I suggesting that over the short term the market for both Mandrake and SUSE might not grow enough to sustain both companies. Consider Mandrake is just coming out from under Chap 11 protection it doesn't bode well for Mandrake even with a euro 280,000 profit.
"SUSE to start using Gnome as its primary desktop now that Novell, which had already bought Ximian, has acquired the company."
SUSE and Mandrake are fighting for the same market. If it comes down to the survival of one I don't see that Mandrake's resources can match those of SUSE.
ceteris paribus:With all other factors or things remaining the same
I agree the article seemed to leave in abeyance any positive developments and extrapolate the negatives we currently face. The existence of the article and our awareness of the potetial problems speak to the potential to develop antidotes.
It may be that I don't share your paranoid nihilism because I pray to no gods and see the geopolitical state of the world as our responsibility. We're animals in a stage of development wherein we are able to destroy _our_ habitat. Many of the traits that position us to destroy our habitat enable us to fashion a robust and healthy environment. What greater game could any player find than the one we play?
I'm surprised there has been no mention of asteroid threat. It's pretty much a given that it's just a matter of time before we face possible annhilation from an asteroid. If the current Administration wants to spend big on a space program why not jump start technology presently suggested as a means to meet with the threat of a killer asteroid? Are asteroid/comet threats considered to be outside of NASA's bailiwick?
I hope the cost of space exploration will be too much for any one state to undertake. Throughout history monumental undertakings have informed cultures. The pyramids, Stonhenge or other monumental undertakings have permitted cultures to defined themselves in relation to their neighbours and the universe. The exploration of space represents the first time we as a world will make our mark outside the boundaries of our home planet. It would be fitting if the exploration of space required the coming together of many nations and aide in the development of a world government.
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"At a gathering of space professionals in Washington on Dec. 18, both Boeing and Lockheed Martin presented PowerPoint slides showing nearly identical plans for future space missions. The presentations were so similar that either company's representative could have used the other's with no confusion whatsoever"
"Pedantry City is ---> that way" "...how many angels can dance on a head of split hair."
Is he suggesting a split hair has a head like the head of a pin and if so, and, the head is on the other end from the split end, why would it matter if the hair was split, or, if the split end held the head wouldn't it be angels dancing on one half of a head? Or again, if he's referrencing the "head" from which the split hair fell or was pulled then perhaps it would be a count of the number of angels dancing on some one's head, someone with a serious hair problem.
Janine M. Benyus in her book Biomimicry : Innovation Inspired by Nature deals with the subject of mussells superglue and a host of others. It's a good read as a general intro to the work being done to derive new products and methodologies from mimicing nature.
US firms now dominate the market for equipment like routers that serve as the infrastructure for the current IPv4-based Internet.
By working together, the three countries aim to take the lead in developing technologies for a world in which all equipment is connected to the Internet"
Usually the phrasing would be across the country etc and around the world. As we grow interconnected and approach something like Marshll McLuhan's global village our mindset requires new habits.
What is required and hopefully will come to be will be a world minimum wage overseen by a world governing body; and, a world labour market in which there are no impediments to movement of workers across borders.
"A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy....At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "...The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying,"What is the tortise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever", said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!""
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I suggesting that over the short term the market for both Mandrake and SUSE might not grow enough to sustain both companies. Consider Mandrake is just coming out from under Chap 11 protection it doesn't bode well for Mandrake even with a euro 280,000 profit.
You're assuming the most immediate growth on the part of both would be into territory now held by MS.
SUSE and Mandrake are fighting for the same market. If it comes down to the survival of one I don't see that Mandrake's resources can match those of SUSE.
The Marx Brothers
Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo
I agree the article seemed to leave in abeyance any positive developments and extrapolate the negatives we currently face. The existence of the article and our awareness of the potetial problems speak to the potential to develop antidotes.
It may be that I don't share your paranoid nihilism because I pray to no gods and see the geopolitical state of the world as our responsibility. We're animals in a stage of development wherein we are able to destroy _our_ habitat. Many of the traits that position us to destroy our habitat enable us to fashion a robust and healthy environment. What greater game could any player find than the one we play?
I'm surprised there has been no mention of asteroid threat. It's pretty much a given that it's just a matter of time before we face possible annhilation from an asteroid. If the current Administration wants to spend big on a space program why not jump start technology presently suggested as a means to meet with the threat of a killer asteroid? Are asteroid/comet threats considered to be outside of NASA's bailiwick?
I hope the cost of space exploration will be too much for any one state to undertake. Throughout history monumental undertakings have informed cultures. The pyramids, Stonhenge or other monumental undertakings have permitted cultures to defined themselves in relation to their neighbours and the universe. The exploration of space represents the first time we as a world will make our mark outside the boundaries of our home planet. It would be fitting if the exploration of space required the coming together of many nations and aide in the development of a world government.
PowerPoint dumbs down another presentation
Good point I should have qualified the generalization better re: tech
Tech salespeople would rather sell to a man than a woman because women don't go all glassy eyed and impressionable around bright, shiny things.
"...how many angels can dance on a head of split hair."
Is he suggesting a split hair has a head like the head of a pin and if so, and, the head is on the other end from the split end, why would it matter if the hair was split, or, if the split end held the head wouldn't it be angels dancing on one half of a head? Or again, if he's referrencing the "head" from which the split hair fell or was pulled then perhaps it would be a count of the number of angels dancing on some one's head, someone with a serious hair problem.
...Bush's space exploration initiative is a deflection of media attention away from a steady diet of the overall cost of war and occupation.
I believe Carl G. Jung said it best
I hope everybody has had the chance to view the panorama shot composed of somewhere around 225 photographs.
I'm sure there are economies of scale that could account for the price differential.
Janine M. Benyus in her book Biomimicry : Innovation Inspired by Nature deals with the subject of mussells superglue and a host of others. It's a good read as a general intro to the work being done to derive new products and methodologies from mimicing nature.
from an ancient Sumerian text cirica 3000 B.C. on the staples of civilization: "cloth to wear, cooked meat to eat, beer to drink"
"Japan, China and South Korea will jointly develop the next-generation Internet technology IPv6, aiming to have the global standard for the technology set in Asia, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday.
US firms now dominate the market for equipment like routers that serve as the infrastructure for the current IPv4-based Internet.
By working together, the three countries aim to take the lead in developing technologies for a world in which all equipment is connected to the Internet"
Usually the phrasing would be across the country etc and around the world. As we grow interconnected and approach something like Marshll McLuhan's global village our mindset requires new habits.
$40.00/mo.
"The number of Americans connecting to the Internet over broadband is growing at a rapid rate , according to a new Nielsen/NetRatings report"
What is required and hopefully will come to be will be a world minimum wage overseen by a world governing body; and, a world labour market in which there are no impediments to movement of workers across borders.
from 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking
nerds don't have orgasms they have epiphanies.