Of course, the other view is that the Shuttle is ready to go up on blocks at the Smithsonian. It exists primarily to service ISS, which seem to exist primarily to justify the Shuttle program.
Splash ISS and put the Shuttles up on blocks before they kill another crew. Divert the money into science that has scientific, rather than symbollic, value. Give all the budget to JPL. They'll actually do something constructive with it.
Wanna go into low orbit? Build a bigger version of Soyuz. Works pretty damn good. Wanna go to Mars? We'll need a Saturn 6.
I understand your concern, but you can always buy Novell Desktop Linux if you want fully supported SUSE. I used NDL 9 until installing SUSE 9.3 (freely available for download) just yesterday. NDL is quite slick, and "feel" right in a business environment. The license is cheaper than SUSE, too.
> My phone line has rarely gone down if ever. I can't come close to saying that about my internet connections, cable or DSL. The fact that we have two small children means when I pick up that phone in an emergency, I want it to work.
No freaking kidding. The phones were about the only thing that survived Hurricane Ivan last September (in my neighborhood, at least). When Hurricane Dennis went through last week, we were once again power/cable/waterless, but the phone still worked.
So I fired up my generator, jacked the laptop into Earthlink dial-up, and was right back online.
I'm in no hurry at all to abandon traditional telephony. It works.
PPC was one of the things that made Mac seem special. I think the G5 is a great chip, and I really like my dual PowerMac. It chews through a/v tasks with reckless abandon.
But I'll stick after the Intel transition. The reason I moved to Mac, when you get right down to it, is that I have always found Mac OS to be a pleasant and relatively secure environment. It's consistent and and easy to find things.
When I use Windows -- and I'm typing this on an XP machine -- I'm always struck by how each application looks and works so differently. Security issues aside, I'm just not as comfortable in Windows.
Before anyone takes this as an anti-Microsoft rant, I am also a bit taken aback by the lack of uniformity in certain Linux desktops. I know a lot of users like being able to customize virtually every aspect of their interface, but I just wanna get stuff done.
I'm attached to a slew of Mac software: Omniweb, Safari, the various iLife and iWork applications, Transmit, and others. Have an investment in them, too.
I wish Apple had chosen AMD as its new partner, but I'm sure they'll come up with some zoomy new MacTel boxes. One thing I *know* will be better is Apple's laptops. I'll almost certainly buy an Intel PowerBook as soon as they hit the streets. If it's possible, I'll buy a large drive and maintain Windows and Linux partitions. Very handy.
On the other hand, I understand why old-timer Macheads are uncomfortable with folks we used to think of as the "bad guys." Maybe that's why I've taken an interest in Ubuntu Linux and have slowly begun re-ripping my (legally acquired) music library to open formats. There's no harm in keeping a good Plan B close at hand, right?
... that this article is mostly about Power's current and future share of the embedded market.
Technology group VP Tom Reeves told the conference that he expects Power will command half the game machine market by 2008.
According to Reeves, "The POWER now is anywhere. It is loaded onto many equipment. It means this without being, 'directing in future, vision' state (is already unevenly distributed) having become there here."
I am personally appalled that an IBM executive has such poor command of the English language.
> Could this open some eyes and increase interest in alternative (Linux, Mac) offerings?
Probably not, because this device isn't about the operating system. Other than the mention of Mozilla, where do you see an indication that this is NOT Windows?
Yeah, it's Linux. The target user doesn't give a damn. He or she just wants instant-on web and no-brainer wireless. And MP3s that don't require one to dig for some grey file to make it work.
And the marketing doesn't even mention Gnome, KDE, RPM, or Debian. Heresy!
Come to think of it, with all the user focus, I'd better re-read the article and make sure it's not a Mac...
> When Rush Limbaugh [rushlimbaugh.com] is available via podcasting, it's mainstream. Regardless of your opinion of Rush, he's staying up with technology.
Yup... 21st century technology. 19th century thought.
> The court tends to be conservative, only not in the conventional political sense.
Yes. I lived through my brother's legal education, and realize that the Supremes wade into thorny issues only when they feel it's necessary. I'm also involved with an advocacy group that's currently stimied by just such a difference of opinion between two circuits. We won't prevail until the Supreme Court harmonizes their positions.
I was initially horrified by this ruling, because it has the net effect of strengthening the power of the corporation over that of the individulal. I'm less sure of my position ow, having read the majority opinion.
There are still legal remedies to both the situation at hand and future cases like it. I suspect the Supremes will rule more narrowly when cases testing this opinion work their way up the ladder.
