I never said that. But that is the thing. The press probably doesn't reflect popular opinion. The average person in most of the countries probably doesn't really care all that much one way or the other. But if they really opposed the US action then there governments would kick the US out of NATO or press for sanctions. Or if they governments didn't then the people would vote them out. Take a look at the current French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He is actually pushing for closer ties with the US. As I said it is so not the World VS the US.
The answer is simple but unpleasant. You try and stop the biggest threats to you. Iraq wasn't using the money it got from oil to make a better life for it's people. It was using it to get nukes and chemical weapons. Yes they really where before the first war. We found lots of nice and nasty stuff then. Oil = money and money = weapons. The big lesson that most of the western world got from WWII was it is better to fight a little war then a big one. That is why Nato went into Serbia with the US's help and the UK, US and other nations went into Afghanistan and Iraq. Is that lesson still valid? I don't know. As too the US vs the world? You have drank way to much koolaid. Most of the world sure isn't fighting the US. While the press shakes a finger at the US the actual governments just shake their head in public and behind closed doors are probably glad that it is happening. Yea you will get some venting on Slashdot about how evil the US is but those people are not in political power.
It will probably just get pictures after landing and not while in flight. If each cammera can cover 90 degrees you would only need six of them for full coverage. Include sensors to get the orentaion of the sphere and some smart software and you would be all set. You could use software to pan in any direction. Actually pretty handy. Drop two in and you could create a 3d map if they could tell where each of them is in the room.
"In the very latest dev version of swfdec the video works again, but there is no sound." Interesting use of the term "works". While technically true really misses the point. You can not use swfdec two watch youtube videos they way that most are meant to be watched. Of course fans of Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Mary Pickford will not be disappointed.
Ah so it makes sense to take your self? In the US government agencies are tax exempt. It also makes sense to waste resources to challenge a valuation of zero on an item being shipped to a federal agency? The paper work was filled out using the instructions that the receiving agency gave us.
So no I don't think being confused by and annoyed by a bureaucratic delay that at best will cost the government time and provide no benefit or revenue is foolish.
I read the link figuring that there must be some good reason for this law. It may be an outdated reason but I figure there must still be some reason. I was wrong. Of course it reminds me of something that happened to me at work. My company sold software to a Canadian government agency. They pay a yearly fee for updates and support. On day I got a call from the Canadian tax department. They wanted to know how much the update disks we where shipping to the other agency where worth. This was before the Internet was available to mortals. Well six floppies so about six dollars. I told them the updates where free. They kept arguing with me to tell them how much the updates where worth. It seems that they needed to charge tax the people that where receiving the updates.... I told them that IT WAS THERE OWN GOVERNMENT!!!! The told me that it didn't matter. So I asked them this,"You need to know how much to charge the government so you can give that money to the government?" They said yes, and didn't even laugh. In fact they where a little ticked that I couldn't see the logic in it. I told them that they had just invented Taxabation and they hung up on me. We talked to our clients and set up a bbs so they could download the updates from then on.
Well I really don't see the need for many end users to set up an application server at home. Just use Google or any of the others what will fill up the internet. If you are going to that might I suggest FreeNX? If you really want that good old mainframe feel.
To be honest I am a little shocked that none of the ISPs have offered "home server" option yet. Seems like it would be pretty cheap to offer as a service a private server for each home. Just put it in your data center and user your own network for the traffic. Serve out google ads or what not to make some extra cash and your all set.
maybe but I am waiting until the 45nm AMD desktop chips are out to upgrade. If the offer a good price/perf ratio I will stick with AMD. The thing is right now I don't really want to jump to Intel since I will not spend the money for an i7 at this time. Seems like I would be buying into old tech. My current motherboard is very nice and has served me well for five years.
My Athlon 4200 X2 plays world in conflict and FSX just fine since I added a 3870. I would say that an X2 5000 will do just fine for a mid level gaming rig with an good video card.
