If by "streets", you mean the gilded hard drive pathways of MandrakeClub's paying members, then yes, Mandrake 9.2 has hit the streets. For the majority of the public you're talking a release in 1-2 weeks.
Geez for a guy who's the author of 14 published novels you'd think he would've spent at least 5 minutes writing an objective for his resume. Seriously, resumes should tell you something about the person's goals and ideal job. Is he looking for work as a software engineer, a manager, an ice cream scooper?
Employers don't just want a list of programming languages and work history, they want to get a sense of who is applying.
Well, that way the average Joe could use it without worrying about setting up a dedicated server. If the application is combination client/P2P server then anyone who uses that protocol needs no centralized server controlled by a company, and they don't need to take special steps to set it up themselves.
Has anyone put together an IM protocol that is truly P2P and doesn't require a server? Finding your contacts would be done by linking with other IM nodes. From what I read even Jabber requires a server.
I'm guessing they would just have you buy stamps with your ID embedded. Get a USPS ID card, buy stamps with it at a kiosk, and just stamp and drop a letter in a mailbox as normal. The convenience factor will probably be figured out, leaving only the privacy questions.
If anything, SCO is hurting their credibility with these prices. If they had announced $50 per CPU it would have caused a lot more concern because it sounds plausible. But at $700 per CPU even if their outrageous claims were true only the biggest of the big shops could pay even if they wanted to. Almost everyone would just jump ship, to Windows even (a comparative steal at $200)!
This is a laughable figure. Are they planning of selling a lot of licenses at this price? I guess Zauruses are going to be around $1100 now.
In some ways it's too bad they are selling these items piecemeal. Having a collection of many related items raises the value and relevance of rare pieces. It would be great if some rich fan out there just bought every single item for some of these shows, it looks like Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers have the most items at this auction. Then they could make a collection out of the whole lot, or even better open a Buck Rogers museum. Of course maybe there are some die-hard fans out there for whom a chance to own a piece of their favorite show for $600 is a dream come true.
DVD+R(W) is better than DVD-R(W)
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or so i read. An article sheds some light on the whole format war (hint: the title is "Why DVD+R(W) is superior to DVD-R(W)"). From what I've read DVD+RW is the better format technically; as to why read the article.
The key feature of DVD+RW/+R media is high [spatial] frequency wobbled [pre-]groove with addressing information modulated into it. This makes it possible to resume interrupted [or deliberately suspended] burning process with accuracy high enough for DVD[-ROM] player not to "notice" anything at playback time. Recovery from buffer underrun condition in DVD-RW/-R case in turn is way less accurate procedure...
As already mentioned, DVD+ groove has "addressing information modulated into it," ADIP (ADress In Pre-groove). This gives you an advantage of writing DVD+RW in truly arbitrary order, even to virgin surface and practically instantly (after ~40 seconds long initial format procedure). In addition, DVD+RW can be conveniently written to with 2KB granularity(***). DVD-RW in turn can only be overwritten in arbitrary order. Meaning that it either has to be completely formatted first (it takes an hour to format 1x media), or initially written to in a sequential manner...
Unfortunately you can't put much stock in this figure. In addition to people who have paid to join the club at one point this figure includes people who have bought anything at Mandrake Store. They were given free trial memberships. I would guess at the real number of paying subscribers being closer to 2500 to 5000.
This story sounds almost identical to that of Madison Priest's "Magic Box". Basically the guy promised this pie-in-the-sky high-quality video delivery system over regular phone lines. He would demo it but would never let anyone inspect the equipment or see the device. Turns out he was just using a VCR and hiding a cable in the power cord. He got plenty out of investors.
The Register actually had an article on this in which Seagate
denied this story. It does seem odd that 3 manufacturers would be having the same problem.
Wow, that is an impressive page. I wonder where he got all the illustrations for the ships, they look great and relatively uniform. Anyway, some divergent thoughts:
The Romulan D'Deridex (bottom right) seems way too big, as I recall these were roughly the size of the Enterprise D
Does anyone else just hate the Enterprise D? I've thought about it a lot and decided that it is because it is way too top-heavy. The saucer section is just so much larger than the middle other hull and the warp nacelles, it just looks awful.
Gotta give this guy marks for completeness for including the Battlestar Galactica ship and the Eagle from 'Space 1999' TV Series. That makes this an "A" project not an "A-". Wow, does anyone remember Space 1999? Don't think it reruns anywhere.
