react to the market very quickly.
Dvorak is probably right insomuch that the stock will correct to reflect what MS actually is: a big company whose best days are behind them.
I take your point about reserving opinion until we see the actual license. But so long as hobbyists get sources, who much cares? Lego is at least appears to be learning from the previous Mindstorms go-around and the Sony Aibo debacle. Vast majority of us just want to play with Mindstorms, so opening up the sources in any planned sense cannot be a bad thing, can it? What am I missing?
For one hell of an interesting introduction into the physics behind various particles, albeit from 1979, check out these lectures by the legendary Richard Feynman. Very informative for us without a quantum physics background.
This does look awfully like a special-case trigger... seems like design.
Yes, and what springs to mind is test code left in the release. I mean, since WMF's are just a sequence of GDI function calls in a special format anyway, I could see the usefulness in say using WMFs as inputs to an internal GDI test environment. And that test environment might benefit from the ability to spin off a thread of arbitrary code for whatever test purposes.
My point is the facts aren't all in, and there are plenty of benign (not necessarily "backdoor") reasons why the "feature" may have been *developed*. But like others I wonder why it was *released*.
The FSF administers the copyrights for a whole host of GNU software, a large portion of any GNU/Linux distribution. There is likely GNU software in the GP2X. The FSF has a Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab that seems to be set up to help resolve the issue described.
In 2001, TI (Texas Instruments) decided to make a big push on the 802.11 market.... From the start, TI has refused to give any help towards a Linux driver and have decided to totally ignore the Linux community.
Sure it's all great to see some more uptake of Linux, but beware that TI has not shown itself to be a great friend in the past.
"Here we have a true conflict between the notion of intellectual property and the notion of sovereignty, and I'd say that 100 percent of the time in a democracy, sovereignty trumps intellectual property."
That statement struck me as profound when I first heard it. And it is right on. What the Mr. Kriss was talking about is, when *CHOOSING* which formats for MA to use, when it came down to *A CHOICE* between sovereignty and IP-encumbrance, they have made the sovereignty-upholding *CHOICE* as it being more important.
He also went on to tell the Microsoft guy that if MS would support ODF, he would be delighted to continue with them. Microsoft *CHOSE* to fight rather than simply support the format, effectively *CHOOSING* to withdraw from being an approved vendor.
By comparison, GSM would have around 0.0058, and CDMA/EV-DO about 0.0085 Mbit/s per MHz per Watt.
In a world where CDMA EV-DO with Turbo Coding comes within 1-2dB of the Shannon Limit, xG claims their system is 1000x (60dB) better. Perhaps they are modulating the tachyon-neutrino field? Ensign, Crusher... evasive maneuvers!
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TFA states "..[p]ower stations are fuelled by a specific blend of two types of uranium. About 5 per cent must be uranium 235...".
This is of course untrue, for example the CANDU reactor uses heavy water and natural uranium. Not processing uranium is cheaper than processing, laser or not.
Urinals are after all the original first-person shooter.
Jane: Doctor, what does the test say? Am I pregnant?
Doctor: No, Jane, you're not pregnant. But according to this stick you should switch to decaf.
Right on with the average power thing. And don't forget the base station is typically handling a number of RF channels, where your handset only uses one (at a time). The powers are additive. 10 RF channels means 10 times the power. Granted this still doesn't add up to the power of a microwave oven.
the shareholder is valued more than the employee
Here's a radical idea: become both an employee *and a shareholder*. If you see a downside to this, quit immediately.
Day 1 - Andrew's kernel is "stolen" under strange circumstances.
Day 2 - Chip Foose draws up a design for the kernel, the coding commences.
Day 3 - Andrew receives a call from a "kernel repo man". Apparently his kernel was taken by mistake.
Day 4 - Coding like mad. Fake repo man stalls Andrew. The crew is running out of Doritos.
Day 5 - The pressure mounts. Token pretty face "helps out" by typing "make" in a staged moment of tension.
Day 6 - We're never gonna get the kernel done in time!!!! Oops and panic. Fake repo man stalls again.
Day 7 - The reveal. A shiny new kernel is handed back to Andrew. You've been OVERHAULED!