I tend to agree. The honest truth is that and AMD 780G motherboard and one of the low power X2s makes a great system for most users. If you want to play games throw on a 3870 or if you really need it a 4850. I just built a system for my wife with an ASUS 780G motherboard, X2 and 4 Gigs of ram. Total cost was under $200 and it runs very well. If you not into high end gaming then AMD seems like a great choice. I can hardly wait for 45nm AMD desktop CPUs to start showing up. I really want one.
Okay little AC. I shouldn't waste the time but I will try to educate you a little bit. "Yes, software apps on the server is nothing new... but there is no denying Google Apps is a new shift in how software (not simply basic scripts) is being developed (via http)." Not really. Google apps are very much just a version of client server development. The interesting think is that it used Javascript and DOM to produce a client that can be accessed by a web browser. But it is not huge leap over what had already been done with Java applets for years. The benefit was that the startup time is much lower for an AJAX application that a java applet plus you don't need a jvm installed. "As to Convenience. No network no programs, no data as well." "And no communication... get connected fool!" Just so helpful if you want to do some work in a place without the internet or without good connectivity. There are places where you just can not find a wifi network or a broadband connection.
"Dude are you serious? What world do you live in? If you can't see how the Net has been such a part of todays society/world, then you must be living under a rock." I live in the real world. The world where ISPs fail and some people live in a place without broadband. As I said for most people Google apps are good enough. They are great for about 85% of the population. They are great for sharing documents. As I said they are good enough. Some people need more or don't want to be dependent on a network connection so Open Office can be a great solution. Since both are free I suggest that people use both.
Database admins are also showing interest. SSDs may well become the standard but when a 1 TB drive is only $100 it really is hard to look longingly at an SSD.
I think this says it all. "But if Stallman's observations aren't enough to stop you from using network apps, a comparison of a leading example like Google Apps with free and open source software (FOSS) such as OpenOffice.org should be."
I really like OpenOffice. Version 3 is very good but this is clearly based on an agenda. Google Docs are. 1. Good enough for most people. Guess what folks if a program does what you need it too any other features are meaningless. 2. Stores your data online. Great for anything that isn't extremely private. Even better because Google will probably do a better job of backing it up than you will. 3. It works most every where. No need to install it or keep it updated. 4. Works with many common file formats just like OO.org.
If you need OO.org than Google docs will not work for you. But then if you need a feature in Microsoft Office that OO.org doesn't support then you need Office. But for a lot of people Google Docs are great. But since both are free as in beer. You might as well use both.
"Google Apps are a new paradigm in software, having commonly used applications entirely on a server so that multiple users can use them." You are being funny right? This is the very old way of doing things. Anybody that worked on a PDP-11, Vax, 360/370, Model 38, AS400, or any number of other mini or mainframes would tell you the same thing.
Google Apps are really a great example of. Good enough. They are good enough for most people. As to Convenience. No network no programs, no data as well. The internet isn't everywhere yet so if anything Google Apps are less convenient than carrying you data on a USB drive.
Good point. It would take a lot of nitroglycerin to kill more the then idiot making it. My point is that if you live in the berbs you will live with this kind of stuff. Heck I got a notice because I didn't bring my garbage cans into the garage. If you want to have a lab, build an airplane, or put a three meter radio telescope in your front yard your life will be simpler if you move to a more rural area.
What about the idiot that looks up how to make nitroglycerin on the Internet and kills 20 people? I love the idea of full blown chem lab at home but there does need to be a balance. The simple truth is if you want a lab like that you probably need to move out to a rural area. Hack they get cranky with HAMs putting up antennas in so places.
Yea I know software isn't cheap. I have used Solidworks and while it is worth the money it isn't cheap. You could also setup a Linux box as a samba server and attach the printer so that. With some hacking you could use a postscript driver to connect to the Samba server and then use GhostScript to render to your printers. But unless you have an in house Linux expert that isn't really an option and doesn't do a thing for your CNC machines. I have never seen a CNC machine that is tied right to the cad machine but then my experence is pretty limited. You could also print to PDF and then print the PDFs from an XP box to your printer. But your right in that your best solution would be modern drivers.
Actually I have a semi solution for you. Use XP64 for your design machines. Since you already use network storage you could print and control your production machines from XP32 machines. All that it would cost is some extra software licenses which are not cheap I fear.
