Part of it is also that the European land line market sucks. In the US local calls are unlimited. That is one of the reasons that so many people stay on dial-up in the US. It is cheap. In many places in the EU every call is metered. From what I hear a mobile can actually be cheaper than a land line. I really don't think I have ever had no single on my cell. In the US you can get a land line for like $20 a month and you can call anyone in your local area any time for as long as you want and it will only cost you $20.
The new version of Open Office does offer the Open Office Base program. I think it uses SQLLite as the back end and can attach to real databases like Postgres if you need to. I do agree with you that FOSS needs something like Access. I hate Jet with a passion because too many people abuse it and use it for tasks that I just don't think it is well suited too. The standard FOSS solution is to us LAMP but for something like a CD collection that is just massive overkill. I don't want to have to set up a SQL server and apache just to keep track of my CD collection. How well does base work compared to access? I don't know I have not tried it yet. I think I will give it a shot.
Actually the fuses for used for hardened targets detonate after the warhead hits the target Often underground. Airbursts are used for soft or area targets like airfields military bases, and I am sorry to say cities.
Yes they could sue. But would they win? Probably not. They would just demand that Sonic.net prove that WiFi was totally safe. Which it can not. They can show that there is a lack of proof that it is dangerous but they can not prove that it was safe. Even then sonic.net would face law suit when Moonduck Smith has an aura misalignment caused by the wifi.
Yes it would have a chilling effect on law suits. That could be both good and bad like most things in life. It might stop people from suing after they get hurt trimming their hedges with a running lawnmower. But it might also stop people from suing a big company that makes a really dangerous product.
"IBM did actually ship hardware more valuable then what was paid for. Hardware that they could otherwise have sold to someone else." Not always. An example was one of IBM printers. When you paid for the upgrade the tech came out and moved the belt from one pulley to the other. You now had the faster printer.
I am pretty sure that IBM does the same thing today with it's mainframes. You buy a system with X performance and if you need it IBM can unlock more performance for you. No new hardware required. I could be wrong about modern mainframes since I have not kept up. with them.
But now Cell service for data is good enough in most places. WiFi in some places like fair grounds, maybe some parks, community centers, and business districts are all good areas for hot spots. But I see no need for it at the dump, vacant lots, and golf courses. The ideal solution as far as I can tell is fiber everywhere and wifi in some specific locations. If WiMax dosesn't suck then maybe that will change things.
Sorry but this is just backwards. One version! Just one version of the OS people. That is one of the things that Apple got right. I work with support at my company everyday. It was bad enough when we had to deal with Windows XP and XP home. Now we have XP, XP home, and goodness knows what version of Vista. Now we will have to deal this mess!
Maybe we need a new idea in Operating systems. They should be invisible! They should just work and get out of your way. I like eye candy the as much as the next guy but really the less I see on the screen that I am not working on the more that I like it.
Oh I use all those products as well. I just don't think that Google is the second coming. I think they are a good company but I just don't think they care more about my welfare than they do about profits.
ummm.... How do we know that you are not working for DHS and are trying to spread disinformation about Google so that we use other companies that willing hand over our data?
In most places right of way is granted by the local governments. The phone companies are pretty well entrenched what the local governments give they can also take away. Cable TV providers got access because they where not competing with the phone companies. They where a new service. I see no reason why internet or data access can not be considered a new service. Yes it would be expensive but it may be worth it for Google or microsoft. I hope not microsoft since I would like my Linux box to still work:) Take a look here to see what is possible http://www.utopianet.org/
While I am not one of the Google faithful I must say that your criticism is at best miss placed. Google has fought when the US government wanted them to turn over customer records in the past. They do not seem to cooperate with the US government anymore than is required by law. Anytime you use a hosted service you loose some privacy. Once the data leaves your systems you have lost some privacy and control.
If you want to scream at Google for not living up to there "Don't be evil" line. I suggest that there following US laws it far less evil than their good relationship with China.
"Regardless of who's your "official" isp, they still have to negotiate with the actual owners of the equipment that is bringing the signal to your house." All they need is right of way. They can put fiber on poles or in the ground. Or they could go into the cable business and start buying up cable franchises.
"To give them what? Seriously, what is Google supposed to do, start buying phone companies?" I hate to say it but regulations. Most of the big ISPs have taken a lot of money from the FCC to improve access to broadband. They haven't lived up to there side of the deal. Congress could come down on them like a ton of bricks for that.
I really don't see the value in a city wide wifi network. When I look at my city I see Huge areas where it would be next to usless. Now city wide fiber I can see but wifi? Seems like a solution waiting for a problem.
I don't think so. The ISPs are not going to want to face Microsoft, Google, Apple, Disney, and Sony. Yes I know that it seems that it is a battle of who can buy the most congressmen but Microsoft, Google, Apple, Disney, and Sony all have deep pockets and they all feel this is a battle they must win. If need be Google and Microsoft both have the bucks to become the worlds largest ISPs. They both have the technology base and the motivation if the ISPs get too nasty with them. Also the cable companies are hated. They are hated by the public at large. Congress know this so it may be a battle that they are willing to take on since Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Disney's money is just as green as Comcast's.
