But the performance of the browser is awful. It's clunky, ugly, and quite unusable. Tabs are nice, and so is pop-up blocking, but who cares if its crashy and unresponsive way more often than IE.
Oh please, you cannot be serious. As far as all my browsing, and web-development goes, I would work with/use Mozilla over IE any day, Mozilla does have it's problems, but they're minor compared to IE crashing because I typed.ioe instead of.ie (this actually happens a lot. A misspelt address causes IE to freeze, and it may or may not come out of it. I'm using IE6 fully patched on WinXP)
Where IE wins is things like java enabled by default, but Mozilla is a better browser, and I'd hazard the opinion that it's better by a long shot.
I'll take B) Have Something Unpleasant Happen for a dollar
Seriously, though, SCO look like they're heading for the most almight kick in the coporate stones. And at this point, I'm starting to wonder what they think they're at. It's almost certain that any code in the kernel that SCO _might_ be able to claim is so minimal that claiming any loss would be laughable. I'm not even going to bother backing that up with links, because they're scattered all over the previous weeks.
They seem to be adding to the hype and adding to the hype and eventually it's all going to implode. Well, at least it'll make brief entertainment after all the pissing off
I don't think so, switching to Apple means changing hardware, switching to Linux/BSD doesn't.
This is one of the major selling points of Linux, you can run it on nearly any hardware, alongside what's already there. And it's easy to do (unless you're unlucky in your hardware choices and there's no support, although that's becoming more unusual)
As for the software solutions threat: Obviously MS are not seeing any software solutions threat at the moment, although that may change in the future
No, they didn't get slapped down. The government ran a large number of tests on the system, but because they only had it for the trial run, could not make the source public.
Hopefully (I am too cynical to say "presumably") the source will be made available on the pruchase of the full system. While this is less than ideal, it's a start. Incidentally, the relevant quote about making the source public is given in one of the posts above.
My gripe with this system is the choice of underlying system that is being used. I shit you not, it is a custom Windows embedded, and the database is a modified Access one. That thought does not fill me with confidence
The stuff I've been reading essentially says that the output of the sun varies, and so does the earth's orbit, so you get the phenomenon described above. Conditions are only stable over a relatively short period.
Which isn't to say that we shouldn't take more care of the enviornment, but personally I believe in finding alternatives to current methods which cause the major emissions will work a hell of a lot better than slapping punitive taxes everywhere. Unfortunately this would require a global effort, when getting any 2 countries to agree on what to have at lunch break requires a 4 hour session:)
I would like to point out that the invasion of Iran was US backed, and the invasion of Kuwait was US approved, until it happened, anyway.
Mind you, Resolution 641 (I think that's it) from 1991 mandates regime change, so technically, the US already HAS a UN mandate.
Personally, I think that the invasion is ALL about Iraq's strategic position in the Middle East. It borders all the iffy countries that the US has been having trouble with, and neatly divides the Arab states and sandwiches them between US friendly powers (seeing as the US intends occupying Iraq). Then the US can proceed in it's tasks in the region without the need for iffy alliances, such as the one with Saudi Arabia.
Interestingly enough, after the second last ESA launch "problem", the artemis satellite which was on board was brought from low ellipitical orbit to geo-stationary orbit using the only system available, its ion thrusters. Pretty impressive achievement, especially when 20% of the satellites command and control software had to be rewritten to allow the fine control of the engines required.
This is valuable experience for the ESA. They also did some other pretty nifty stuff, like image transfer using an optical link
I wonder how expensive it would be to load a cheap module with rubbish and fire it into the sun. Because that'd cut down on all the dangerous industrial waste that's lying about.
Yup, you're right. Now IS the time to go get it. NASA and the ESA (European Space Agency) need to get together and start pulling in the same directions. In my opinion, the ESA is coming on in leaps and bounds. Due to the much less political nature of their funding, they can submit proposals and have them reviewed more on technical merit than short-term political gain or vote-catching.
It can only benefit both the US and Europe to work together here. Re-usable SSTO's jointly developed push the envelope back a little further, by applying some of the amazing technical advances of the last 25 years to the technology being used at the moment. The Shuttles really need to be replaced at this point, Columbia tragedy aside.
Remind me never to give up when a project isn't going exactly as planned:)
Mind you, looking at what it was originally planned to be, you can see where google came from. You keep going, you Crazy Kids!
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all very interesting, and I must admit that RH 6.2 graphics wise is not hot at all. On the other hand, GNOME 1.4 (I don't use KDE 3, it significantly reduces preformance on my pIII 500 320megs RAM) is nive and easy to use, as are the system administrations tools that come with RedHat.
On the other hand Nautilus is a huge pile of bloated junk:)
Ummm, this is almos a prerequiste to space travel, as builing craft that are reliable, strong, and light enough will almost certainly require this technology.