So your large format printers don't offer 64bit drivers? What about Vista 64? Sounds like your in driver hell to me. I would expect that you would just export STL or iges files to your CNC machines. I find the idea that you control them right from your CAD machine very odd. For the printers couldn't you export to a PDF and then print from a dedicated machine? I bit messy but I would think that it might work. Just some suggestions. Lots of luck. I always liked Solidworks more than Autocad anyway.
Well I said that modern systems are fast enough for people not playing games or doing CAD/CAM. I don't know if you can throw too much hardware at CAD. Maybe you should look at an i7 or an Opteron with 2-4 CPUS for 8 to 16 Cores.
I am betting this will be more like a HAL than a traditional virtual system. OS vendors will write to VMWare and then any phone that supports VMware will run the OS. No real porting effort required. Just another layer of abstraction.
"Since when does the average home user not play games? What am I misunderstanding?" The games the average user plays run just fine on current PCs. It doesn't take a high end PC to play tetris or bejewled.
"Unless your PC has a webcam. These are popular in (for example) the Deaf community, as they allow people to chat in a sign language." And your average PC runs just fine with those as well. Plus there is a huge difference between a webcam and say HD video a far as encoding goes.
umm. My statment about NPR wasn't a crack. I think I tend towards the conservative and NPR is my favorite news service. I find it very biased but that is a good thing. I question everything they report and take nothing for granted. If you take their emotional spin out of their stories and just look at the facts they are in fact pretty good.
Okay here is the big question. Do many users need a faster PC? On a clean Windows box when are you waiting on the computer? I am not talking about games, scientist, or people using CAD/CAM. I am talking about the average user? Now when you are waiting how often is it an IO bottle neck? Waiting for a program to start, waiting for a file to download or some other function like that. The real answer is that for the most part PCs are quick enough. Video encoding isn't something that the average users does yet. It will be in the future but right now not so much.
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I never said that. But that is the thing. The press probably doesn't reflect popular opinion. The average person in most of the countries probably doesn't really care all that much one way or the other. But if they really opposed the US action then there governments would kick the US out of NATO or press for sanctions. Or if they governments didn't then the people would vote them out.
Take a look at the current French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He is actually pushing for closer ties with the US. As I said it is so not the World VS the US.
The answer is simple but unpleasant. You try and stop the biggest threats to you. Iraq wasn't using the money it got from oil to make a better life for it's people. It was using it to get nukes and chemical weapons. Yes they really where before the first war. We found lots of nice and nasty stuff then.
Oil = money and money = weapons. The big lesson that most of the western world got from WWII was it is better to fight a little war then a big one.
That is why Nato went into Serbia with the US's help and the UK, US and other nations went into Afghanistan and Iraq. Is that lesson still valid? I don't know.
As too the US vs the world?
You have drank way to much koolaid.
Most of the world sure isn't fighting the US. While the press shakes a finger at the US the actual governments just shake their head in public and behind closed doors are probably glad that it is happening.
Yea you will get some venting on Slashdot about how evil the US is but those people are not in political power.
It will probably just get pictures after landing and not while in flight.
If each cammera can cover 90 degrees you would only need six of them for full coverage. Include sensors to get the orentaion of the sphere and some smart software and you would be all set. You could use software to pan in any direction. Actually pretty handy. Drop two in and you could create a 3d map if they could tell where each of them is in the room.
"In the very latest dev version of swfdec the video works again, but there is no sound."
Interesting use of the term "works". While technically true really misses the point.
You can not use swfdec two watch youtube videos they way that most are meant to be watched.
Of course fans of Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Mary Pickford will not be disappointed.
Ah so it makes sense to take your self? In the US government agencies are tax exempt.
It also makes sense to waste resources to challenge a valuation of zero on an item being shipped to a federal agency?
The paper work was filled out using the instructions that the receiving agency gave us.
So no I don't think being confused by and annoyed by a bureaucratic delay that at best will cost the government time and provide no benefit or revenue is foolish.
I read the link figuring that there must be some good reason for this law. It may be an outdated reason but I figure there must still be some reason. ,"You need to know how much to charge the government so you can give that money to the government?"