They are not trying to make a practical wireless power tranmistion system! Maybe you should read the website you posted.
"Program Purpose
HAARP is a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere, with particular emphasis on being able to understand and use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and defense purposes.
The HAARP program is committed to developing a world class ionospheric research facility consisting of:
* The Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high power transmitter facility operating in the High Frequency (HF) range. The IRI will be used to temporarily excite a limited area of the ionosphere for scientific study.
* A sophisticated suite of scientific (or diagnostic) instruments that will be used to observe the physical processes that occur in the excited region.
Observation of the processes resulting from the use of the IRI in a controlled manner will allow scientists to better understand processes that occur continuously under the natural stimulation of the sun.
Scientific instruments installed at the HAARP Observatory will be useful for a variety of continuing research efforts which do not involve the use of the IRI but are strictly passive. Among these studies include ionospheric characterization using satellite beacons, telescopic observation of the fine structure in the aurora, and documentation of long-term variations in the ozone layer. "
It is a radio transmitter but that is about all that it shares with Tesla's dream system.
Thanks. I didn't see that. As I said I am not a GPL snob or even really a FOSS zelot. I will have to take a look at it. If Ubuntu could add it to there how server project it might really put the hurt on WHS. That is if it has the one killer feature that WHS lacks. Data integrity.
"That was the promise of Tesla and his invention. The reason we don't have it? You can't put a meter on it." Ummm... No the reason that we don't have it is that it doesn't and can not work. It is based on physics that just don't work. Tesla was brilliant but he was also a crack pot.
Interesting. Carbon fiber is actually pretty flexible before you add the resin it after all a fiber. I was pretty sure that the resin made if brittle. Hey if bucky tubes can deform like metal then that is great. I look forward to it being available to mere mortals someday.
"It is already free/open source, under the Lucent Public License (assuming you can bring yourself to run non-GPL code, I know it's hard for some people here)." Not really for me. I would prefer that it was GPL because then it might be possible to port it to Linux and create a great home backup system. I am License neutral. I thank any programmer or group that releases code for free so I can learn from and maybe even contribute to. I am grateful for Free as in beer software that makes my life easier or better like the video drivers from nVidia and ATI for Linux. And I don't mind paying for software since I know it is hard work and usually worth the money I pay. I don't like DRM and or annoying copy protection.
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Part of it is also that the European land line market sucks.
In the US local calls are unlimited. That is one of the reasons that so many people stay on dial-up in the US. It is cheap.
In many places in the EU every call is metered. From what I hear a mobile can actually be cheaper than a land line.
I really don't think I have ever had no single on my cell.
In the US you can get a land line for like $20 a month and you can call anyone in your local area any time for as long as you want and it will only cost you $20.
The new version of Open Office does offer the Open Office Base program. I think it uses SQLLite as the back end and can attach to real databases like Postgres if you need to.
I do agree with you that FOSS needs something like Access. I hate Jet with a passion because too many people abuse it and use it for tasks that I just don't think it is well suited too.
The standard FOSS solution is to us LAMP but for something like a CD collection that is just massive overkill. I don't want to have to set up a SQL server and apache just to keep track of my CD collection.
How well does base work compared to access? I don't know I have not tried it yet. I think I will give it a shot.
Actually the fuses for used for hardened targets detonate after the warhead hits the target Often underground.
Airbursts are used for soft or area targets like airfields military bases, and I am sorry to say cities.
Yes they could sue. But would they win? Probably not.
They would just demand that Sonic.net prove that WiFi was totally safe. Which it can not. They can show that there is a lack of proof that it is dangerous but they can not prove that it was safe. Even then sonic.net would face law suit when Moonduck Smith has an aura misalignment caused by the wifi.
Yes it would have a chilling effect on law suits. That could be both good and bad like most things in life.
It might stop people from suing after they get hurt trimming their hedges with a running lawnmower. But it might also stop people from suing a big company that makes a really dangerous product.
"IBM did actually ship hardware more valuable then what was paid for. Hardware that they could otherwise have sold to someone else."
Not always. An example was one of IBM printers. When you paid for the upgrade the tech came out and moved the belt from one pulley to the other. You now had the faster printer.
I am pretty sure that IBM does the same thing today with it's mainframes. You buy a system with X performance and if you need it IBM can unlock more performance for you. No new hardware required. I could be wrong about modern mainframes since I have not kept up. with them.
But now Cell service for data is good enough in most places.
WiFi in some places like fair grounds, maybe some parks, community centers, and business districts are all good areas for hot spots.
But I see no need for it at the dump, vacant lots, and golf courses.
The ideal solution as far as I can tell is fiber everywhere and wifi in some specific locations. If WiMax dosesn't suck then maybe that will change things.
Sorry but this is just backwards.
One version! Just one version of the OS people. That is one of the things that Apple got right.
I work with support at my company everyday. It was bad enough when we had to deal with Windows XP and XP home. Now we have XP, XP home, and goodness knows what version of Vista.
Now we will have to deal this mess!
Maybe we need a new idea in Operating systems. They should be invisible! They should just work and get out of your way.