> Meanwhile, the Russians dust themselves off and prepare the next launch vehicle for the earliest possible sendup of the sail.
Which seems reasonable, considering this is a low-budget, unmanned project. It's cheaper to risk splashing another probe than spend hundeds of millions on post-mortem analysis.
It would suck, though, if this were a manned program and the Russian Federation went for the "earliest possible" relaunch without deciding what the hell went wrong.
The Soviets might have done this. They were, after all, the folks who sent firefighters into Chernobyl protected only by raincoats. Not a tendency worth lauding, no matter how much Slavic pluck and pride it might demonstarte.
This isn't a space race. There's no need to recklessly throw man and machine to the wind. Besides, where's the money going to come from? We're being bled dry by our new colonial wars overseas. It costs big bucks to haul our flag atop a new pile of foreign rubble every couple of years.
Sure, NASA has gotten a bit stodgy. They should worry less about losing the odd probe or two and more about how to make the International Space Station do something more useful than transfering our wealth into low orbit.
When it comes to strapping schoolteachers atop a mountain of liquid oxygen and rocket fuel, though, NASA should be as cautious as seems reasonable. There are people in those shuttles. Let's take every care to be sure they don't join the space sail at the bottom of the sea.
I don't see why this wouldn't work, or why it would be a bad thing.
Apple would still have control over the hardware. I'm sure Dell could produce MacTel boxes that would satisfy Cupertino's equipment requirements.
Expanding OS X's install base would be a GOOD thing for existing Mac users: more drivers, more software, more everything (including, perhaps, viruses).
Expanding OS X's install base would improve Apple's research and development ROI. Good for stockholders, and eventually for consumers.
Expanding OS X's install base would be a very good thing for Windows users, who would have more opportunities to purchase increasingly price-competitive MacTels.
Michael Dell's out-loud thinking is entirely consistent with his signal last week that Dell is ready to launch a premium line of computer hardware.
I think Apple ought to do it. They've traditionally been a computer hardware vendor, with software used to sell the pretty boxes. But these times, they are a-changin'.
> unless someone can convince me Ubuntu is better for a laptop.
I dunno if it is or not. We'll see.
There's always Yellowdog Linux. YDL always works will with Apple hardware. But they're very conservative with their package selection, and major updates are far between.
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See? How can we leave this out of our children's science books?
There *could* be an Easter Bunny, right? And who are we not to admit the possibility of Santa Claus, Bigfoot, and the Boogieman?
Splash ISS and put the Shuttles up on blocks before they kill another crew. Divert the money into science that has scientific, rather than symbollic, value. Give all the budget to JPL. They'll actually do something constructive with it.
Wanna go into low orbit? Build a bigger version of Soyuz. Works pretty damn good. Wanna go to Mars? We'll need a Saturn 6.
It's not rocket science. Oh ... maybe it is.
Yup: NLD, not NDL. And I do use it as a desktop product.
I understand your concern, but you can always buy Novell Desktop Linux if you want fully supported SUSE. I used NDL 9 until installing SUSE 9.3 (freely available for download) just yesterday. NDL is quite slick, and "feel" right in a business environment. The license is cheaper than SUSE, too.
What does pass? A development version of the Apple webkit and what else?
Dah dah dit / dah dah dah / dah dah dah / da di dit.
No freaking kidding. The phones were about the only thing that survived Hurricane Ivan last September (in my neighborhood, at least). When Hurricane Dennis went through last week, we were once again power/cable/waterless, but the phone still worked.
So I fired up my generator, jacked the laptop into Earthlink dial-up, and was right back online.
I'm in no hurry at all to abandon traditional telephony. It works.
Does this group include anonymous Slashdot flamers?
But I'll stick after the Intel transition. The reason I moved to Mac, when you get right down to it, is that I have always found Mac OS to be a pleasant and relatively secure environment. It's consistent and and easy to find things.
When I use Windows -- and I'm typing this on an XP machine -- I'm always struck by how each application looks and works so differently. Security issues aside, I'm just not as comfortable in Windows.
Before anyone takes this as an anti-Microsoft rant, I am also a bit taken aback by the lack of uniformity in certain Linux desktops. I know a lot of users like being able to customize virtually every aspect of their interface, but I just wanna get stuff done.
I'm attached to a slew of Mac software: Omniweb, Safari, the various iLife and iWork applications, Transmit, and others. Have an investment in them, too.
