You're asking "Will It Help ?" as if commenting that what Mr. Cox is doing is but a meaningless gesture.
Practically, there won't be ANY immediate change of heart or anything, based on what Mr. Cox has done, but AT LEAST, the action of Mr. Cox BY ITSELF HAS GARNERED ENOUGH MEDIA REPORT and _THAT_, my friend, in one way or another, WILL DEFINITELY HELP to ensure that NOBODY CAN GET AWAY BY SCREWING WITH THE PEOPLE !
More power to Mr. Cox !
More power to ALL WHO JOIN MR. COX IN BOYCOTTING US-BASED Tech Convention !!
Not long ago, George W. Bush was showing how much he cares for Taiwan, so much so that he prepared to go to war against China - risking the lives of THOUSANDS of American GIs - just to protect that little island nation.
And now, it seems that George W. Bush isn't that cozy with Taiwan anymore.
C'mon. This is only DVD we're talking about. It ain't some StarWar technology, or stealth, or other super-hi-tech, spy-spy stuffs.
Sometimes I really wonder if those who are working for us, in the States department and the spy agancies, do know what the hell they are doing?
After reading the entire flaming thread (plus some more), here are my contribution of ashdusts...
1. It is not easy to be Humble.
Contrary to popular believe, we human being are not known to be humble.
Had people involved in the flamefest - anyone, - understand the importance about humility, this flamefest would have been better managed.
2. The problem with Complexity
One of the tap-root cause of this flamefest is the complexity of Gnome's architecture.
Sure, Miguel is not wrong to want Gnome to follow his vision of... "component platform", the thing Miguel (and many other Gnome folks) have forgotten is that the "component platform" thing was supposed to make a complicated thing SIMPLER.
The underlying structure of Gnome is too complex, and until SOMEONE start to deal with that problem, Miguel's vision of getting Gnome of being a true "component platform" thing may never come true.
And here is my suggestions -
A. There are a whole lot of great points being aired in this debate. Why don't someone - other than those whose blood are still boiling due to the debate/flamefest - collect all the great points, and list them out in the open, for ALL to view and review?
B. Cool Down Period - Please someone impose a cool down period for all involved. I understand that many an ego have been scratched, and a cool-down-period may heal the wounds caused by this debate. I hate to see anyone quit just because of this debate. We can always go back to point (A) - just above - and see what all of us can do with all those great points that were being aired, and use them to improve Gnome.
B1. Those who were involved in the debate - take time off, think over what has happened, and then, think of what Gnome is all about. If Gnome's future is what you care MORE than the rough-words hewn during the debate, ignore them and continue to churn out the code you want for Gnome's sake.
C. Havoc may have a good intention, but committee-level-decision-making-method won't fit Gnome's loose and free nature. Let Gnome be Gnome, and let Gnome become strong by the force of natural-evolution, and not the resulted of Kremlin-like central-committee I say this, you follow methodology. Let the component maintainers their free will to do whatever they want, and if what they do ends up incompatible with the general flow of Gnome, then, their "babies" will die natural death. If component A dies (or lack in compatibility), I am sure someone else will pick up the pace and launch a component A+ to take its place. The natural flow of Gnome must not be disturbed with any central-committee.
D. Listen to the critics, ask them to help out. There are lots of people willing to offer criticisms, but not many who will go beyond that. Gnome can benefits from the critics too ! Recruit them, ask them to get involved, so that they will know more about the inner operation of Gnome, and then ask the critics to offer suggestions on how Gnome can be improved. What we need is not only the brainpower of the coders, we also need the insights of those who have offered criticisms.
*** Note - The above are my own point of views. I may be wrong. If I am, please correct me. Thank you.
Nothing is overkill, if what you learn from the course will do you good.
MBA in itself is not an overkill for me. Perhaps it's an overkill for someone else who has a better brain - I am really stupid, you see? - but sure enough, the training I got through my MBA study has enabled me to see things from MORE than one viewpoint.