I like eye candy the as much as the next guy but really the less I see on the screen that I am not working on the more that I like it.
Oh I use all those products as well. I just don't think that Google is the second coming. I think they are a good company but I just don't think they care more about my welfare than they do about profits.
ummm.... How do we know that you are not working for DHS and are trying to spread disinformation about Google so that we use other companies that willing hand over our data?
In most places right of way is granted by the local governments. The phone companies are pretty well entrenched what the local governments give they can also take away. Cable TV providers got access because they where not competing with the phone companies. They where a new service. I see no reason why internet or data access can not be considered a new service. Yes it would be expensive but it may be worth it for Google or microsoft. I hope not microsoft since I would like my Linux box to still work :)
Take a look here to see what is possible http://www.utopianet.org/
While I am not one of the Google faithful I must say that your criticism is at best miss placed.
Google has fought when the US government wanted them to turn over customer records in the past. They do not seem to cooperate with the US government anymore than is required by law. Anytime you use a hosted service you loose some privacy. Once the data leaves your systems you have lost some privacy and control.
If you want to scream at Google for not living up to there "Don't be evil" line. I suggest that there following US laws it far less evil than their good relationship with China.
"Regardless of who's your "official" isp, they still have to negotiate with the actual owners of the equipment that is bringing the signal to your house."
All they need is right of way. They can put fiber on poles or in the ground. Or they could go into the cable business and start buying up cable franchises.
"To give them what? Seriously, what is Google supposed to do, start buying phone companies?"
I hate to say it but regulations. Most of the big ISPs have taken a lot of money from the FCC to improve access to broadband. They haven't lived up to there side of the deal. Congress could come down on them like a ton of bricks for that.
I really don't see the value in a city wide wifi network.
When I look at my city I see Huge areas where it would be next to usless. Now city wide fiber I can see but wifi? Seems like a solution waiting for a problem.
Not really any worse than lead or any other heavy metal we have all over creation.
I don't think so. The ISPs are not going to want to face Microsoft, Google, Apple, Disney, and Sony. Yes I know that it seems that it is a battle of who can buy the most congressmen but Microsoft, Google, Apple, Disney, and Sony all have deep pockets and they all feel this is a battle they must win.
If need be Google and Microsoft both have the bucks to become the worlds largest ISPs. They both have the technology base and the motivation if the ISPs get too nasty with them.
Also the cable companies are hated. They are hated by the public at large. Congress know this so it may be a battle that they are willing to take on since Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Disney's money is just as green as Comcast's.
They are not trying to make a practical wireless power tranmistion system!
Maybe you should read the website you posted.
"Program Purpose
HAARP is a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere, with particular emphasis on being able to understand and use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and defense purposes.
The HAARP program is committed to developing a world class ionospheric research facility consisting of:
* The Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high power transmitter facility operating in the High Frequency (HF) range. The IRI will be used to temporarily excite a limited area of the ionosphere for scientific study.
* A sophisticated suite of scientific (or diagnostic) instruments that will be used to observe the physical processes that occur in the excited region.
Observation of the processes resulting from the use of the IRI in a controlled manner will allow scientists to better understand processes that occur continuously under the natural stimulation of the sun.
Scientific instruments installed at the HAARP Observatory will be useful for a variety of continuing research efforts which do not involve the use of the IRI but are strictly passive. Among these studies include ionospheric characterization using satellite beacons, telescopic observation of the fine structure in the aurora, and documentation of long-term variations in the ozone layer. "
It is a radio transmitter but that is about all that it shares with Tesla's dream system.
Thanks. I didn't see that. As I said I am not a GPL snob or even really a FOSS zelot. I will have to take a look at it. If Ubuntu could add it to there how server project it might really put the hurt on WHS.
That is if it has the one killer feature that WHS lacks. Data integrity.
"That was the promise of Tesla and his invention. The reason we don't have it? You can't put a meter on it."
Ummm...
No the reason that we don't have it is that it doesn't and can not work.
It is based on physics that just don't work.
Tesla was brilliant but he was also a crack pot.
Interesting. Carbon fiber is actually pretty flexible before you add the resin it after all a fiber. I was pretty sure that the resin made if brittle. Hey if bucky tubes can deform like metal then that is great. I look forward to it being available to mere mortals someday.
Dude they are included with the card. It would be pretty easy and frankly cheap for them not to offer Linux drivers like in the bad old days.
"It is already free/open source, under the Lucent Public License (assuming you can bring yourself to run non-GPL code, I know it's hard for some people here)."
Not really for me. I would prefer that it was GPL because then it might be possible to port it to Linux and create a great home backup system. I am License neutral. I thank any programmer or group that releases code for free so I can learn from and maybe even contribute to. I am grateful for Free as in beer software that makes my life easier or better like the video drivers from nVidia and ATI for Linux. And I don't mind paying for software since I know it is hard work and usually worth the money I pay.
I don't like DRM and or annoying copy protection.
I know it is a joke but they could emulate the old Windows API aka WINE and come up with a new clean API. Just like Apple did with OS/X.
Okay any hope that this will make it out as FOSS? Just wondering it looks great.
Have you ever seen an NSLU?