If my second year at university is anything to go by, there will be a strong negative correlation. The longer we all spent on networked computer games, the less time we were working, and the worse grades we got.
I can totally appreciate your motives to do it.. more a case of "because I can" than "because I need to". To be honest, the web server is probably possible in theory, but not implemented because it is not a sensible thing to do, and writing such a beast would be a hell of a lot of effort.
The SETI@Home idea is also not worth doing because SETI@Home is so perfectly distributable that barely any communication between nodes is needed.
I don't know how bothered you are about being able to use the magic "beowulf" word, but can I suggest instead that you look at mosix clusters instead? Mosix allows processes to migrate accross a network transparently. So you don't have to write your applications specially for mosix, you just have to apply the kernel patch to each machine in your cluster.
I think you're misunderstanding that anyone (yes this includes linus) could set up a win32 cluster. Why? Windows does much of the hard work for you. This looks like something that will do the same for linux.
What I think you're misunderstanding, ffatTony, is what a beowulf cluster actually is. I don't know of a single clustering technology for windows which can provide distributed computing a la beowulf. Do you?
No, you don't beowulf cluster web servers. That may involve load-balanced clusters or failover clusters but not beowulf clusters. Beowulf clustering is for distributable computationally intensive jobs like physical modelling.
Gosh. Is this because the school has a shirt and tie dress code, or because it was against the grain of pepsi day? Do you have a good link to some more info about this place?
I think it was a joke, but the study of ethics is an important part of philosophy. It's not a case of "what's right and what's wrong" as "how should we think about right and wrong" or "what did philosopher x think about ethics". A formal education in the philosophy of ethics can help you reach better conclusions in real life. In general it will make people more liberal, relativist and tolerant.
Yes, I've always been perplexed by some people's need to classify things based on arbitrary criteria. Still, to some people it is really important. This news does not tell us anything new about the universe so who cares about it?
On the one hand, this is utterly frivolous. As such, the motto of etoy is rather amusing:
"Such use is likely to cause consumer confusion, mistake or deception and infringes on etoy Corporation's rights in its registered trademark 'etoy'," said the complaint by the artists' group, whose motto is "leaving reality behind."
On the other hand, as etoys have such a reprehensible history with regard to trademarks and with regard to etoy in particular, I have absolutely no sympathy with them whatsoever.
Please do not confusing the concepts of patents and trademarks. Quite frankly, your ilk is rapidly consuming all my resources. I would love to post something constructive but you really must learn some basic facts about IP law.
Hello Kishar, thanks for the kind words, I aim to please. I don't know why it tickles me to hear the word "gay" used as a noun when it is usually an adjective. However, it is especially wonderful when it verbosifies the sentence (saying "you're gay" is easier and more correct than saying "you're a gay"). As for why I didn't have the time to flame him properly.. well, his post was such a gay that I couldn't really be bothered. Every IP related story on/. seems to involve a hundred people jumping in the air screaming "I'm going to patent $x", where $x is something non-patentable. Unless some original thought is put into this type of post, they are gays.
Yep, the article was a joke but the trademark is real. So they will have to prosecute if they want to keep it. Whether they want to keep it or not is another matter - I doubt they will.
Thank you for making my day by being such a clueless nonce and failing to get a good joke when it ejaculates in your very face. For some reason I find sincerity in the face of absurdity particularly fun.
Please note that the concept of prior art does not apply to trademarks. You, like so many ill-informed slashdot readers, are confusing patents with trademarks.
Take a look at this then: wailing list subscription page. "Despair, inc, in partnership with Microsoft, presents The Wailing List". The funny thing is, they are using MS software for the mailing list, which probably means MS is cool about the use of their logo, but they have presented it in such a way as to make it look like they're ripping the piss out of Microsoft.
I submitted the "sugar eating Robot" thing last September, but those in charge didn't find an acceptable version until January
Wow, you're bitter. Have you ever considered the benefits of investing less of your emotions in the submissions queue of four months ago, and more in the spiritual well-being of you and those around you?