Things I do today is different form what I did before I got my MBA - that is, before I start a project, I will try to get a more comprehensive view of the WORTH of the project I am to deal with, and if I find that the outcome of the project (even if it is successful) is not market worthy - that is, nobody will want to use it - then, I will have two options -
1. Cancel the project, or
2. Try to find ways to ENHANCE that project so that it will have more chance of being accepted by the market.
I think that many software and/or tech projects in existence today can really benefitted by people who have better understanding of market acceptance, and they (the developers of the projects) should consult those marketers and see what they can do to enhance their projects in order to increase its VALUE.
Not everything can be solved by technological mean. There are things that can be solved with the combination of tech-savvy, and the understanding of business process / market trend.
For those who don't agree with me, remember that old Ford story - that story of Ford Edsel ?
See how well that car was accepted by the society?
There are lots of tech/software projects in existence today can be categorized as Ford Edsels, - yes, they may be technologically wonderful, and yes, they can do something good for the society, IF the society accepts them - but because of the lack of understanding of what the world wants, and the lack of business acuments, most of these projects end up either complete failures, or not be able to be completed in the first place.
For instance, that Nautilus project - true, it's something that is REALLY good for Gnome/open-source, but because of the LACK of understanding of how business should be run, the company which produced Nautilus went under.
It's just lucky for us that Nautilus was, from the start, an open-source project. That saved Nautilus from being left languished in legal abyss and never see the light of day.
But today, Nautilus is not faired too well either, look at how it is being maintained, after the demise of the company which produced it?
But if I have to be truthful to myself, not everything I do, I do for money. And not everything I do, I do for the "management" reason.
I have a Master degree in Computer Engineering, and I have just gotten my MBA degree.
The first degree I got, I got it because I was too deep into the computer stuffs - really addicted - and I might as well get something for the time and effort that I have invested in the field.
And about the MBA I got - I got it not solely because of money, but rather, - I got it because I realize that being a geek may be cool, but sometimes, I need to have the ability to look at things not only from the geek standpoint.
In other words, I may be able to come up with a cool software/tech project, but if I don't have the ability to gauge what the market wants, my time/effort for that project will ultimately NOT be fully utilize by the society at large.
If I do something, I might rather do something that will be used by more people than myself, right?
If so, why don't I gain the ability to see what the market at large wants, and then do something that will be acceptable for them - maybe, at the same time, help them (whoever use the product) in their daily lives.
That is why I got my MBA - to see the world from a DIFFERENT point of view.
But if I have to be truthful to myself, not everything I do, I do for money.
I have a Master degree in Computer Engineering, and I have just gotten my MBA degree.
The first degree I got, I got it because I was too deep into the computer stuffs - really addicted - and I might as well get something for the time and effort that I have invested in the field.
And about the MBA I got - I got it not solely because of money, but rather, - I got it because I realize that being a geek may be cool, but sometimes, I need to have the ability to look at things not only from the geek standpoint.
In other words, I may be able to come up with a cool software/tech project, but if I don't have the ability to gauge what the market wants, my time/effort for that project will ultimately NOT be fully utilize by the society at large.
If I do something, I might rather do something that will be used by more people than myself, right?
If so, why don't I gain the ability to see what the market at large wants, and then do something that will be acceptable for them - maybe, at the same time, help them (whoever use the product) in their daily lives.
That is why I got my MBA - to see the world from a DIFFERENT point of view.
chip vendors are having a 6 to 8 week supply of chip in stock, and they are NOT very happy about this.
So.... they flood the market with cut-throat price chips.
In some spot market, 128Mbit chips can be had lower than $3 each. That essentially means, to get a 1GBYTE supply of RAM, you multiply $3 by 64, that means, for a palty $192, you'll get yourself your 1GBYTE memory.
Even when you include the packaging, and stuffs, the price won't be going more than #220.
But you better get the chips now, as when the oversupply is over, the price will go up.
Go to this page - http://www.ebns.com/printableArticle?doc_id=OEG200 10601S0063 - and you'll find that the SDRam price is wiling to a never before low level.
128Mbit chips are selling for US$3.00 or lower in some market ! That means, a stick of 128MByte SDRam will only cost - to the manufacturer of the SDRam sticks - about USD 26 to priduce !
I foresee that in the coming months - One or perhaps two months - we will see the price drops being reflected in the CONSUMER market.
"Microsoft paid good money for their spot,
and they don't want anyone else giving out
swag on their rented spot."
So excuse me... I didn't know that MicroSoft has rented THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTION HALL !