I was wrong.
Of course it reminds me of something that happened to me at work.
My company sold software to a Canadian government agency. They pay a yearly fee for updates and support. On day I got a call from the Canadian tax department. They wanted to know how much the update disks we where shipping to the other agency where worth. This was before the Internet was available to mortals.
Well six floppies so about six dollars. I told them the updates where free.
They kept arguing with me to tell them how much the updates where worth. It seems that they needed to charge tax the people that where receiving the updates.... I told them that IT WAS THERE OWN GOVERNMENT!!!!
The told me that it didn't matter. So I asked them this
They said yes, and didn't even laugh. In fact they where a little ticked that I couldn't see the logic in it.
I told them that they had just invented Taxabation and they hung up on me.
We talked to our clients and set up a bbs so they could download the updates from then on.
Well I really don't see the need for many end users to set up an application server at home. Just use Google or any of the others what will fill up the internet.
If you are going to that might I suggest FreeNX?
If you really want that good old mainframe feel.
To be honest I am a little shocked that none of the ISPs have offered "home server" option yet.
Seems like it would be pretty cheap to offer as a service a private server for each home. Just put it in your data center and user your own network for the traffic. Serve out google ads or what not to make some extra cash and your all set.
maybe but I am waiting until the 45nm AMD desktop chips are out to upgrade. If the offer a good price/perf ratio I will stick with AMD.
The thing is right now I don't really want to jump to Intel since I will not spend the money for an i7 at this time. Seems like I would be buying into old tech. My current motherboard is very nice and has served me well for five years.
My Athlon 4200 X2 plays world in conflict and FSX just fine since I added a 3870. I would say that an X2 5000 will do just fine for a mid level gaming rig with an good video card.
I tend to agree. The honest truth is that and AMD 780G motherboard and one of the low power X2s makes a great system for most users. If you want to play games throw on a 3870 or if you really need it a 4850.
I just built a system for my wife with an ASUS 780G motherboard, X2 and 4 Gigs of ram. Total cost was under $200 and it runs very well.
If you not into high end gaming then AMD seems like a great choice.
I can hardly wait for 45nm AMD desktop CPUs to start showing up. I really want one.
How about AMD/ATI?
They have bee producing some very good chipsets for the desktop.
Okay little AC. I shouldn't waste the time but I will try to educate you a little bit. ... but there is no denying Google Apps is a new shift in how software (not simply basic scripts) is being developed (via http)." ... get connected fool!"
"Yes, software apps on the server is nothing new
Not really. Google apps are very much just a version of client server development. The interesting think is that it used Javascript and DOM to produce a client that can be accessed by a web browser. But it is not huge leap over what had already been done with Java applets for years. The benefit was that the startup time is much lower for an AJAX application that a java applet plus you don't need a jvm installed.
"As to Convenience. No network no programs, no data as well."
"And no communication
Just so helpful if you want to do some work in a place without the internet or without good connectivity. There are places where you just can not find a wifi network or a broadband connection.
"Dude are you serious? What world do you live in? If you can't see how the Net has been such a part of todays society/world, then you must be living under a rock."
I live in the real world. The world where ISPs fail and some people live in a place without broadband. As I said for most people Google apps are good enough. They are great for about 85% of the population. They are great for sharing documents. As I said they are good enough.
Some people need more or don't want to be dependent on a network connection so Open Office can be a great solution. Since both are free I suggest that people use both.
Database admins are also showing interest.
SSDs may well become the standard but when a 1 TB drive is only $100 it really is hard to look longingly at an SSD.
I think this says it all.
"But if Stallman's observations aren't enough to stop you from using network apps, a comparison of a leading example like Google Apps with free and open source software (FOSS) such as OpenOffice.org should be."
I really like OpenOffice. Version 3 is very good but this is clearly based on an agenda.
Google Docs are.
1. Good enough for most people. Guess what folks if a program does what you need it too any other features are meaningless.
2. Stores your data online. Great for anything that isn't extremely private. Even better because Google will probably do a better job of backing it up than you will.
