That's the whole thing with open source. The code is not written for any nebulous market. It is written for the coder that wrote it. Thus, in the bazaar the code satisfies the target `market' exactly. So what if that market consists of 1 person? If the next person to use the code isn't 100% satisfied, what's preventing the addition of a feature and an option switch?
Sorry, but while what you say is basicly true, it is totally irrelevant.
Isn't that a little large? Or can the station handle anything smaller than that without too much trouble?. A 9mm hole is still 9mm (and would probably be bigger due to cratering) which would allow a fair bit of air through (especially if there's two of them).
Hmm, maybe it's 1cm because that's what they can currently track. Still, an excellent idea:)
Yes, I've read it, but my comments were based on talking to another Calgary based Shaw user. I guess it's probably who you talk to (at Shaw) and what mood they're in at the time.
I've gotten over 300k/s (bytes, not bits) through my 386dx33 ipmasq router. A 486dx2-66 would be severe overkill (though nice for those rare times you have to compile something on that box).
Apperently, another reason for the terms of use is spam. Here in Calgary, Shaw@Home doesn't seem to mind you running a mail server so long as it doesn't relay. I'm not sure about http, but for ftp they don't care so long as it's non anonymous (uploads?). Basicly, it seems they don't want you getting them blackholed or chewing up all their bandwidth:).
As with you, I've only ever seen them scanning nntp, though I've had several attempted connections for smb/nmb (probably windows types trying to see what's out there). I'm actually a bit worried because I haven't seen anything in my logs since the beginning of the month.
even 100Mhz is (IMHO) overkill. My ipchains firewall is a 386-33 which very happily pumps 300k/s through it (330 is the highest I've seen yet, but I've managed to get 700k/s out of the box using ftp (as a host)). And yes, that's 300 kilobytes/s (2.4-3Mbps).
Ok, compiling things on my firewall sucks, but I don't do that often:/
Actually, using "modem" with DSL (and possibly ISDN) is actually still accurate as modem means modulation/demodulation and DSL definitly uses modulation of a carrier wave. I'm not so certain about ISDN: I think it's very similar to ethernet in principle, but I imagine calling your 100M nic a modem would still be accurate.
Yes, a new WM will be needed. But that is the nice thing about X: you are not tied to a particular window manager (or any at all, really), and thus is very good for the job at hand (:P), which is a good thing as it means a new graphical system doesn't need to be written for the iPaq.
Start button?!? If a person is a beginner to computers, that person wouldn't know to look for a start button in the first place. I'm sorry, but you just caused your argument to crash and burn.
As onother example of this sort of thing, Burger King is known in Australia as Hungry Jacks. As far as I was able to figure out, it's probably because of places like Doughnut King (basicly, trademark issues). I don't know if there was/is already a burger king in Australia; I never found one while I was there (7 years).
Nope, differential calculus is not needed, other than the basics so you know why it works. And I did these simulations in grade 12 (ok, in Australia, but.au supposedly ranks behind.us in the education scheme).
One of the best (IMHO) chaotic systems to implement is N-body motion (gravitational orbits). It's dead simple to imlement (though getting reasonable accuracy can be tricky, but then that can be part of the project:), and has the fringe benefit of possibly generating more interest in space.
As a slightly more complicated to implement chaotic system, simulating a rocket in the vicinity of Earth is also good. This is more complicated because of the need to take the earth's atmosphere into account. Very good for generating interest in aerodynamics.
BTW, I've done both (from a book, "Programming for Scientists and Engineers" iirc). I learnt a lot from that book, including just how a cross product and works:)
so long as the censorware is optional (at the local admin level) and open, then I myself see no problem with it.
On a side note, I was impressed with the Cagary Library's approach to filtering: it's optional (parents select it when registering their children for a card). Much better than enforcing it for everybody (not that I like censorship in the first place).
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That's the whole thing with open source. The code is not written for any nebulous market. It is written for the coder that wrote it. Thus, in the bazaar the code satisfies the target `market' exactly. So what if that market consists of 1 person? If the next person to use the code isn't 100% satisfied, what's preventing the addition of a feature and an option switch?
Sorry, but while what you say is basicly true, it is totally irrelevant.
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Hmm, maybe it's 1cm because that's what they can currently track. Still, an excellent idea :)
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FORTRAN: the bricks simulate bricks.
Forth: while you put the bricks together backwards, you can make bigger, more useful bricks.
Assembly: you have many, many very simple bricks, but there is no limit to what you can build.
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As with you, I've only ever seen them scanning nntp, though I've had several attempted connections for smb/nmb (probably windows types trying to see what's out there). I'm actually a bit worried because I haven't seen anything in my logs since the beginning of the month.
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Ok, compiling things on my firewall sucks, but I don't do that often :/
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Sorry.
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Tupperware would have a bit of a run for their money :)
That said, thanks for the -y info. I was wondering if I could do that and hadn't gotten around to browsing the man page yet.
Hehe, very true. I forgot about that. I'm at 172.16.2.2 :)
Damn good thing I almost never turn on Java. In fact, I usually browse with JavaScript off as well and only turn it on when I actually need to.
Hmm, interesting. Must have been after I left ('94). Thanks for the info. That does explain the logo nicely :)
As onother example of this sort of thing, Burger King is known in Australia as Hungry Jacks. As far as I was able to figure out, it's probably because of places like Doughnut King (basicly, trademark issues). I don't know if there was/is already a burger king in Australia; I never found one while I was there (7 years).
Also, those venomous snakes will have to find a new name as well.
If high school students haven't covered those basics, there is something very wrong in the education system.
Nope, differential calculus is not needed, other than the basics so you know why it works. And I did these simulations in grade 12 (ok, in Australia, but .au supposedly ranks behind .us in the education scheme).
As a slightly more complicated to implement chaotic system, simulating a rocket in the vicinity of Earth is also good. This is more complicated because of the need to take the earth's atmosphere into account. Very good for generating interest in aerodynamics.
BTW, I've done both (from a book, "Programming for Scientists and Engineers" iirc). I learnt a lot from that book, including just how a cross product and works :)
On a side note, I was impressed with the Cagary Library's approach to filtering: it's optional (parents select it when registering their children for a card). Much better than enforcing it for everybody (not that I like censorship in the first place).