The customer writes the paycheck of everyone in the company.
The customer gets value, or the company goes under.
If enough people express legal, pocketbook touching interest in window-less PCs, companies will either cater to those needs or suffer monetary, legal, and PR consequences.
I realize that the geek community is a small fraction of the world's population, but you have to admit that it's a much larger fraction of the PC hardware buying population.
There's an old adage: You can please all people some of the time, or some people all of the time.
It is entirely impossible to keep everyone in the entire world from being pissed off at some nation (U.S. or other). Conflict is in the human nature. It's difficult enough to keep even the most sophisticated nations at peace, letalone trying to keep the smallest, most militant factions happy.
We can all sit around the campfire and sing songs, or we can face reality. There will always be someone out there with malicious intentions and we would be remiss not to prepare ourselves to defend against them.
I believe that the problem is not that terrorism is too widespread, but it is too difficult to pinpoint activities and people and halt or remove them. Even the highest profile figures have eluded the authorities (Hussein and Bin Laden).
It's as if the smallest case of cancer has entered the lymph system and is distributed throughout the entire body in trace amounts. The only thing to do is wait until it starts collecting in larger quantities and eradicate the tumors as you find them.
Such is the current state of terrorism. All that can be done is to be watchful for uprisings and gatherings of terrorist groups and try to eradicate them before they cause (too much) harm.
Exactly. In the PC world, there are hundreds of NIC chipsets to support. You're going to cram all of that into a BIOS? What about new ones that come out later?
You do realize that in order to even get an IP or a network connection of any type, some drivers for the NIC have to be loaded somehow. Easy, you say? How about for every stinkin' NIC in production? What about the ones that come out after the BIOS is made? A reflash of the BIOS? Is that really all that practical?
This is all getting pretty sticky. My guess is that they will use software somewhere on the disk, whether it uses the current OS or if it has its own partition on the first drive available (similar to older Compaq CMOS Setup proggies)
Who's to say the military doesn't send out 1500 transmissions when they've only got 225 units? Give them all somewhat random ids and keep the fake units' locations moving. Or better yet, cycle the real and fake ids according to a scheme (ala SecurId)
If the numbers stand (which they may or may not), one could discern the percentage of all developers writing code mainly for Linux. For hypothetical reasons, we'll say the original survey reflected 10% of the entire programmer demographic. So, the survey found that 40% of its constituents write code mainly for linux. Therefore:
.40 * 10% = 4%
So, if the survey truly was 10% of the entire programmer population it would mean that 4% of all programmers are primarily actively targeting the Linux platform. I believe info such as this would be highly useful.
Now, here's the rub: finding the true percentage of all programmers the above poll represents, as well as deciding on the true validity of the original poll as well.
By surveying only developers who currently use Linux to any extent, the survey focuses on a percentage of the whole developer population, effectively eliminating all developers who would summarily answer "no" to all questions.
To get statistics based on the entire developer population, one only needs to obtain the percentage of developers who use Linux to any extent and multiply all statistics against it.
Are you kidding? The Zaurus is the premier linux PDA. It's worked with Linux desktops probably within weeks of its release. Trust me, the path is well traveled by now.
That being said, in order to make the USB sync work with linux, you will most likely have to recompile your kernel, so make sure you're comfortable doing this before attempting it.
The "mess with Iraq" may have been going on for some time now, but it hasn't been in the public's eye. Now it's plastered all over the media and the public is scared.
Think of the general population as a flock of sheep. If someone jumps up and scares only a few sheep, they'll start running and before you know it the entire flock is on the move.
Lately, all the public has heard from the media is the constant droning of how the economy continues to fall. Just like the sheep, they prepare for the worst, tighten up their belts and start running. It truly is a self-fulfilling prophecy and we're really seeing it pay off in the worst possible way!
This definitely brings up an interesting argument. IIRC, human adult neural cells do not reproduce, right? Maybe this is for a reason, or maybe lack of neural reproduction is a sign of aging?
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I realize that the geek community is a small fraction of the world's population, but you have to admit that it's a much larger fraction of the PC hardware buying population.
would we allow them to take over 50% of all jobs?
No, we would never let someone else take our jobs.
Sedulously, avoid all poly-syllabic profundity, pussilanimous vacuity, pestiferous profanity and similar transgressions.
Heheheheheheheheh... He said "pussy."
There's an old adage: You can please all people some of the time, or some people all of the time.
It is entirely impossible to keep everyone in the entire world from being pissed off at some nation (U.S. or other). Conflict is in the human nature. It's difficult enough to keep even the most sophisticated nations at peace, letalone trying to keep the smallest, most militant factions happy.
We can all sit around the campfire and sing songs, or we can face reality. There will always be someone out there with malicious intentions and we would be remiss not to prepare ourselves to defend against them.
