Exactly. The military already has flying webservers. They're packed into blackhawk helicopters. But when one goes down you have human loss as well as network connectivity. But a swarm of robots all linked together providing the troops (and commanders) with real time data across the battle field with redundancy and minimal danger to humans. That is a perfect use of robots.
"...rarely get deployed overseas into combat zones."
Umm sorry this one is totally off base. I don't know about fewer responsibilties; it's like any other job. More money? Definately. But there's about 3-4 contractors on the battlefield to every soldier. Especially with technologically advanced systems (i.e. networks, sensors, etc)
Computing equipment *loves* cold...In other words, it's not hard to design a system that can survive -85C.
Flawed Logic let me explain:
Condensation is always a worry because computing equipment warms up as it runs thus creating condensation on the equipment.
Ever try starting your car in negative temps? Doesn't work so well right? Battery Dead? How well do you think your CMOS batteries are gonna fair in -85C?
No moving parts to freeze? Can you say Hard Drive? Keyboard? Power Switch?
Last but not least. The user. You got to have some damn heavy mittens for -85C.
How do I speak with any authority on this subject. I work for the Army. -40C is the lowest storage temp our equip can handle. Lowest operating temp? A balmy -34C.
One common fallacy that keeps coming up in all these debates with regards to the 2000 election is the word democracy. This is the one word that everyone keeps saying and yet doesn't apply. Why?
Because The United Stated of America is a REPUBLIC. Yes the citizens are given the right to vote. But unlike a true (read: classical) democracy we do not vote on the specific issues, except in state or local elections. We vote in represenatives to do our voting for us. In ancient Greece (Athens) every voting citizen would gather together and vote on the issues that the government was dealing with (taxes, war, trade, etc.) One citizen, one vote. Or as we like to call it: The Popular Vote. (Popular being Populus or Population)
We don't do that in the US. Our Presidental elections were set up from the beginning with an electoral college. We vote to tell other people how to vote. This is the foundation of a Republic (see the combo of the word represent and public?) Etymology and History are neat huh?
These are all common items that can describe a variety of specifically branded things. Like a Jansport Backpack, Ralph Lauren Glasses, Panasonic Television. What everyone is bitching about is the use of the specific brand named item. As posted above by someone else, if the blurb read "play in your MP3 player" there would be nothing to complain about. The issue arises in the specific product placement.
Unless we are moving along to a trend where "iPod" becomes a generic term such as "Xerox", or "Hoover", or "Google" that although refers to a specific brand (or product/service) it is equated with all items/services that perform the same function (i.e. Copy machine, Vacuum cleaner, Search Engine). It's all off topic really but the use of the brand name to describe a generic item is what Lindows/Linspire is fighting with Microsoft about. Even Google is fighting the use of their name generically.
Remember...
Specific branding leads to Trademarks. Trademarks lead to control. Control leads to Profit.
We're so self-important. So self-important. Everybody's going to save
something now. "Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those
snails." And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are
these fucking people kidding me? Save the planet, we don't even know how to
take care of ourselves yet. We haven't learned how to care for one another,
we're gonna save the fucking planet? I'm getting tired of that shit. Tired
of that shit. I'm tired of fucking Earth Day, I'm tired of these
self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think
the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle
paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides,
environmentalists don't give a shit about the planet. They don't care about
the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't.
You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own
habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be
personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't
impress me.
Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the
planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference.
The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been
here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the
arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've
been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've
only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years.
Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT
to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in
jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin'
around the sun?
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of
things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics,
continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic
reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by
comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide
fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic
bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The
planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!
We're going away. Pack your shit, folks. We're going away. And we won't
leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little
styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet'll be here and we'll be
long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological
mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet'll shake us off like a bad
case of fleas. A surface nuisance.
You wanna know how the planet's doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are
frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet's doing. You wanna
know if the planet's all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia
or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake
rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about
those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an
active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.
The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we're gone, and
it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, 'cause that's what it does.
It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the
earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable,
well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new pardigm: the
earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic.
Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just
another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us
to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself.
Didn't know how t
Commanders Digital Assistant (CDA) is not Open Source. It was developed in house by General Dynamics. It's normally sold to the forces under their sole source Common Hardware Systems contract.
Something that must be taken into consideration when looking at a supposed "center of gravity" for Linux is that some people want/need that monolithic support structure.