Suggestions for future additions: Nostromo from Alien, Valley Forge from Silent Running, ships from Enemy Mine
Unfortunately even plant fuel isn't perfect
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One thing I discovered in my research about energy sources was that even "renewable" energies may not be as beneficial as they first seem. Using vegetable oil to fuel cars sounds great, right, all that energy coming from environmentally friendly plants?
But looking at how plants are grown, you find out that fertilizers and all those other chemicals needed for modern agriculture are PETRO-chemicals, meaning you still need oil to make them. And wherever I read this (wish I could remember) they had done a study and found that natural fuel economies actually used MORE oil than oil economies. Kind of like how electric cars still need to get their energy from somewhere, you are just pushing the pollutants farther upstream in the process.
Unfortunately Mozilla's calendar development recently suffered a setback when it's major supporter decided to cut back development resources. Check out this article
I'll take this opportunity to again sing the praises of emusic.com, which sounds like exactly what you want. Unlimited MP3 downloads for $10 or $15 a month. Their selection is mostly limited to non-major label stuff, but if you can do without Britney there are tons of good tunes to be had. Their jazz section especially is very good.
I am glad to see this since it should broaden the Qtopia user base significantly. You may or may not know that Qtopia is also used by the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA (both the Sharp software and OpenZaurus distros use it). There is also the OPIE project, which is basically a suite of PDA apps built on top of Qtopia. This bodes well for getting more Liunx PDA users on board, and provides some existing apps for those using Qtopia for the first time.
Sorry to post off-topic but not sure where else to ask. What's going on with Slashdot's performance? Slashdot was never slow for me but the last few weeks have seen just awful load times. Is a new server to blame, extra traffic, what?
Thanks!
It's interesting that EMusic carries well-known groups, but that makes it somewhat difficult to find new groups that I might like. I don't have the time to browse EMusic for hours on end listening to tracks from groups I've never heard of.
Absolutely. One thing emusic really needs is a radio service, maybe one accessible by non-members but definitely one for members. This is the only practical way for users to learn about unknown artists available on emusic. To be honest this kind of service will become a necessity once new members download all the artists they know. If emusic is going to keep subscribers for longer than the first 3 months, they have to make it easier to find reasons to stay.
I was surprised that emusic.com didn't make their list. As one of the largest online providers of legal, non-DRM MP3s on the net they should have at least garnered an honorable mention. With practically unlimited downloads for $10 or $15 a month, I'd say consumers are the big winners here. I've been using the service for the past month and my music collection, especially jazz, has grown larger than it ever could have at $15 a CD.
Binary-only modules must be updated by the vendor when the kernel interface changes.
That's fine because that's what they're getting paid for. It's their job to update their binary modules and keep them current for their user base.
Honestly these kernel decisions may set a bad precendent because they remove user choice. Why create yet another barrier for hardware manufacturers to making Linux drivers available for their products? If a company chooses to make their drivers open source that's great, but trying heavy-handed lockouts isn't going isn't the way to get this to happen.
Add to this the fact that open source non-GPL apps may also be excluded, and it seems to spell trouble. Why add politics into the Linux code base?
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If by "streets", you mean the gilded hard drive pathways of MandrakeClub's paying members, then yes, Mandrake 9.2 has hit the streets. For the majority of the public you're talking a release in 1-2 weeks.
Employers don't just want a list of programming languages and work history, they want to get a sense of who is applying.
Well, that way the average Joe could use it without worrying about setting up a dedicated server. If the application is combination client/P2P server then anyone who uses that protocol needs no centralized server controlled by a company, and they don't need to take special steps to set it up themselves.
Has anyone put together an IM protocol that is truly P2P and doesn't require a server? Finding your contacts would be done by linking with other IM nodes. From what I read even Jabber requires a server.
The best thing about it is that it's big enough to live in.
Gray Davis must be held accountable for this blackout.
I'm guessing they would just have you buy stamps with your ID embedded. Get a USPS ID card, buy stamps with it at a kiosk, and just stamp and drop a letter in a mailbox as normal. The convenience factor will probably be figured out, leaving only the privacy questions.
This is a laughable figure. Are they planning of selling a lot of licenses at this price? I guess Zauruses are going to be around $1100 now.