This is probalby the most likely of those technologies to become realistic in the near(ish) future
Well, it'd would be extremely ironic if Germany banned CounterStrike (that was merely politiking, and unlikely to succeed) when they still ahve mandatory conscription!
Yup, although it has been watered down a bit, you can do a public service course instead, a lot of german nationals go through the Army after they finish school
why does it have to be a race for things to be well designed and cost effective?
In fact, the very reason that it's NOT cost effective is that NASA WERE in a race when the shuttle was originally designed, and HAD to be ready before the Russians landed on the moon, for political reasons.
I'm pretty sure, however, that if this Russian space module was so great that NASA would've bought the plans when the rouble collapsed for a few shiny dollars:)
Has anyone looked at NASA's Alternative Propulsion Labs recently? there's some très funky stuff going on there. Not all of it is sensible, but most of it is cool. For a one view, and some links, see
http://www.altenergy.org/3/new_energy/magnetics_ an d_gravitics/nasa_propulsion/nasa_propulsion.html
At this point, I would like to point out that the EU Commission has freedoms that the Us leglislators can only dream about. Essentially, they are only constrained by the EU charter of human rights, and 3 treaties (as nice has yet to be ratified).
There is no constitution of the orgainisation that I've been able to find. they can do what they like!!
I think it's sad that we all have to think this way. Nanotechnology, and specifically the branch of nanatechnology known as molecular manufacturing is the bright light on the horizon. It _could_ be used to for good. Making goods with no imperfections, from the molecular level for instance.
Think spacecraft that don't fail, all manufacturing producing 100% "perfection" rates, no failures. Goods that last for longer, and are more reliable.
And what about the workforce. Oh, wait a minute. Seeing as virtually everything will be made by nanomachines, that removes any form of slavery....
Unforunately, no-one in the current power structure wants these things. Goods that don't fail mean no replacement or servicing. Machines that can build houses quickly, and perfectly, kill the building industry. There goes a vast number of your workforce. And there's more!
Basically, the advent of nanotech and molecular manufacturing will mean a seismic shift in our social structures and way of life, and like all such things, will be viewed as threats (like the tecnology that exists now) by those at the top of the food chain, because they threaten the power balance. And it's a sad indictment that this is so.
I mean, can you see the 1st world bringing the rest of the world to a par with them? I can't, to be honest. From what I've seen and heard, there are too many vested interests, too many chiefs, and none of them want to listen to the indians. Otherwise, frankly, there wouldn't be nearly as much suffering in the world (remember that the world already produces enough food by volume to feed everyone on the planet, but economics, and I'm sure, politics prevents it)
Medical nanotechnology such as the nanites that could extend lifespan by repairing the minor damages that eventually knock us off is wayyy cool too, but again, FUD will hold us back. How many will say "They're out to get us" when the time comes? Lots I can think of:)
Anyway, I'll leave my rant here:) But I would encourage you all to think what a world where unskilled labour is virtually unecessary, and everything is high quality and low cost. Because that's what nanotech will ultimately mean
interesting.... well, I hope you realize that you'll probably never know what OS the equipment used on you uses, much the same as you don't notice on bank machines (which hardly ever crash, btw)
Nevertheless, one of his arguments annoyed me immensly, where he said "providing a modular version allowing rivals to install their own versions" would result in "not windows". This is frankly a lie. Yes, a lie! Windows is the Operating System (+ GUI), and therefore programs not ESSENTIAL to the running of the computer do not make up part of the OS, and therefore having alternative implementations installed does not make "not Windows"!
Same as having Mozilla instead of netscape doesn't make my OS "not Linux" etc.
Thank the poster of this comment for some common sense:)
Many people of a scientific persuasion (including Einstien) believe/believed that the fact that there is a ecosystem of such robustness and a universe that seems to have underlying order is as good an argument as any for a god....
Did you read the article at all? They suggest that there should be an immediate transfer on a non-permananent, stewardshhip basis to another non proit organisation, and then suggest the Internet Arcitecture Board, the IAB.
Please reread before posting any more paranoid comments...
> but you cant deny that they dont stop developing in every area they can. They may be copying ideas
I can deny it! Microsoft do not innovate themselves. They do take good ideas from others and develop them, but they are very short on their own truly innovate materials.
Incidentally, the fact that Linux is open-source makes it very attractive to universities as it can be an excellent example of "OS in the real world" that can be worked on. For instance, a friend of mine is doin a masters on "Algorithmic analysis of memory managment in the Linux Kernel" which would not be possible with windows as the source isn't available!
Well, in the case of Dell, you CAN buy linux off them, but it's buried in their CFI/Dell+ section, apparently because there's no good "standard" way of setting up linux to start, so you set you're own priorities.