One simple example is the US Army. The next generation of military equipment is poised to run EVERYTHING with Linux. But one MAJOR concern is the lack of a 'center of gravity' (A term the military is using to describe Linux adoption issues. They're also using the term "good enough")
Food for thought. If the Linux community can show itself to be a reliable singularity then you can be assured that Linux will be used in a big way. Having major players like IBM and Redhat helps but there must be a solid front of developers behind them as well.
And that front must look to decades in the future. Linus, and all our other 'leaders', aren't going to be around forever. But systems the Army is putting in place could be used in the field for the next 50+ years.
As we all know one of SCO's claims about the evil of open systems is their insecurity. (Besides being anti-capitalism and obviously unamerican) No doubt this little attack shall persuade them from their erroneous stance and bring happiness and joy to all involved.
Or they'll just claim it was all the fault of the evil and manical Open Source conspiracy that threaten to take over the world and spread it's stolen code like so many terrorists infiltrating the God-fearing populace and bringing hardworking American companies to their knees!
Or maybe we'll all just laugh at them, have a good time and get back to coding (or jump onto the next the comes up on Slashdot) after our 8 minute attention span is exhausted.
Works fine for me when I only want one track from an album/group. Sure if I'm looking at the entire album for purchase then yeah I'll head down to the store too. That's logical. Same deal with those who are looking for album artwork and liner notes.
Only works with a Mac? Now that's a problem. 'Cause whether I'm running Linux, Windows, or god forbid both I still can't get the music I want for a decent price.
According to the article Slammer debuted "at 5:30 a.m. (UTC) Jan. 25 (9:30 p.m. PST, Jan. 24)"
Symmantec issued its warning at 9:00 pm PST, Jan. 24. So that means that not only did they know about Slammer a whole half hour before it was sent out, they put together a warning for their DeepSight Threat Management System subscribers.
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"Massively Paralell UAVs of DOOM?"
Exactly. The military already has flying webservers. They're packed into blackhawk helicopters. But when one goes down you have human loss as well as network connectivity. But a swarm of robots all linked together providing the troops (and commanders) with real time data across the battle field with redundancy and minimal danger to humans. That is a perfect use of robots.
"...like having an impotent virgin gay man telling me how to fuck my wife."
Welcome to the Catholic Church.
Try the CDA. Commander's Digital Assistant. Software by General Dynamics. Running on a ruggedized HP iPAQ. In use now on the battle field.
http://chs3.gdc4s.com/products
"...rarely get deployed overseas into combat zones."
Umm sorry this one is totally off base. I don't know about fewer responsibilties; it's like any other job. More money? Definately. But there's about 3-4 contractors on the battlefield to every soldier. Especially with technologically advanced systems (i.e. networks, sensors, etc)
"...if anybody would be doing research into hand guns, this would be the outfit."
You don't know the half of it. NJIT is located in Newark, NJ. (It used to be called Newark College of Engineering.)
Computing equipment *loves* cold...In other words, it's not hard to design a system that can survive -85C.
Flawed Logic let me explain:
Condensation is always a worry because computing equipment warms up as it runs thus creating condensation on the equipment.
Ever try starting your car in negative temps? Doesn't work so well right? Battery Dead? How well do you think your CMOS batteries are gonna fair in -85C?
No moving parts to freeze? Can you say Hard Drive? Keyboard? Power Switch?
Last but not least. The user. You got to have some damn heavy mittens for -85C.
How do I speak with any authority on this subject. I work for the Army. -40C is the lowest storage temp our equip can handle. Lowest operating temp? A balmy -34C.
Yes. The Army wants most of it's Future Combat Systems (FCS) to run Linux.
One common fallacy that keeps coming up in all these debates with regards to the 2000 election is the word democracy. This is the one word that everyone keeps saying and yet doesn't apply. Why?
Because The United Stated of America is a REPUBLIC. Yes the citizens are given the right to vote. But unlike a true (read: classical) democracy we do not vote on the specific issues, except in state or local elections. We vote in represenatives to do our voting for us. In ancient Greece (Athens) every voting citizen would gather together and vote on the issues that the government was dealing with (taxes, war, trade, etc.) One citizen, one vote. Or as we like to call it: The Popular Vote. (Popular being Populus or Population)
We don't do that in the US. Our Presidental elections were set up from the beginning with an electoral college. We vote to tell other people how to vote. This is the foundation of a Republic (see the combo of the word represent and public?) Etymology and History are neat huh?
Backpack.