The LUG people were passing out free softwares OUTSIDE of the convention hall - OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR, and yeah, sure... MicroSoft HAS RENTED THAT FRONT DOOR TOO !
The case of China / USA spyplane matter gets old very fast.
It has nothing to do with apologies - although it may seems like it.
It has nothing to do with pride - although it too may seems like it.
It has nothing to do with spying - althought that plays a big part in this matter.
The real focal point that all of us need to deal with is this - TRUST.
I mean, this whole matter came about because of the LACK OF TRUST between the US and China.
If US trusts China, US wouldn't have to SPY on China.
If China trusts US, China plane wouldn't have to go out in the waters to intercept the US planes.
Jon, you talked about lofty ideas of virtual this, virtual that, but if there is NO TRUST whatsoever, everything boils down to basic animalistic behavior - whoever are stronger wins.
Jon, I know you are better than this - we are no longer in the brute-means-everything world anymore.
This new world that many of us (not all, sad to say, when you read all the breast-beating posts in this thread, you'd see that there are those who can't or won't understand that there exists a BETTER paradigm than what the US or China governments want us to believe) are still striving for is a world that treasures intelligence more than brute forces.
There ARE ways to solve this thing, and before we go on trying to solve this matter, we gotta understand the mindset of the "leaders" of both sides --
A. George W. Bush is a spoilt brat.
So are his team of cold-war minded aides.
B. Ziang Ze-Min is an old man who has gone senile.
So are (most of) his equally aging aides.
So, on one side we have a team of spoilt brats thinking that the world must play by their rules.
And on the other side we have another team of old seniles thinking that they ought to be respected, no matter what they do.
So what is there left for the rest of us?
Answer is simple, INCREDIBLY SIMPLE - JUST IGNORE THEM !
Yes.
The media of both sides are FULLY WORKED OUT, and day in and day out we (from both sides) are being bombarded by PROPAGANDAS.
You go ask an average American and he/she would tell you that China can go to hell and not even expect any apology, and you go to China and you'd find average Chinese gotten very furious over this incident.
Why? Because people of both sides (China and US) are being so HEAVILY INFLUENCED by the overworked PROPAGANDA that have left their own thinking to those propaganda machine.
That is why I say, the best way to deal with this matter is to IGNORE THIS MATTER TOGETHER.
You see, if a tree fell in the jungle and nobody heard (or see) the falling, that felling of the tree would be an insignificant matter.
And if the world - we can start with ourselves - starts to ignore this over-hyped incident, both the leaderships of US and China will eventually find a way to settle this thing.
It's always like that.
The more attention you pay to brats who demand attention, the more noise they'd make, because they'd demand EVEN MORE ATTENTION from you.
But if you IGNORE the noises from those brats, eventually, the brats will get tired of making noises without attracting any audiences, and they will stop.
So, Jon, please help this world by IGNORING this incident altogether.
We don't need more of "Nuke China !" or "Nuke USA !" posts in the cyberspace. The less of those insane flaming messages, the less bandwidth we'd waste.
The stuff that appeared 4 days ago was about NASA. There was no mention of Starbridge or anything.
But both articles came up with the same idea - FPGA based computer sans CPU, achieving the speed of Two Thousand 800MHZ Pentium machine, in one small boxen.
I did not downloaded NASA's brain-damaged.doc file, since I do not use MS-product, so I have no idea of what's in that.doc file. All I know is from another PR piece, a brief summary type.
If someone wants to extort money from me, I would give them none. No matter it is MLB or MPAA, there are plenty of other FUN things to do with my life.
Thank you much for your reply, and yes, thank you for telling me 'bout the SEUL effort.
But my question remains - I am living in Asia - is there anyone (or group / organization) willing to take up the task to coordinate something much like what the (oregon?) Linux user group has done, and try to see if there is any sponsor willing to donate hardware so to see the schools / colleges with Linux (or any other OSS powered) computers?
I have high regard for the SEUL and all the other effort, but in terms of coordination outside of USA (and Europe), there seems to be none.
Not even in Japan, the world's second most wealthiest country.
In USA, there are lots and lots of good things coming out. However, outside of USA, there seems to be nothing.