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But the performance of the browser is awful. It's clunky, ugly, and quite unusable. Tabs are nice, and so is pop-up blocking, but who cares if its crashy and unresponsive way more often than IE.
.ioe instead of .ie (this actually happens a lot. A misspelt address causes IE to freeze, and it may or may not come out of it. I'm using IE6 fully patched on WinXP)
Oh please, you cannot be serious. As far as all my browsing, and web-development goes, I would work with/use Mozilla over IE any day, Mozilla does have it's problems, but they're minor compared to IE crashing because I typed
Where IE wins is things like java enabled by default, but Mozilla is a better browser, and I'd hazard the opinion that it's better by a long shot.
I'll take B) Have Something Unpleasant Happen for a dollar
Seriously, though, SCO look like they're heading for the most almight kick in the coporate stones. And at this point, I'm starting to wonder what they think they're at. It's almost certain that any code in the kernel that SCO _might_ be able to claim is so minimal that claiming any loss would be laughable. I'm not even going to bother backing that up with links, because they're scattered all over the previous weeks.
They seem to be adding to the hype and adding to the hype and eventually it's all going to implode.
Well, at least it'll make brief entertainment after all the pissing off
It's sarcastic....
I don't think so, switching to Apple means changing hardware, switching to Linux/BSD doesn't.
This is one of the major selling points of Linux, you can run it on nearly any hardware, alongside what's already there. And it's easy to do (unless you're unlucky in your hardware choices and there's no support, although that's becoming more unusual)
As for the software solutions threat: Obviously MS are not seeing any software solutions threat at the moment, although that may change in the future
No, they didn't get slapped down. The government ran a large number of tests on the system, but because they only had it for the trial run, could not make the source public.
Hopefully (I am too cynical to say "presumably") the source will be made available on the pruchase of the full system. While this is less than ideal, it's a start. Incidentally, the relevant quote about making the source public is given in one of the posts above.
My gripe with this system is the choice of underlying system that is being used. I shit you not, it is a custom Windows embedded, and the database is a modified Access one. That thought does not fill me with confidence
for the first time in ages, I'm looking forward to the discussion on this, in the hope that someone explains it in a manner I can understand
:)
The stuff I've been reading essentially says that the output of the sun varies, and so does the earth's orbit, so you get the phenomenon described above. Conditions are only stable over a relatively short period.
:)
Which isn't to say that we shouldn't take more care of the enviornment, but personally I believe in finding alternatives to current methods which cause the major emissions will work a hell of a lot better than slapping punitive taxes everywhere. Unfortunately this would require a global effort, when getting any 2 countries to agree on what to have at lunch break requires a 4 hour session
I would like to point out that the invasion of Iran was US backed, and the invasion of Kuwait was US approved, until it happened, anyway.
Mind you, Resolution 641 (I think that's it) from 1991 mandates regime change, so technically, the US already HAS a UN mandate.
Personally, I think that the invasion is ALL about Iraq's strategic position in the Middle East. It borders all the iffy countries that the US has been having trouble with, and neatly divides the Arab states and sandwiches them between US friendly powers (seeing as the US intends occupying Iraq). Then the US can proceed in it's tasks in the region without the need for iffy alliances, such as the one with Saudi Arabia.
Interestingly enough, after the second last ESA launch "problem", the artemis satellite which was on board was brought from low ellipitical orbit to geo-stationary orbit using the only system available, its ion thrusters. Pretty impressive achievement, especially when 20% of the satellites command and control software had to be rewritten to allow the fine control of the engines required.
This is valuable experience for the ESA. They also did some other pretty nifty stuff, like image transfer using an optical link
Story here
Actually, this post bring a question to mind...
I wonder how expensive it would be to load a cheap module with rubbish and fire it into the sun. Because that'd cut down on all the dangerous industrial waste that's lying about.
In my opinion, the ESA is coming on in leaps and bounds. Due to the much less political nature of their funding, they can submit proposals and have them reviewed more on technical merit than short-term political gain or vote-catching.
It can only benefit both the US and Europe to work together here. Re-usable SSTO's jointly developed push the envelope back a little further, by applying some of the amazing technical advances of the last 25 years to the technology being used at the moment. The Shuttles really need to be replaced at this point, Columbia tragedy aside.
Remind me never to give up when a project isn't going exactly as planned
Mind you, looking at what it was originally planned to be, you can see where google came from. You keep going, you Crazy Kids!
all very interesting, and I must admit that RH 6.2 graphics wise is not hot at all. On the other hand, GNOME 1.4 (I don't use KDE 3, it significantly reduces preformance on my pIII 500 320megs RAM) is nive and easy to use, as are the system administrations tools that come with RedHat.
:)
On the other hand Nautilus is a huge pile of bloated junk
Molecular Maufacturing
Ummm, this is almos a prerequiste to space travel, as builing craft that are reliable, strong, and light enough will almost certainly require this technology.
