Natural Microsystems (NMS) actually does release Linux drivers now (it didn't two years ago, Solaris was the only Unix available) but it's doubtful Intel ever will.
Just FYI, Intel Dialogic has been shipping Linux drivers for a while. They support most of their products, including the CompactPCI cards.
Re:The Force violates conservation of momentum
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And one of the people there, who had been with SDI and the Space Program for 12 years, currently a top-level NASA consultant, pulled me aside and said that after seeing the line about the gravity not letting the body get very far . . . he said he sat down to do the math required to come up with the actual MASS of B5, starting with the 2.5 million tons of actual structure, plus likely vegetation, quarters, occupants, ships docked inside...and when you add it all up, it came to about the same mass as a fairly small moon...and IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE BODY FROM -- AS STATED IN THE SCRIPT -- GETTING VERY FAR.
The body would drift from the station a bit, get pulled back, hit the hull, bounce, drift a bit, and be pulled back. Or go into a slow elliptical orbit. (He mentioned that in the history of the Apollo program, little bits of debris that would flake off the outside of the ship would remain in proximity to the ship, just on the basis of ITS mass and gravity, and it's not very big.)
A couple of other high-level engineers backed him up, and said that it was quite reasonable.
So at the risk of exposing myself as a complete B5 addict (bought the whole series on VHS, and will do so again on DVD), I'll go with JMS on this one.:)
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Natural Microsystems (NMS) actually does release Linux drivers now (it didn't two years ago, Solaris was the only Unix available) but it's doubtful Intel ever will.
Just FYI, Intel Dialogic has been shipping Linux drivers for a while. They support most of their products, including the CompactPCI cards.