I believe that the problem is not that terrorism is too widespread, but it is too difficult to pinpoint activities and people and halt or remove them. Even the highest profile figures have eluded the authorities (Hussein and Bin Laden).
It's as if the smallest case of cancer has entered the lymph system and is distributed throughout the entire body in trace amounts. The only thing to do is wait until it starts collecting in larger quantities and eradicate the tumors as you find them.
Such is the current state of terrorism. All that can be done is to be watchful for uprisings and gatherings of terrorist groups and try to eradicate them before they cause (too much) harm.
We have a word for that: security through obscurity.
;)
Um, that's three words, not one.
It seems that there are two types of riders here: safe and unsafe. It also seems that there are two types of bikes, put simply: chrome and plastic.
I have never seen a chrome rider weave around the lanes (and in-between!!). And I have seen plastic riders ride dangerously more often than not.
It's probably not an effective way to convince the non-geeks of the world that gaming isn't a geek activity!
What if for some reason it doesn't explode and is still intact?
"Outside of the PC world"
Exactly. In the PC world, there are hundreds of NIC chipsets to support. You're going to cram all of that into a BIOS? What about new ones that come out later?
You do realize that in order to even get an IP or a network connection of any type, some drivers for the NIC have to be loaded somehow. Easy, you say? How about for every stinkin' NIC in production? What about the ones that come out after the BIOS is made? A reflash of the BIOS? Is that really all that practical?
This is all getting pretty sticky. My guess is that they will use software somewhere on the disk, whether it uses the current OS or if it has its own partition on the first drive available (similar to older Compaq CMOS Setup proggies)
Triangulation can be effecive, but it's resource intensive and slow.
For multiple targets, it's just not effective. And when was the last time the U.S. sent out "just a few" units?
Who's to say the military doesn't send out 1500 transmissions when they've only got 225 units? Give them all somewhat random ids and keep the fake units' locations moving. Or better yet, cycle the real and fake ids according to a scheme (ala SecurId)
Problem solved.
Anyone else read that as "Federal Robot Dogs?"
Seriously, I was starting to wonder about the airports.
Useless? I think not.
.40 * 10% = 4%
If the numbers stand (which they may or may not), one could discern the percentage of all developers writing code mainly for Linux. For hypothetical reasons, we'll say the original survey reflected 10% of the entire programmer demographic. So, the survey found that 40% of its constituents write code mainly for linux. Therefore:
So, if the survey truly was 10% of the entire programmer population it would mean that 4% of all programmers are primarily actively targeting the Linux platform. I believe info such as this would be highly useful.
Now, here's the rub: finding the true percentage of all programmers the above poll represents, as well as deciding on the true validity of the original poll as well.
Well, using what I stated with your example would end up with the following: .97 * 0.0001 = 0.000097%
Which would mean that 0.000097% of the US population consists of Catholic monks who oppose war in Iraq.
See?
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I just shifted the poll results by 50%!
MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!
By surveying only developers who currently use Linux to any extent, the survey focuses on a percentage of the whole developer population, effectively eliminating all developers who would summarily answer "no" to all questions.
To get statistics based on the entire developer population, one only needs to obtain the percentage of developers who use Linux to any extent and multiply all statistics against it.
Are you kidding? The Zaurus is the premier linux PDA. It's worked with Linux desktops probably within weeks of its release. Trust me, the path is well traveled by now.
That being said, in order to make the USB sync work with linux, you will most likely have to recompile your kernel, so make sure you're comfortable doing this before attempting it.
Last time I knew, OPIE was not successfully running on the c700s yet. You may want to research a bit before flashing.
I don't think the way to get linux into those places in the mainstream is to go around saying "Windows is better than Linux"
I don't think that's a good way either. I'm glad we agree.
...with my life if they can't even spell "ascent"?
(From their flash demo of the Falcon LV Vehicle Explorer, click on Interstage)
"Houses and protects the 2nd stage engine and Falcon 1st stage recovery system during assent."
The "mess with Iraq" may have been going on for some time now, but it hasn't been in the public's eye. Now it's plastered all over the media and the public is scared.
Think of the general population as a flock of sheep. If someone jumps up and scares only a few sheep, they'll start running and before you know it the entire flock is on the move.
Lately, all the public has heard from the media is the constant droning of how the economy continues to fall. Just like the sheep, they prepare for the worst, tighten up their belts and start running. It truly is a self-fulfilling prophecy and we're really seeing it pay off in the worst possible way!
Last I knew, Explorer is a Ford model, not GM. Nitpicking, I know, but if you're going to post "facts," it's best to keep them straight.
This definitely brings up an interesting argument. IIRC, human adult neural cells do not reproduce, right? Maybe this is for a reason, or maybe lack of neural reproduction is a sign of aging?