Well, enforcement means completely different things in each of the three IP areas you mention. Of the three, trademarks are the only one where the owner of the IP will lose all rights to it unless they prosecute.
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If my second year at university is anything to go by, there will be a strong negative correlation. The longer we all spent on networked computer games, the less time we were working, and the worse grades we got.
The SETI@Home idea is also not worth doing because SETI@Home is so perfectly distributable that barely any communication between nodes is needed.
I don't know how bothered you are about being able to use the magic "beowulf" word, but can I suggest instead that you look at mosix clusters instead? Mosix allows processes to migrate accross a network transparently. So you don't have to write your applications specially for mosix, you just have to apply the kernel patch to each machine in your cluster.
Thanks,
Imagine a beowulf cluster of MSCEs. Now imagine a cluster of MSCEs.. all clustering round natalie portman. Now imagine a cluster of those.
What I think you're misunderstanding, ffatTony, is what a beowulf cluster actually is. I don't know of a single clustering technology for windows which can provide distributed computing a la beowulf. Do you?
No, you don't beowulf cluster web servers. That may involve load-balanced clusters or failover clusters but not beowulf clusters. Beowulf clustering is for distributable computationally intensive jobs like physical modelling.
If the browser is in kernel mode, we'd better supply it with a well-formed URL. http://slashdot.org/
yes it can
That's fantastic. Thanks for that function.
Gosh. Is this because the school has a shirt and tie dress code, or because it was against the grain of pepsi day? Do you have a good link to some more info about this place?
I think it was a joke, but the study of ethics is an important part of philosophy. It's not a case of "what's right and what's wrong" as "how should we think about right and wrong" or "what did philosopher x think about ethics". A formal education in the philosophy of ethics can help you reach better conclusions in real life. In general it will make people more liberal, relativist and tolerant.
You, sir, are an absolute fuckin tard, not two ways about it.
awww.. isn't that sweet
Yes, I've always been perplexed by some people's need to classify things based on arbitrary criteria. Still, to some people it is really important. This news does not tell us anything new about the universe so who cares about it?
Etoys represent most of what sucks about today's internet - unnecessary litigation. They deserve everything they get.
On the other hand, as etoys have such a reprehensible history with regard to trademarks and with regard to etoy in particular, I have absolutely no sympathy with them whatsoever.
Please do not confusing the concepts of patents and trademarks. Quite frankly, your ilk is rapidly consuming all my resources. I would love to post something constructive but you really must learn some basic facts about IP law.
Hello Kishar, thanks for the kind words, I aim to please. I don't know why it tickles me to hear the word "gay" used as a noun when it is usually an adjective. However, it is especially wonderful when it verbosifies the sentence (saying "you're gay" is easier and more correct than saying "you're a gay"). As for why I didn't have the time to flame him properly.. well, his post was such a gay that I couldn't really be bothered. Every IP related story on /. seems to involve a hundred people jumping in the air screaming "I'm going to patent $x", where $x is something non-patentable. Unless some original thought is put into this type of post, they are gays.
Yep, the article was a joke but the trademark is real. So they will have to prosecute if they want to keep it. Whether they want to keep it or not is another matter - I doubt they will.
Please note that the concept of prior art does not apply to trademarks. You, like so many ill-informed slashdot readers, are confusing patents with trademarks.
Take a look at this then: wailing list subscription page. "Despair, inc, in partnership with Microsoft, presents The Wailing List". The funny thing is, they are using MS software for the mailing list, which probably means MS is cool about the use of their logo, but they have presented it in such a way as to make it look like they're ripping the piss out of Microsoft.
Wow, you're bitter. Have you ever considered the benefits of investing less of your emotions in the submissions queue of four months ago, and more in the spiritual well-being of you and those around you?
Well, enforcement means completely different things in each of the three IP areas you mention. Of the three, trademarks are the only one where the owner of the IP will lose all rights to it unless they prosecute.
What's the problem? Taco said it was the funniest thing he'd read in the blurb.
Well, I submitted it the day before yesterday, no nyaaa.