Okay, this is on an entirely different scale, but I have had terrific, free tech support from PowerQuest. I am constantly messing with my partition setup with Partition Magic and Boot Magic, and once in a while I manage to screw something up and make a partition unbootable. Tech support at Powerquest has always helped me out and I've never lost a partition.
It's also nice that they assume, because you are using PartitionMagic, that you're not an luser and you have some clue as to what you're doing.
They can't. The source code is already available at Open Office. Probably, what Sun wants to do is sell a proprietary, "enhanced" version of StarOffice base on the Open Office code, but you could still get the open source version. Same as what Reghat is doing with Postgress. I don't see a problem with your Linux distributor shipping Open Office (although he'd have to check the site for the exact licencing agreement *sigh*)
Yet another example of recycling. I did a double-take when I first saw this, because there was a company called Grey Matter in my old home town that did games design back in the early nineties. They did sports games for Sega, but they went bust a few years ago. For a second there I thought they'd been resurected, but no such luck.
compared to Mark Tilden's robots. He's been building light-seeking robots for years, and he's working on robots that are going to work on the Moon. A Google search for "Mark Tilden Robots" will turn up a ton of stuff; he's also designed a line of toy robots due out this fall.
P.S. to Taco: he's also an anime fan (or used to be), he provided the videos for the SF Con in Waterloo.
You need to to pop on over to ThinkGeek and get one of their "No, I am not going to fix your computer." t-shirts. Spoken as someone who has seen more than his fair share of vacation time spent fixing relatives' computers.
In this view, the GPL (at least if used by these groups) is indeed a threat, for it prevents the commercialization (at least in the Microsoft way) or this research.
Except that Microsoft has commercialized the GPL. As I (and many others) have pointed out before, Microsoft is more than happy to sell you Interix for $99.95 that includes GPL'ed code and the GPL licence.
The truth is that they only hate the GPL when they can't make money on it.
And the problem there (IIRC) is that compiler design is very tricky, since the compiler has loads of instructions to choose from and has to get it right every time. It is supposed to be very difficult, if not impossible, to write an optimizing compiler for this architecture. It's been I while since I read about this, so they might have cracked it, but it still sounds like a real obstacle.
Is the Itanium a co-development deal with HP? So cross them off your list.
On the other hand, there are rumors of rack-mount Mac servers running OS X Server (stop snickering!) about to hit the market, so the PowerPC could improve its market share.
I don't think arcades are dying out, just morphing due to economies of scale. Here's an analogy: when video rentals first started, there were a lot of mom-and-pop video rental places out there. Now, they've all been replaced by Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, and the like.
In the same way, the corner arcades are gone, but monsters like Jillian's in Boston and Playdium near Toronto have take there place.
There are some amazing games in the arcades (Star Wars Trilogy, the VR simulators, multiplayer racing simulators) that will never make it onto the home platforms, because they won't fit!
Here I go again, possibly putting my foot in my mouth, but, I seem to remember that at least part of Penrose' argument was that not only do we not "have adequate definitions of intelligence and/or consciousness" but that consciousness is "unknowable". Therefore, we can't re-create it in a computer. I don't see how simply introducing a random and/or chaotic influence is going to change things.
Interesting article. As the Science article said "It's reasonably unlikely that the brain evolved quantum behaviour." I'm still no completely convinced though, and it seems like there's enough doubt on either side to draw a firm conclusion. I'll just sit on the fence until more data comes in...
Okay, this is probalby flamebait, but as someone who have been living in the U.S. for a few years under a work visa, I have to ask the question, "Why would you want to?"
If you believe a brain and its reactions can be simulated by a computer, why is that not sufficient for intelligence?
Well, I have a problem with the first part of your statement. Roger Penrose demonstrated, at least to my satisfaction, that it is impossible to simulate parts of the huamn mind with a computer. Check out The Emperor's New Mind for the details. It's rather complex and involved (this guy hangs out with Stephen Hawking) but I managed to follow the argument and it made sense.
Which only goes to show the hypocrisy of the whole mess. Interix costs $99.95 from Microsoft, so they have no problem with the GPL when they're making money from it, only when it costs them (potential) customers.
I dunno. The site says you can download the source for "bc, ci, co, cpio, csplit, dc, diff, diff3, gawk, gzip, gunzip, ident, merge, nl, rcs, rcsdiff, rcsmerge and rlog", but there's no mention of gcc g++ or g77, which they ship with Interix. I'd say they screwed up, and the FSF should nail them for it.
So let 'em know what you think. Here's a link to the Mobile Internet Toolkit Homepage and there's a feedback section at the bottom. Everyone go ask 'em why you can't use Open-Sourced tools with their toolkit.
Years ago, Ral Partha made a 25mm 'Sorcerer' figure that looked exactly like Tim (he's not on the webiste any more). Of course, every game I used him in, he was killed by the rabbit.