A big void seems to be accumulating in terms of open-source efforts outside of USA, particularly in the Latin American and Asia continents.
Okay, here is my question...
Is there anyone out there who is interesting to role out similar effort to aid the students/schools in Asia / Latin America / Africa and elsewhere?
Or can I use the whatchamacallit (a distro?) and repackage it to suit the regional schooling systems?
I do understand that hardware - particularly if they are FREE hardwares - are hard to come by in Asia, but I'll ask anyway - Is there anyone from Intel or AMD or Compaq or IBM or Dell who are interested in sponsoring efforts in seeding the Asian / Latin American / African schools with Linux (or anyother OSS powered) computers?
If there is, maybe I will see what I can do.
Don't put too much hope though, I am just an individual, but then, everything (great or whatever) starts with one crazy guy (or gal, or whatever).
:)
Anyone interested in supplying suggestions / help / information / guidance?
The one wearing dalmation coat who is running DisneyWorld is salivating at the prospect of acquiring Yahoo for next to nothing.
If Yahoo keeps having financial difficulties, it would be out of anyone's wild guess that one day we wake up to find www.yahoo.com becomes www.goofy.com.
Slashdot Mirror
There are several Linux distros for beginners.
Several of them do not even require you to re-format (or re-partition) your Winblows partition.
And if you want to re-partition your harddisk anyway, there are several to choose from.
Nowadays, with the GUI and all other things in ample supply, it's a tose-up on RedHat, Suse and Mandrake.
However, if your harddisk is pretty much beatup, I'd advice you to go with Mandrake because of their powerful disk management software.
This is just my two cents, and YMMV.
With so many different flat-panel monitor / screen coming out into the market, it is getting confusing.
Is there anybody out there who can simplify the whole confusing thingy into something that idiots like me can comprehend?
Please?
Thank you !
You're asking "Will It Help ?" as if commenting that what Mr. Cox is doing is but a meaningless gesture.
Practically, there won't be ANY immediate change of heart or anything, based on what Mr. Cox has done, but AT LEAST, the action of Mr. Cox BY ITSELF HAS GARNERED ENOUGH MEDIA REPORT and _THAT_, my friend, in one way or another, WILL DEFINITELY HELP to ensure that NOBODY CAN GET AWAY BY SCREWING WITH THE PEOPLE !
More power to Mr. Cox !
More power to ALL WHO JOIN MR. COX IN BOYCOTTING US-BASED Tech Convention !!
Funny.
Not long ago, George W. Bush was showing how much he cares for Taiwan, so much so that he prepared to go to war against China - risking the lives of THOUSANDS of American GIs - just to protect that little island nation.
And now, it seems that George W. Bush isn't that cozy with Taiwan anymore.
C'mon. This is only DVD we're talking about. It ain't some StarWar technology, or stealth, or other super-hi-tech, spy-spy stuffs.
Sometimes I really wonder if those who are working for us, in the States department and the spy agancies, do know what the hell they are doing?
As usual, the Norway mirrors are carrying the new kernel.
2.4.6 is NOW on ftp://ftp.no.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
Come and get it !
I tried the link (ftp://ftp.slackware.com) but all I got is a login prompt.
Since I don't have the password, I can't get through that prompt, and that means, I can't even get to see the changelog !
So... how to access the changelog ?!
Have you guys gone to that site - http://www.ocshoot.com/quietpc.htm - ?
I used my old laptop trying to get to the site, it crashed my opera browser, then my old netscape browser came up with bunch of java script.
So... I had to go back to the office and use the office Windoze machine, power up the M$-IE, and the page load successfully.
Sometimes, I hope that Slashdot will STOP advertise sites that comes with TONS AND TONS of JAVA shits.
What's the use of Java when it crashes browsers?
After reading the entire flaming thread (plus some more), here are my contribution of ashdusts
1. It is not easy to be Humble.
Contrary to popular believe, we human being are not known to be humble.
Had people involved in the flamefest - anyone, - understand the importance about humility, this flamefest would have been better managed.
2. The problem with Complexity
One of the tap-root cause of this flamefest is the complexity of Gnome's architecture.
Sure, Miguel is not wrong to want Gnome to follow his vision of
The underlying structure of Gnome is too complex, and until SOMEONE start to deal with that problem, Miguel's vision of getting Gnome of being a true "component platform" thing may never come true.