TV
Glasses
These are all common items that can describe a variety of specifically branded things. Like a Jansport Backpack, Ralph Lauren Glasses, Panasonic Television. What everyone is bitching about is the use of the specific brand named item. As posted above by someone else, if the blurb read "play in your MP3 player" there would be nothing to complain about. The issue arises in the specific product placement.
Unless we are moving along to a trend where "iPod" becomes a generic term such as "Xerox", or "Hoover", or "Google" that although refers to a specific brand (or product/service) it is equated with all items/services that perform the same function (i.e. Copy machine, Vacuum cleaner, Search Engine). It's all off topic really but the use of the brand name to describe a generic item is what Lindows/Linspire is fighting with Microsoft about. Even Google is fighting the use of their name generically.
Remember...
Specific branding leads to Trademarks.
Trademarks lead to control.
Control leads to Profit.
Obligatory George Carlin Rant:
We're so self-important. So self-important. Everybody's going to save something now. "Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails." And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are these fucking people kidding me? Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven't learned how to care for one another, we're gonna save the fucking planet? I'm getting tired of that shit. Tired of that shit. I'm tired of fucking Earth Day, I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don't give a shit about the planet. They don't care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.
Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!
We're going away. Pack your shit, folks. We're going away. And we won't leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet'll be here and we'll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet'll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance.
You wanna know how the planet's doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet's doing. You wanna know if the planet's all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.
The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we're gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, 'cause that's what it does. It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new pardigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn't know how t
Commanders Digital Assistant (CDA) is not Open Source. It was developed in house by General Dynamics. It's normally sold to the forces under their sole source Common Hardware Systems contract.
As opposed to how things work now where the bullet contacts the grenade before it gets to the bullet proof vest?
That'd be real funny if the current computer systems didn't use windows...but they do.
Something that must be taken into consideration when looking at a supposed "center of gravity" for Linux is that some people want/need that monolithic support structure.
One simple example is the US Army. The next generation of military equipment is poised to run EVERYTHING with Linux. But one MAJOR concern is the lack of a 'center of gravity' (A term the military is using to describe Linux adoption issues. They're also using the term "good enough")
Food for thought. If the Linux community can show itself to be a reliable singularity then you can be assured that Linux will be used in a big way. Having major players like IBM and Redhat helps but there must be a solid front of developers behind them as well.
And that front must look to decades in the future. Linus, and all our other 'leaders', aren't going to be around forever. But systems the Army is putting in place could be used in the field for the next 50+ years.
Just something to think about...
Where's my jet pack?
A commuter jet is run by a business. With a poor maintenance routine and constant delays/crashes word will get out quickly and the business will fail.
NASA is not a business. Its a government run program that sways with political management.
The moral of teh story is...Money walks. Dead astronauts talk.
Don't forget your towel.
For those wishing to reduce their code length the enhanced version of
I for one, welcome our new female overlords
is
"I do"
Let's everyone give a big round of applause to former President William Jefferson Clinton(D)!!!
We may not punish you. But we're not gonna reward you either.
As we all know one of SCO's claims about the evil of open systems is their insecurity. (Besides being anti-capitalism and obviously unamerican) No doubt this little attack shall persuade them from their erroneous stance and bring happiness and joy to all involved.
Or they'll just claim it was all the fault of the evil and manical Open Source conspiracy that threaten to take over the world and spread it's stolen code like so many terrorists infiltrating the God-fearing populace and bringing hardworking American companies to their knees!
Or maybe we'll all just laugh at them, have a good time and get back to coding (or jump onto the next the comes up on Slashdot) after our 8 minute attention span is exhausted.
".99 cents a track."
Works fine for me when I only want one track from an album/group. Sure if I'm looking at the entire album for purchase then yeah I'll head down to the store too. That's logical. Same deal with those who are looking for album artwork and liner notes.
Only works with a Mac? Now that's a problem. 'Cause whether I'm running Linux, Windows, or god forbid both I still can't get the music I want for a decent price.
I don't have a clock you insensitive cl...
...oh wait.
According to the article Slammer debuted "at 5:30 a.m. (UTC) Jan. 25 (9:30 p.m. PST, Jan. 24)"
Symmantec issued its warning at 9:00 pm PST, Jan. 24. So that means that not only did they know about Slammer a whole half hour before it was sent out, they put together a warning for their DeepSight Threat Management System subscribers.
Afterwards, when they have the twins (children of dune), they carry on as if that first child never existed (one of the twins is even named Leto).
That would be why the twin is named Leto II.