I believe there are still many banks that run OS/2. Releasing it as open source now may reveal security flaws that IBM is not ready to admit or fix right away. With respect to my potential financial security, I guess I can do without OS/2.
I still take the 4-6 hours of battery life to be optimistic given their past articles wrote on this topic.
There are articles like this one circulating the web that says developers are responsible for good battery life on the PSP
What are developers going to do ? Randomly decrease the screen brightness or turn off the screen for a couple seconds at a time ? Half the processor speed ?
Maybe games like Metal Gear Acid and Gran Turismo run fine for 4-6 hours now and that is why they are releasing these figures. I guess we will have to wait and see.
Novell is certainly a reputable company. Certainly IBM has contributed code to the Linux kernel. However remember the distinction between 'open source software' and 'free software'. Because the GPL is a 'free software' license, it makes things a little bit more difficult for companies to use software who are used to doing business completely closed source. However things are coming around. We certainly use Linux and will continue to use it more in the future.
Granted that Rexx isn't as useful as Eclipse is to most users, this is another great example of IBM's committment to open source.
For me it is also alot easier for me to convince management and legal to use code that are related to IBM ( a reputable commercial company ) or other companies that use the Commmon Public License than code under the GPL. No offense to GPL but a business reality.
What about some kind of maglev takeoff system? Accelerate the craft to a very fast speed for initial take off and then you might only have to some kind of boosters for that final exit out of the atmosphere.
HAM radio has been very useful for diasters in the past. However if they cannot be used in areas that have BPL, then it looks like that is also a big win for commercial operators who sell public safety radio systems that can use sprectrum that won't have to worry about interference from BPL. Even though they are expensive, in the end they are probably more reliable anyway in the kinds of situations where radio communication is essential.
I just hope that the areas that deploy BPL do testing so they know ahead of time what areas will be impacted so that they can deal with it.
Motorola has release a home security kit recently. It now looks like that you can try to have some kind of security system for a couple hundred bucks.
The Moto system also has water and temperature sensors available too. If we have open source software that will work with those kind of sensors, how hard would it be to actually build sensors ? Personally I want my house to have more than just a couple cameras.
Lets face it. Star Trek has run out of steam , and the work being done by the current people is not very creative. Star Trek needs to take a hiatus because what we need here is new people to work on the series. I don't want Rick Berman working on any new Star Trek series ever.
With regards to the game, it should continue onward. I think there is more than enough material in the Star Trek universe to make it exciting provided that the game is developed properly and is fun to play.
Ericsson was definitely on top of getting Bluetooth to its phones first. If Nokia, Motorola , and Samsung follow suit, then Bluetooth will be history. Frankly I don't know that many people who use bluetooth on their phones except for the headsets. Besides using Bluetooth for headsets, I have not heard anyone talk about other cool things to do with it. Trading phone contacts around or transferring files can be done with other technologies already present in the cellphone. Bluetooth has to have some other applications cooler than that if it expects to survive.
With VOIP with Vonage, I can call anyone on with any type of phone in the world for pennies per minute.
Also for those people who aren't too savvy and still use high charge long distance who I talk too a lot, I can create a virtual number in their own area code so it is a local call for them.
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I believe there are still many banks that run OS/2. Releasing it as open source now may reveal security flaws that IBM is not ready to admit or fix right away. With respect to my potential financial security, I guess I can do without OS/2.
I still take the 4-6 hours of battery life to be optimistic given their past articles wrote on this topic.
There are articles like this one circulating the web that says developers are responsible for good battery life on the PSP
http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=2305
What are developers going to do ? Randomly decrease the screen brightness or turn off the screen for a couple seconds at a time ? Half the processor speed ?
Maybe games like Metal Gear Acid and Gran Turismo run fine for 4-6 hours now and that is why they are releasing these figures. I guess we will have to wait and see.
Whats even more interesting is this:
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http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/general/20
Looks like Verizon also wants to put cable TV over the same fiber. When will Verizon be able then to offer cable TV as well ?
Armageddon is going to be a hell of a lot cleaner now !
And obviously HURD is taking another approach all together.... into the twilight zone
I just hope the marine in the movie gets to use his gun and flashlight at the same time.
Maybe we should ping the director and make sure he puts the duct tape mod into the movie.
At least it is a step up from representing unpaid restaurant bathroom attendants .
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http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/08/news/funny/spitze
Didn't anyone try Derek Smart's desktop commander ? Best tool ever!
Novell is certainly a reputable company. Certainly IBM has contributed code to the Linux kernel. However remember the distinction between 'open source software' and 'free software'.
Because the GPL is a 'free software' license, it makes things a little bit more difficult for companies to use software who are used to doing business completely closed source.
However things are coming around. We certainly use Linux and will continue to use it more in the future.
Granted that Rexx isn't as useful as Eclipse is to most users, this is another great example of IBM's committment to open source.
For me it is also alot easier for me to convince management and legal to use code that are related to IBM ( a reputable commercial company ) or other companies that use the Commmon Public License than code under the GPL. No offense to GPL but a business reality.
I hope that this trend continues.
What about some kind of maglev takeoff system? Accelerate the craft to a very fast speed for initial take off and then you might only have to some kind of boosters for that final exit out of the atmosphere.
I stand corrected.
HAM radio has been very useful for diasters in the past. However if they cannot be used in areas that have BPL, then it looks like that is also a big win for commercial operators who sell public safety radio systems that can use sprectrum that won't have to worry about interference from BPL. Even though they are expensive, in the end they are probably more reliable anyway in the kinds of situations where radio communication is essential.
I just hope that the areas that deploy BPL do testing so they know ahead of time what areas will be impacted so that they can deal with it.
Motorola has release a home security kit recently. It now looks like that you can try to have some kind of security system for a couple hundred bucks. The Moto system also has water and temperature sensors available too. If we have open source software that will work with those kind of sensors, how hard would it be to actually build sensors ? Personally I want my house to have more than just a couple cameras.
Upper downer ? Upper downer? I can't decide! Wait! I will have a BE beer and do both at the same time!
But seriously, if this is a sweet beer, won't this turn guys off ? Isn't there some things about beer that are sacred ?
Some of the best things you use in your every day life have come from military research.
For now its not a problem . But thanks to places like India it will be.
Well I guess its time to move to New York then.
Lets face it. Star Trek has run out of steam , and the work being done by the current people is not very creative. Star Trek needs to take a hiatus because what we need here is new people to work on the series. I don't want Rick Berman working on any new Star Trek series ever.
With regards to the game, it should continue onward.
I think there is more than enough material in the Star Trek universe to make it exciting provided that the game is developed properly and is fun to play.
Pedophilia is acceptable in honor of Mao.
Don't forget Eve. If Alice can't perform, then you still have Eve.
Ericsson was definitely on top of getting Bluetooth to its phones first. If Nokia, Motorola , and Samsung follow suit, then Bluetooth will be history.
Frankly I don't know that many people who use bluetooth on their phones except for the headsets.
Besides using Bluetooth for headsets, I have not heard anyone talk about other cool things to do with it. Trading phone contacts around or transferring files can be done with other technologies already present in the cellphone. Bluetooth has to have some other applications cooler than that if it expects to survive.
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He's dead Jim!
Did the martions an eon ago die fighting the war on terror ?
I'll bite troll.
With VOIP with Vonage, I can call anyone on with any type of phone in the world for pennies per minute.
Also for those people who aren't too savvy and still use high charge long distance who I talk too a lot, I can create a virtual number in their own area code so it is a local call for them.