And here is my suggestions -
A. There are a whole lot of great points being aired in this debate. Why don't someone - other than those whose blood are still boiling due to the debate/flamefest - collect all the great points, and list them out in the open, for ALL to view and review?
B. Cool Down Period - Please someone impose a cool down period for all involved. I understand that many an ego have been scratched, and a cool-down-period may heal the wounds caused by this debate. I hate to see anyone quit just because of this debate. We can always go back to point (A) - just above - and see what all of us can do with all those great points that were being aired, and use them to improve Gnome.
B1. Those who were involved in the debate - take time off, think over what has happened, and then, think of what Gnome is all about. If Gnome's future is what you care MORE than the rough-words hewn during the debate, ignore them and continue to churn out the code you want for Gnome's sake.
C. Havoc may have a good intention, but committee-level-decision-making-method won't fit Gnome's loose and free nature. Let Gnome be Gnome, and let Gnome become strong by the force of natural-evolution, and not the resulted of Kremlin-like central-committee I say this, you follow methodology. Let the component maintainers their free will to do whatever they want, and if what they do ends up incompatible with the general flow of Gnome, then, their "babies" will die natural death. If component A dies (or lack in compatibility), I am sure someone else will pick up the pace and launch a component A+ to take its place. The natural flow of Gnome must not be disturbed with any central-committee.
D. Listen to the critics, ask them to help out. There are lots of people willing to offer criticisms, but not many who will go beyond that. Gnome can benefits from the critics too ! Recruit them, ask them to get involved, so that they will know more about the inner operation of Gnome, and then ask the critics to offer suggestions on how Gnome can be improved. What we need is not only the brainpower of the coders, we also need the insights of those who have offered criticisms.
*** Note - The above are my own point of views. I may be wrong. If I am, please correct me. Thank you.
Nothing is overkill, if what you learn from the course will do you good.
MBA in itself is not an overkill for me. Perhaps it's an overkill for someone else who has a better brain - I am really stupid, you see? - but sure enough, the training I got through my MBA study has enabled me to see things from MORE than one viewpoint.
Things I do today is different form what I did before I got my MBA - that is, before I start a project, I will try to get a more comprehensive view of the WORTH of the project I am to deal with, and if I find that the outcome of the project (even if it is successful) is not market worthy - that is, nobody will want to use it - then, I will have two options -
1. Cancel the project, or
2. Try to find ways to ENHANCE that project so that it will have more chance of being accepted by the market.
I think that many software and/or tech projects in existence today can really benefitted by people who have better understanding of market acceptance, and they (the developers of the projects) should consult those marketers and see what they can do to enhance their projects in order to increase its VALUE.
How very true.
Not everything can be solved by technological mean. There are things that can be solved with the combination of tech-savvy, and the understanding of business process / market trend.
For those who don't agree with me, remember that old Ford story - that story of Ford Edsel ?
See how well that car was accepted by the society?
There are lots of tech/software projects in existence today can be categorized as Ford Edsels, - yes, they may be technologically wonderful, and yes, they can do something good for the society, IF the society accepts them - but because of the lack of understanding of what the world wants, and the lack of business acuments, most of these projects end up either complete failures, or not be able to be completed in the first place.
For instance, that Nautilus project - true, it's something that is REALLY good for Gnome/open-source, but because of the LACK of understanding of how business should be run, the company which produced Nautilus went under.
It's just lucky for us that Nautilus was, from the start, an open-source project. That saved Nautilus from being left languished in legal abyss and never see the light of day.
But today, Nautilus is not faired too well either, look at how it is being maintained, after the demise of the company which produced it?
Okay, I admit, I am a geek.
And yes, okay, I also admit that I love money.
But if I have to be truthful to myself, not everything I do, I do for money. And not everything I do, I do for the "management" reason.
I have a Master degree in Computer Engineering, and I have just gotten my MBA degree.
The first degree I got, I got it because I was too deep into the computer stuffs - really addicted - and I might as well get something for the time and effort that I have invested in the field.
And about the MBA I got - I got it not solely because of money, but rather, - I got it because I realize that being a geek may be cool, but sometimes, I need to have the ability to look at things not only from the geek standpoint.