3. It works most every where. No need to install it or keep it updated.
4. Works with many common file formats just like OO.org.
If you need OO.org than Google docs will not work for you. But then if you need a feature in Microsoft Office that OO.org doesn't support then you need Office.
But for a lot of people Google Docs are great.
But since both are free as in beer. You might as well use both.
"Google Apps are a new paradigm in software, having commonly used applications entirely on a server so that multiple users can use them."
You are being funny right?
This is the very old way of doing things. Anybody that worked on a PDP-11, Vax, 360/370, Model 38, AS400, or any number of other mini or mainframes would tell you the same thing.
Google Apps are really a great example of. Good enough.
They are good enough for most people.
As to Convenience. No network no programs, no data as well.
The internet isn't everywhere yet so if anything Google Apps are less convenient than carrying you data on a USB drive.
Good point. It would take a lot of nitroglycerin to kill more the then idiot making it.
My point is that if you live in the berbs you will live with this kind of stuff. Heck I got a notice because I didn't bring my garbage cans into the garage.
If you want to have a lab, build an airplane, or put a three meter radio telescope in your front yard your life will be simpler if you move to a more rural area.
What about the idiot that looks up how to make nitroglycerin on the Internet and kills 20 people?
I love the idea of full blown chem lab at home but there does need to be a balance.
The simple truth is if you want a lab like that you probably need to move out to a rural area. Hack they get cranky with HAMs putting up antennas in so places.
Yea I know software isn't cheap. I have used Solidworks and while it is worth the money it isn't cheap.
You could also setup a Linux box as a samba server and attach the printer so that. With some hacking you could use a postscript driver to connect to the Samba server and then use GhostScript to render to your printers.
But unless you have an in house Linux expert that isn't really an option and doesn't do a thing for your CNC machines.
I have never seen a CNC machine that is tied right to the cad machine but then my experence is pretty limited.
You could also print to PDF and then print the PDFs from an XP box to your printer.
But your right in that your best solution would be modern drivers.
Actually I have a semi solution for you.
Use XP64 for your design machines. Since you already use network storage you could print and control your production machines from XP32 machines.
All that it would cost is some extra software licenses which are not cheap I fear.
So your large format printers don't offer 64bit drivers? What about Vista 64?
Sounds like your in driver hell to me. I would expect that you would just export STL or iges files to your CNC machines. I find the idea that you control them right from your CAD machine very odd. For the printers couldn't you export to a PDF and then print from a dedicated machine?
I bit messy but I would think that it might work.
Just some suggestions.
Lots of luck. I always liked Solidworks more than Autocad anyway.
Well I said that modern systems are fast enough for people not playing games or doing CAD/CAM.
I don't know if you can throw too much hardware at CAD. Maybe you should look at an i7 or an Opteron with 2-4 CPUS for 8 to 16 Cores.
I am betting this will be more like a HAL than a traditional virtual system.
OS vendors will write to VMWare and then any phone that supports VMware will run the OS.
No real porting effort required.
Just another layer of abstraction.
"Since when does the average home user not play games? What am I misunderstanding?"
The games the average user plays run just fine on current PCs. It doesn't take a high end PC to play tetris or bejewled.
"Unless your PC has a webcam. These are popular in (for example) the Deaf community, as they allow people to chat in a sign language."
And your average PC runs just fine with those as well. Plus there is a huge difference between a webcam and say HD video a far as encoding goes.
umm. My statment about NPR wasn't a crack. I think I tend towards the conservative and NPR is my favorite news service.
I find it very biased but that is a good thing. I question everything they report and take nothing for granted. If you take their emotional spin out of their stories and just look at the facts they are in fact pretty good.
Okay here is the big question.
Do many users need a faster PC?
On a clean Windows box when are you waiting on the computer?
I am not talking about games, scientist, or people using CAD/CAM.
I am talking about the average user?
Now when you are waiting how often is it an IO bottle neck?
Waiting for a program to start, waiting for a file to download or some other function like that.
The real answer is that for the most part PCs are quick enough.
Video encoding isn't something that the average users does yet. It will be in the future but right now not so much.