Well, that's one opinion. TMI, in my opinion. (I know there are some really sick puppies out there, I just didn't know how sick. Not sure I wanted to, either.)
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They know exactly what the GPL is and how it works because they sell GPL'ed code and include the source and the GPL license.
All the rest is posturing and FUD.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
It's also nice that they assume, because you are using PartitionMagic, that you're not an luser and you have some clue as to what you're doing.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
They can't. The source code is already available at Open Office. Probably, what Sun wants to do is sell a proprietary, "enhanced" version of StarOffice base on the Open Office code, but you could still get the open source version. Same as what Reghat is doing with Postgress. I don't see a problem with your Linux distributor shipping Open Office (although he'd have to check the site for the exact licencing agreement *sigh*)
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Yeah, my favorite (check my id). And he gives Thunderbirds a bad name.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Yet another example of recycling. I did a double-take when I first saw this, because there was a company called Grey Matter in my old home town that did games design back in the early nineties. They did sports games for Sega, but they went bust a few years ago. For a second there I thought they'd been resurected, but no such luck.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
P.S. to Taco: he's also an anime fan (or used to be), he provided the videos for the SF Con in Waterloo.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
You need to to pop on over to ThinkGeek and get one of their "No, I am not going to fix your computer." t-shirts. Spoken as someone who has seen more than his fair share of vacation time spent fixing relatives' computers.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Except that Microsoft has commercialized the GPL. As I (and many others) have pointed out before, Microsoft is more than happy to sell you Interix for $99.95 that includes GPL'ed code and the GPL licence.
The truth is that they only hate the GPL when they can't make money on it.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
(Okay I know, cheap shot.)
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
And the problem there (IIRC) is that compiler design is very tricky, since the compiler has loads of instructions to choose from and has to get it right every time. It is supposed to be very difficult, if not impossible, to write an optimizing compiler for this architecture. It's been I while since I read about this, so they might have cracked it, but it still sounds like a real obstacle.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
On the other hand, there are rumors of rack-mount Mac servers running OS X Server (stop snickering!) about to hit the market, so the PowerPC could improve its market share.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Wow! There's so much spin in that press release I feel dizzy. They really want you to believe it's a "Good Thing" (TM).
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
In the same way, the corner arcades are gone, but monsters like Jillian's in Boston and Playdium near Toronto have take there place.
There are some amazing games in the arcades (Star Wars Trilogy, the VR simulators, multiplayer racing simulators) that will never make it onto the home platforms, because they won't fit!
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Here I go again, possibly putting my foot in my mouth, but, I seem to remember that at least part of Penrose' argument was that not only do we not "have adequate definitions of intelligence and/or consciousness" but that consciousness is "unknowable". Therefore, we can't re-create it in a computer. I don't see how simply introducing a random and/or chaotic influence is going to change things.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Interesting article. As the Science article said "It's reasonably unlikely that the brain evolved quantum behaviour." I'm still no completely convinced though, and it seems like there's enough doubt on either side to draw a firm conclusion. I'll just sit on the fence until more data comes in...
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Okay, this is probalby flamebait, but as someone who have been living in the U.S. for a few years under a work visa, I have to ask the question, "Why would you want to?"
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Well, I have a problem with the first part of your statement. Roger Penrose demonstrated, at least to my satisfaction, that it is impossible to simulate parts of the huamn mind with a computer. Check out The Emperor's New Mind for the details. It's rather complex and involved (this guy hangs out with Stephen Hawking) but I managed to follow the argument and it made sense.
Any AI experts care to comment?
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
My latest computer is an i(ce)Book. Very sweet little machine.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Which only goes to show the hypocrisy of the whole mess. Interix costs $99.95 from Microsoft, so they have no problem with the GPL when they're making money from it, only when it costs them (potential) customers.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
As far as I remember, that's the one. I stopped playing RPGs years ago, so I can't remember what happened to him. (I guess the bunny got him.)
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
I dunno. The site says you can download the source for "bc, ci, co, cpio, csplit, dc, diff, diff3, gawk, gzip, gunzip, ident, merge, nl, rcs, rcsdiff, rcsmerge and rlog", but there's no mention of gcc g++ or g77, which they ship with Interix. I'd say they screwed up, and the FSF should nail them for it.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
So let 'em know what you think. Here's a link to the Mobile Internet Toolkit Homepage and there's a feedback section at the bottom. Everyone go ask 'em why you can't use Open-Sourced tools with their toolkit.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Years ago, Ral Partha made a 25mm 'Sorcerer' figure that looked exactly like Tim (he's not on the webiste any more). Of course, every game I used him in, he was killed by the rabbit.
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
My only question is: How can I get in on this racket?
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"
Well, that's one opinion. TMI, in my opinion. (I know there are some really sick puppies out there, I just didn't know how sick. Not sure I wanted to, either.)
"What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"