In other words, I may be able to come up with a cool software/tech project, but if I don't have the ability to gauge what the market wants, my time/effort for that project will ultimately NOT be fully utilize by the society at large.
If I do something, I might rather do something that will be used by more people than myself, right?
If so, why don't I gain the ability to see what the market at large wants, and then do something that will be acceptable for them - maybe, at the same time, help them (whoever use the product) in their daily lives.
That is why I got my MBA - to see the world from a DIFFERENT point of view.
Okay, I admit, I am a geek.
And yes, okay, I also admit that I love money.
But if I have to be truthful to myself, not everything I do, I do for money.
I have a Master degree in Computer Engineering, and I have just gotten my MBA degree.
The first degree I got, I got it because I was too deep into the computer stuffs - really addicted - and I might as well get something for the time and effort that I have invested in the field.
And about the MBA I got - I got it not solely because of money, but rather, - I got it because I realize that being a geek may be cool, but sometimes, I need to have the ability to look at things not only from the geek standpoint.
In other words, I may be able to come up with a cool software/tech project, but if I don't have the ability to gauge what the market wants, my time/effort for that project will ultimately NOT be fully utilize by the society at large.
If I do something, I might rather do something that will be used by more people than myself, right?
If so, why don't I gain the ability to see what the market at large wants, and then do something that will be acceptable for them - maybe, at the same time, help them (whoever use the product) in their daily lives.
That is why I got my MBA - to see the world from a DIFFERENT point of view.
According to this report
http://www.ebns.com/printableArticle?doc_id=OEG20
chip vendors are having a 6 to 8 week supply of chip in stock, and they are NOT very happy about this.
So.... they flood the market with cut-throat price chips.
In some spot market, 128Mbit chips can be had lower than $3 each. That essentially means, to get a 1GBYTE supply of RAM, you multiply $3 by 64, that means, for a palty $192, you'll get yourself your 1GBYTE memory.
Even when you include the packaging, and stuffs, the price won't be going more than #220.
But you better get the chips now, as when the oversupply is over, the price will go up.
Go to this page - http://www.ebns.com/printableArticle?doc_id=OEG20
128Mbit chips are selling for US$3.00 or lower in some market ! That means, a stick of 128MByte SDRam will only cost - to the manufacturer of the SDRam sticks - about USD 26 to priduce !
I foresee that in the coming months - One or perhaps two months - we will see the price drops being reflected in the CONSUMER market.
You said:
"Microsoft paid good money for their spot,
and they don't want anyone else giving out
swag on their rented spot."
So excuse me... I didn't know that MicroSoft has rented THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTION HALL !
The LUG people were passing out free softwares OUTSIDE of the convention hall - OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR, and yeah, sure... MicroSoft HAS RENTED THAT FRONT DOOR TOO !
FYI -
The mirrors are updated !
I have tried the mirrors at
version 2.4.5 is now available at
ftp://ftp.no.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
When a killer (be it a mad man, a bunch of bees, or an asteroid) is coming after you, what'd you do?
For me, I'd run like hell.
As for WHERE to run... I dunno !!
Sometimes things get interesting, sometimes not.
The case of China / USA spyplane matter gets old very fast.
It has nothing to do with apologies - although it may seems like it.
It has nothing to do with pride - although it too may seems like it.
It has nothing to do with spying - althought that plays a big part in this matter.
The real focal point that all of us need to deal with is this - TRUST.
I mean, this whole matter came about because of the LACK OF TRUST between the US and China.
If US trusts China, US wouldn't have to SPY on China.
If China trusts US, China plane wouldn't have to go out in the waters to intercept the US planes.
Jon, you talked about lofty ideas of virtual this, virtual that, but if there is NO TRUST whatsoever, everything boils down to basic animalistic behavior - whoever are stronger wins.
Jon, I know you are better than this - we are no longer in the brute-means-everything world anymore.
This new world that many of us (not all, sad to say, when you read all the breast-beating posts in this thread, you'd see that there are those who can't or won't understand that there exists a BETTER paradigm than what the US or China governments want us to believe) are still striving for is a world that treasures intelligence more than brute forces.
