Blue Coat Systems sells appliances that claim to cache (stored) and split (live) streaming video. If true, these (or things like these) could be deployed at the bottlenecks.
Bones, they'll show us medical advances, miracles you never dreamed possible. Scotty, engineering advances -- vessels this size with engines the size of walnuts. Ach! You're joking. No, he's not.
what i want most is a low-cost, low-wattage compute server - cpu+ram+fan+box. something that can run off a car battery charged by a solar panel. one or two of them would be have a hard disk, and the rest would netboot linux over 802.11a - even the swapfile is networked. imagine an acre of these sitting out in the desert: computebox+panel+battery. want more capacity? just drop more box/panel/battery nearby. and i want it to cost $200.
i haven't seen this proposed anywhere, so here goes. i have not written to the government - i figured others here could refine the proposal first...
one simple solution: open source the next version of "Windows" under the GPL
i.e. whatever version of windows comes after xp - anything that is sold in that box gets released as opensource
this will:
1 punish microsoft for all their convicted wrongdoings - the idea is to simply take away the leverage that they have misused time and again to elbow their way into new markets
2 effectively splits the OS from the apps without the pain of splitting up the company itself
3 expose all the APIs and communication protocols so other companies are on a level field
4 cause them to immediately un-bundle anything from the "operating system" that they do not want opensourced
it will be interesting to see microsoft backpedaling - e.g. declaring explorer and mediaplayer NOT part of OS anymore
5 will make windows itself better in the long run - more eyes, etc., no hidden backdoors, bugs exposed, etc.
6 benefit all mankind - windows could be ported to PowerPC, Sparc.
7 anticompetetive bootloader issues will disappear
another company could simply release a dual-boot-capable version of windows
is this too naive? would this cause more problems? please think carefully before responding
some things to watch out for:
them trying to sell service packs as closed source and never releasing a new OS
them stripping down the OS to a bare minimum and hiding the rest of it as binary-only service packs
Since this is generic technology that is now part of the kernel, there is no reason why Squid (a full-featured, but rather slow caching proxy application) can't take advantage of this too!
I would love to see some free software that outperforms all the proprietary crap that companies like Network Appliance, Inktomi, Infolibria, and others charge tens of thousands of dollars for. Perhaps it would trickle down to becoming cost-effective enough to embed a caching proxy into a $200 DHCP/NAT box to speed up all users.
Just wishful thinking out loud from someone who can't get a high-speed connection at home.
Since this is generic technology that is now part of the kernel, there is no reason why Squid (a full-featured, but rather slow caching proxy application) can't take advantage of this too!
I would love to see some free software that outperforms all the proprietary crap that companies like Network Appliance, Inktomi, Infolibria, and others charge tens of thousands of dollars for. Perhaps it would trickle down to becoming cost-effective enough to embed a caching proxy into a $200 DHCP/NAT box to speed up all users.
Just wishful thinking out loud from someone who can't get a high-speed connection at home.
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Blue Coat Systems sells appliances that claim to cache (stored) and split (live) streaming video. If true, these (or things like these) could be deployed at the bottlenecks.
cherry os
Bones, they'll show us medical advances,
miracles you never dreamed possible.
Scotty, engineering advances --
vessels this size
with engines the size of walnuts.
Ach! You're joking.
No, he's not.
every cube needs a complete drum set
actually, they mention that smalltalk had overlapping windows in several places
i think quantum started making these again recently...
what i want most is a low-cost, low-wattage compute server - cpu+ram+fan+box. something that can run off a car battery charged by a solar panel. one or two of them would be have a hard disk, and the rest would netboot linux over 802.11a - even the swapfile is networked. imagine an acre of these sitting out in the desert: computebox+panel+battery. want more capacity? just drop more box/panel/battery nearby. and i want it to cost $200.
The Macintosh is finally dead.
Long live NeXT!
Once Apple realizes that the PowerPC has no change of catching up with Intel/AMD, they will have to abandon that too.
their case is made of flexible aluminum
i am holding out for flexible AND transparent
(and i hear rumors that flexible transparent aluminum is also a dessert topping)
www.sun-mar.com
i haven't seen this proposed anywhere, so here goes. i have not written to the government - i figured others here could refine the proposal first...
one simple solution: open source the next version of "Windows" under the GPL
i.e. whatever version of windows comes after xp - anything that is sold in that box gets released as opensource
this will:
1 punish microsoft for all their convicted wrongdoings - the idea is to simply take away the leverage that they have misused time and again to elbow their way into new markets
2 effectively splits the OS from the apps without the pain of splitting up the company itself
3 expose all the APIs and communication protocols so other companies are on a level field
4 cause them to immediately un-bundle anything from the "operating system" that they do not want opensourced
it will be interesting to see microsoft backpedaling - e.g. declaring explorer and mediaplayer NOT part of OS anymore
5 will make windows itself better in the long run - more eyes, etc., no hidden backdoors, bugs exposed, etc.
6 benefit all mankind - windows could be ported to PowerPC, Sparc.
7 anticompetetive bootloader issues will disappear
another company could simply release a dual-boot-capable version of windows
is this too naive? would this cause more problems? please think carefully before responding
some things to watch out for:
them trying to sell service packs as closed source and never releasing a new OS
them stripping down the OS to a bare minimum and hiding the rest of it as binary-only service packs
The article mentions Steve Jobs as a founder of a Tech company.
Well, he is CEO of Apple, but also CEO of Pixar, which is a Content company.
How long before he sues and countersues himself?
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1) WWC (who used to resell ricochet service) offers a different service now:
https://www.wwc.com/products/anywhere/coverage.
2) a mobile dish connection:
http://www.motosat.com/index_001.htm
3) anybody else please add to the list - i wanna know too!
Since this is generic technology that is now part of the kernel, there is no reason why Squid (a full-featured, but rather slow caching proxy application) can't take advantage of this too! I would love to see some free software that outperforms all the proprietary crap that companies like Network Appliance, Inktomi, Infolibria, and others charge tens of thousands of dollars for. Perhaps it would trickle down to becoming cost-effective enough to embed a caching proxy into a $200 DHCP/NAT box to speed up all users. Just wishful thinking out loud from someone who can't get a high-speed connection at home.
Since this is generic technology that is now part of the kernel, there is no reason why Squid (a full-featured, but rather slow caching proxy application) can't take advantage of this too! I would love to see some free software that outperforms all the proprietary crap that companies like Network Appliance, Inktomi, Infolibria, and others charge tens of thousands of dollars for. Perhaps it would trickle down to becoming cost-effective enough to embed a caching proxy into a $200 DHCP/NAT box to speed up all users. Just wishful thinking out loud from someone who can't get a high-speed connection at home.