This is probalby the most likely of those technologies to become realistic in the near(ish) future
Well, it'd would be extremely ironic if Germany banned CounterStrike (that was merely politiking, and unlikely to succeed) when they still ahve mandatory conscription!
Yup, although it has been watered down a bit, you can do a public service course instead, a lot of german nationals go through the Army after they finish school
Ummm, corporate America is bad enough, but corporate Solar System? Corporate Milky Way?
No thanks
Of course you can't go splitting the atom. It'd make the place untidy.
my apologies to Terry Pratchett, and a big thank you for all those great books.
why does it have to be a race for things to be well designed and cost effective?
In fact, the very reason that it's NOT cost effective is that NASA WERE in a race when the shuttle was originally designed, and HAD to be ready before the Russians landed on the moon, for political reasons.
I'm pretty sure, however, that if this Russian space module was so great that NASA would've bought the plans when the rouble collapsed for a few shiny dollars
Has anyone looked at NASA's Alternative Propulsion Labs recently? there's some très funky stuff going on there. Not all of it is sensible, but most of it is cool. For a one view, and some links, see
http://www.altenergy.org/3/new_energy/magnetics
At this point, I would like to point out that the EU Commission has freedoms that the Us leglislators can only dream about. Essentially, they are only constrained by the EU charter of human rights, and 3 treaties (as nice has yet to be ratified).
There is no constitution of the orgainisation that I've been able to find. they can do what they like!!
I think it's sad that we all have to think this way. Nanotechnology, and specifically the branch of nanatechnology known as molecular manufacturing is the bright light on the horizon. It _could_ be used to for good. Making goods with no imperfections, from the molecular level for instance.
Think spacecraft that don't fail, all manufacturing producing 100% "perfection" rates, no failures. Goods that last for longer, and are more reliable.
And what about the workforce. Oh, wait a minute. Seeing as virtually everything will be made by nanomachines, that removes any form of slavery....
Unforunately, no-one in the current power structure wants these things. Goods that don't fail mean no replacement or servicing. Machines that can build houses quickly, and perfectly, kill the building industry. There goes a vast number of your workforce. And there's more!
Basically, the advent of nanotech and molecular manufacturing will mean a seismic shift in our social structures and way of life, and like all such things, will be viewed as threats (like the tecnology that exists now) by those at the top of the food chain, because they threaten the power balance. And it's a sad indictment that this is so.
I mean, can you see the 1st world bringing the rest of the world to a par with them? I can't, to be honest. From what I've seen and heard, there are too many vested interests, too many chiefs, and none of them want to listen to the indians. Otherwise, frankly, there wouldn't be nearly as much suffering in the world (remember that the world already produces enough food by volume to feed everyone on the planet, but economics, and I'm sure, politics prevents it)
Medical nanotechnology such as the nanites that could extend lifespan by repairing the minor damages that eventually knock us off is wayyy cool too, but again, FUD will hold us back. How many will say "They're out to get us" when the time comes? Lots I can think of
Anyway, I'll leave my rant here
you "hore you die"!!!
interesting.... well, I hope you realize that you'll probably never know what OS the equipment used on you uses, much the same as you don't notice on bank machines (which hardly ever crash, btw)
Nevertheless, one of his arguments annoyed me immensly, where he said "providing a modular version allowing rivals to install their own versions" would result in "not windows". This is frankly a lie. Yes, a lie! Windows is the Operating System (+ GUI), and therefore programs not ESSENTIAL to the running of the computer do not make up part of the OS, and therefore having alternative implementations installed does not make "not Windows"!
Same as having Mozilla instead of netscape doesn't make my OS "not Linux" etc.
Thank the poster of this comment for some common sense :)
Many people of a scientific persuasion (including Einstien) believe/believed that the fact that there is a ecosystem of such robustness and a universe that seems to have underlying order is as good an argument as any for a god....
Did you read the article at all? They suggest that there should be an immediate transfer on a non-permananent, stewardshhip basis to another non proit organisation, and then suggest the Internet Arcitecture Board, the IAB.
Please reread before posting any more paranoid comments...
> but you cant deny that they dont stop developing in every area they can. They may be copying ideas
I can deny it! Microsoft do not innovate themselves. They do take good ideas from others and develop them, but they are very short on their own truly innovate materials.
Incidentally, the fact that Linux is open-source makes it very attractive to universities as it can be an excellent example of "OS in the real world" that can be worked on. For instance, a friend of mine is doin a masters on "Algorithmic analysis of memory managment in the Linux Kernel" which would not be possible with windows as the source isn't available!
Well, in the case of Dell, you CAN buy linux off them, but it's buried in their CFI/Dell+ section, apparently because there's no good "standard" way of setting up linux to start, so you set you're own priorities.
Pity they don't do dual-boot systems, though