Dvorak has some good points, but there is a lot of time (and cash reserves to fund that time) for MS walk the death march. Most of what he cites are very short-term issues. More significantly, the risks long term for MS are poor security, anti-DRM backlash, and the improvement of competitive alternatives, FLOSS or else. And like any other 500 lb. gorilla, MS can't react to the market very quickly. Dvorak is probably right insomuch that the stock will correct to reflect what MS actually is: a big company whose best days are behind them.
saying its Open Source ... means nothing
I take your point about reserving opinion until we see the actual license. But so long as hobbyists get sources, who much cares? Lego is at least appears to be learning from the previous Mindstorms go-around and the Sony Aibo debacle. Vast majority of us just want to play with Mindstorms, so opening up the sources in any planned sense cannot be a bad thing, can it? What am I missing?
The Case Against Patents Classic Paper, by Don Lancaster (warnings: PDF, ads at the end).
For one hell of an interesting introduction into the physics behind various particles, albeit from 1979, check out these lectures by the legendary Richard Feynman. Very informative for us without a quantum physics background.
Combine this genetically with healthy bacon, and we are on our way to Jurassic Pork. Trademark rights to the highest bidder.
new leadership was needed so the company's turnaround plan would have the best possible chance to succeed
Sounds like a Realistic(tm) plan to me.
From TFA: "Our device uses two crystals instead of one, which doubles the acceleration potential,"
Ladies and gentleman, we have found di-lithium crystals!
The Macintosh line would have been replaced by the SPARtan, leading to memorable models like the iSpart.
This does look awfully like a special-case trigger... seems like design.
Yes, and what springs to mind is test code left in the release. I mean, since WMF's are just a sequence of GDI function calls in a special format anyway, I could see the usefulness in say using WMFs as inputs to an internal GDI test environment. And that test environment might benefit from the ability to spin off a thread of arbitrary code for whatever test purposes.
My point is the facts aren't all in, and there are plenty of benign (not necessarily "backdoor") reasons why the "feature" may have been *developed*. But like others I wonder why it was *released*.
The FSF administers the copyrights for a whole host of GNU software, a large portion of any GNU/Linux distribution. There is likely GNU software in the GP2X. The FSF has a Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab that seems to be set up to help resolve the issue described.
I can't think of any [folks], even the most dim-witted that would put money into...
The same could be said for any form of gambling. Why must there be any deeper motive than greed? Occam's Razor.An offer you can't refuse
... especially when your name is Guido.
... a network of metal tracks to operate them on.
It's all well and good for TI to benefit from the open source community. But TI still refuses to publish their WiFi information for open source driver developers.
In 2001, TI (Texas Instruments) decided to make a big push on the 802.11 market. ... From the start, TI has refused to give any help towards a Linux driver and have decided to totally ignore the Linux community.
Sure it's all great to see some more uptake of Linux, but beware that TI has not shown itself to be a great friend in the past.
"Here we have a true conflict between the notion of intellectual property and the notion of sovereignty, and I'd say that 100 percent of the time in a democracy, sovereignty trumps intellectual property."
That statement struck me as profound when I first heard it. And it is right on. What the Mr. Kriss was talking about is, when *CHOOSING* which formats for MA to use, when it came down to *A CHOICE* between sovereignty and IP-encumbrance, they have made the sovereignty-upholding *CHOICE* as it being more important.
He also went on to tell the Microsoft guy that if MS would support ODF, he would be delighted to continue with them. Microsoft *CHOSE* to fight rather than simply support the format, effectively *CHOOSING* to withdraw from being an approved vendor.
How can anyone's "IP" be threatened by this?
By comparison, GSM would have around 0.0058, and CDMA/EV-DO about 0.0085 Mbit/s per MHz per Watt.
In a world where CDMA EV-DO with Turbo Coding comes within 1-2dB of the Shannon Limit, xG claims their system is 1000x (60dB) better. Perhaps they are modulating the tachyon-neutrino field? Ensign, Crusher... evasive maneuvers!
I propose we call it Gonad.
Not to burst your bubble, so to speak, but I recently, and painfully I might add, discovered this rule: eunuchs shall be without gonad.