In some ways it's too bad they are selling these items piecemeal. Having a collection of many related items raises the value and relevance of rare pieces. It would be great if some rich fan out there just bought every single item for some of these shows, it looks like Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers have the most items at this auction. Then they could make a collection out of the whole lot, or even better open a Buck Rogers museum. Of course maybe there are some die-hard fans out there for whom a chance to own a piece of their favorite show for $600 is a dream come true.
Some other helpful sites:
Unofficial DVD+RW site
linux dvd+rw info and tools
Some choice quotes from linux info page:
Wal-Mart made a decision based solely on cost? What has this world come to?
Unfortunately you can't put much stock in this figure. In addition to people who have paid to join the club at one point this figure includes people who have bought anything at Mandrake Store. They were given free trial memberships. I would guess at the real number of paying subscribers being closer to 2500 to 5000.
This story sounds almost identical to that of Madison Priest's "Magic Box". Basically the guy promised this pie-in-the-sky high-quality video delivery system over regular phone lines. He would demo it but would never let anyone inspect the equipment or see the device. Turns out he was just using a VCR and hiding a cable in the power cord. He got plenty out of investors.
The Register actually had an article on this in which Seagate denied this story. It does seem odd that 3 manufacturers would be having the same problem.
I don't know about you but the only kind of internet access I'd want in a public bathroom would be the voice-activated kind. Know what I mean?
The Romulan D'Deridex (bottom right) seems way too big, as I recall these were roughly the size of the Enterprise D
Does anyone else just hate the Enterprise D? I've thought about it a lot and decided that it is because it is way too top-heavy. The saucer section is just so much larger than the middle other hull and the warp nacelles, it just looks awful.
Gotta give this guy marks for completeness for including the Battlestar Galactica ship and the Eagle from 'Space 1999' TV Series. That makes this an "A" project not an "A-". Wow, does anyone remember Space 1999? Don't think it reruns anywhere.
Suggestions for future additions: Nostromo from Alien, Valley Forge from Silent Running, ships from Enemy Mine
But looking at how plants are grown, you find out that fertilizers and all those other chemicals needed for modern agriculture are PETRO-chemicals, meaning you still need oil to make them. And wherever I read this (wish I could remember) they had done a study and found that natural fuel economies actually used MORE oil than oil economies. Kind of like how electric cars still need to get their energy from somewhere, you are just pushing the pollutants farther upstream in the process.
Needless to say I found it depressing.
Unfortunately Mozilla's calendar development recently suffered a setback when it's major supporter decided to cut back development resources. Check out this article
I for one appreciated the info, thanks.
I'll take this opportunity to again sing the praises of emusic.com, which sounds like exactly what you want. Unlimited MP3 downloads for $10 or $15 a month. Their selection is mostly limited to non-major label stuff, but if you can do without Britney there are tons of good tunes to be had. Their jazz section especially is very good.
I am glad to see this since it should broaden the Qtopia user base significantly. You may or may not know that Qtopia is also used by the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA (both the Sharp software and OpenZaurus distros use it). There is also the OPIE project, which is basically a suite of PDA apps built on top of Qtopia. This bodes well for getting more Liunx PDA users on board, and provides some existing apps for those using Qtopia for the first time.
Sorry to post off-topic but not sure where else to ask. What's going on with Slashdot's performance? Slashdot was never slow for me but the last few weeks have seen just awful load times. Is a new server to blame, extra traffic, what? Thanks!
Absolutely. One thing emusic really needs is a radio service, maybe one accessible by non-members but definitely one for members. This is the only practical way for users to learn about unknown artists available on emusic. To be honest this kind of service will become a necessity once new members download all the artists they know. If emusic is going to keep subscribers for longer than the first 3 months, they have to make it easier to find reasons to stay.
I was surprised that emusic.com didn't make their list. As one of the largest online providers of legal, non-DRM MP3s on the net they should have at least garnered an honorable mention. With practically unlimited downloads for $10 or $15 a month, I'd say consumers are the big winners here. I've been using the service for the past month and my music collection, especially jazz, has grown larger than it ever could have at $15 a CD.
That's fine because that's what they're getting paid for. It's their job to update their binary modules and keep them current for their user base.
Honestly these kernel decisions may set a bad precendent because they remove user choice. Why create yet another barrier for hardware manufacturers to making Linux drivers available for their products? If a company chooses to make their drivers open source that's great, but trying heavy-handed lockouts isn't going isn't the way to get this to happen.
Add to this the fact that open source non-GPL apps may also be excluded, and it seems to spell trouble. Why add politics into the Linux code base?