I wish Apple had chosen AMD as its new partner, but I'm sure they'll come up with some zoomy new MacTel boxes. One thing I *know* will be better is Apple's laptops. I'll almost certainly buy an Intel PowerBook as soon as they hit the streets. If it's possible, I'll buy a large drive and maintain Windows and Linux partitions. Very handy.
On the other hand, I understand why old-timer Macheads are uncomfortable with folks we used to think of as the "bad guys." Maybe that's why I've taken an interest in Ubuntu Linux and have slowly begun re-ripping my (legally acquired) music library to open formats. There's no harm in keeping a good Plan B close at hand, right?
Bad link in the article text. It's here.
Technology group VP Tom Reeves told the conference that he expects Power will command half the game machine market by 2008.
According to Reeves, "The POWER now is anywhere. It is loaded onto many equipment. It means this without being, 'directing in future, vision' state (is already unevenly distributed) having become there here."
I am personally appalled that an IBM executive has such poor command of the English language.
In Soviet Russia, comet sues YOU.
Probably not, because this device isn't about the operating system. Other than the mention of Mozilla, where do you see an indication that this is NOT Windows?
Yeah, it's Linux. The target user doesn't give a damn. He or she just wants instant-on web and no-brainer wireless. And MP3s that don't require one to dig for some grey file to make it work.
And the marketing doesn't even mention Gnome, KDE, RPM, or Debian. Heresy!
Come to think of it, with all the user focus, I'd better re-read the article and make sure it's not a Mac ...
... if only the FBI had been so efficient before 9/11.
Yup ... 21st century technology. 19th century thought.
Yes, in Soviet Russia, zombie dogs YOU.
Yes. I lived through my brother's legal education, and realize that the Supremes wade into thorny issues only when they feel it's necessary. I'm also involved with an advocacy group that's currently stimied by just such a difference of opinion between two circuits. We won't prevail until the Supreme Court harmonizes their positions.
I was initially horrified by this ruling, because it has the net effect of strengthening the power of the corporation over that of the individulal. I'm less sure of my position ow, having read the majority opinion.
There are still legal remedies to both the situation at hand and future cases like it. I suspect the Supremes will rule more narrowly when cases testing this opinion work their way up the ladder.
Or one moderate judge. Or a liberal judge that hasn't lost his mind.
We don't need a "conservative" court. We just need a court with good balance and jurists who think deeply.
Which seems reasonable, considering this is a low-budget, unmanned project. It's cheaper to risk splashing another probe than spend hundeds of millions on post-mortem analysis.
It would suck, though, if this were a manned program and the Russian Federation went for the "earliest possible" relaunch without deciding what the hell went wrong.
The Soviets might have done this. They were, after all, the folks who sent firefighters into Chernobyl protected only by raincoats. Not a tendency worth lauding, no matter how much Slavic pluck and pride it might demonstarte.
This isn't a space race. There's no need to recklessly throw man and machine to the wind. Besides, where's the money going to come from? We're being bled dry by our new colonial wars overseas. It costs big bucks to haul our flag atop a new pile of foreign rubble every couple of years.
Sure, NASA has gotten a bit stodgy. They should worry less about losing the odd probe or two and more about how to make the International Space Station do something more useful than transfering our wealth into low orbit.
When it comes to strapping schoolteachers atop a mountain of liquid oxygen and rocket fuel, though, NASA should be as cautious as seems reasonable. There are people in those shuttles. Let's take every care to be sure they don't join the space sail at the bottom of the sea.
Will be interesting to see who these persons are, and whether or not they had a damn thing to do with iTunes.
In Soviet Russia, new spreadsheet program downloads YOU.
Apple would still have control over the hardware. I'm sure Dell could produce MacTel boxes that would satisfy Cupertino's equipment requirements.
Expanding OS X's install base would be a GOOD thing for existing Mac users: more drivers, more software, more everything (including, perhaps, viruses).
Expanding OS X's install base would improve Apple's research and development ROI. Good for stockholders, and eventually for consumers.
Expanding OS X's install base would be a very good thing for Windows users, who would have more opportunities to purchase increasingly price-competitive MacTels.
Michael Dell's out-loud thinking is entirely consistent with his signal last week that Dell is ready to launch a premium line of computer hardware.
I think Apple ought to do it. They've traditionally been a computer hardware vendor, with software used to sell the pretty boxes. But these times, they are a-changin'.
288 MB of system RAM. Loads a basic Panther install in about 40 minutes. Then you patch, and patch ...
I dunno if it is or not. We'll see.
There's always Yellowdog Linux. YDL always works will with Apple hardware. But they're very conservative with their package selection, and major updates are far between.