There ARE ways to solve this thing, and before we go on trying to solve this matter, we gotta understand the mindset of the "leaders" of both sides --
A. George W. Bush is a spoilt brat.
So are his team of cold-war minded aides.
B. Ziang Ze-Min is an old man who has gone senile.
So are (most of) his equally aging aides.
So, on one side we have a team of spoilt brats thinking that the world must play by their rules.
And on the other side we have another team of old seniles thinking that they ought to be respected, no matter what they do.
So what is there left for the rest of us?
Answer is simple, INCREDIBLY SIMPLE - JUST IGNORE THEM !
Yes.
The media of both sides are FULLY WORKED OUT, and day in and day out we (from both sides) are being bombarded by PROPAGANDAS.
You go ask an average American and he/she would tell you that China can go to hell and not even expect any apology, and you go to China and you'd find average Chinese gotten very furious over this incident.
Why? Because people of both sides (China and US) are being so HEAVILY INFLUENCED by the overworked PROPAGANDA that have left their own thinking to those propaganda machine.
That is why I say, the best way to deal with this matter is to IGNORE THIS MATTER TOGETHER.
You see, if a tree fell in the jungle and nobody heard (or see) the falling, that felling of the tree would be an insignificant matter.
And if the world - we can start with ourselves - starts to ignore this over-hyped incident, both the leaderships of US and China will eventually find a way to settle this thing.
It's always like that.
The more attention you pay to brats who demand attention, the more noise they'd make, because they'd demand EVEN MORE ATTENTION from you.
But if you IGNORE the noises from those brats, eventually, the brats will get tired of making noises without attracting any audiences, and they will stop.
So, Jon, please help this world by IGNORING this incident altogether.
We don't need more of "Nuke China !" or "Nuke USA !" posts in the cyberspace. The less of those insane flaming messages, the less bandwidth we'd waste.
I didn't know that !
The stuff that appeared 4 days ago was about NASA. There was no mention of Starbridge or anything.
But both articles came up with the same idea - FPGA based computer sans CPU, achieving the speed of Two Thousand 800MHZ Pentium machine, in one small boxen.
I did not downloaded NASA's brain-damaged
Anyone who knows please comment.
Thank you.
Can the text be in the Chinese characters?
A 160-characters piece in the Chinese language is no longer a short text, and A LOT can be said with 160 characters.
Therefore, let me repeat my question - Can the text be in the Chinese characters ???
If someone wants to extort money from me, I would give them none. No matter it is MLB or MPAA, there are plenty of other FUN things to do with my life.
Thank you much for your reply, and yes, thank you for telling me 'bout the SEUL effort.
But my question remains - I am living in Asia - is there anyone (or group / organization) willing to take up the task to coordinate something much like what the (oregon?) Linux user group has done, and try to see if there is any sponsor willing to donate hardware so to see the schools / colleges with Linux (or any other OSS powered) computers?
I have high regard for the SEUL and all the other effort, but in terms of coordination outside of USA (and Europe), there seems to be none.
Not even in Japan, the world's second most wealthiest country.
Hopefully you can give me a pointer or two.
Thank you again.
In USA, there are lots and lots of good things coming out. However, outside of USA, there seems to be nothing.
A big void seems to be accumulating in terms of open-source efforts outside of USA, particularly in the Latin American and Asia continents.
Okay, here is my question
Is there anyone out there who is interesting to role out similar effort to aid the students/schools in Asia / Latin America / Africa and elsewhere?
Or can I use the whatchamacallit (a distro?) and repackage it to suit the regional schooling systems?
I do understand that hardware - particularly if they are FREE hardwares - are hard to come by in Asia, but I'll ask anyway - Is there anyone from Intel or AMD or Compaq or IBM or Dell who are interested in sponsoring efforts in seeding the Asian / Latin American / African schools with Linux (or anyother OSS powered) computers?
If there is, maybe I will see what I can do.
Don't put too much hope though, I am just an individual, but then, everything (great or whatever) starts with one crazy guy (or gal, or whatever).
:)
Anyone interested in supplying suggestions / help / information / guidance?
Thank you all.
The one wearing dalmation coat who is running DisneyWorld is salivating at the prospect of acquiring Yahoo for next to nothing.
If Yahoo keeps having financial difficulties, it would be out of anyone's wild guess that one day we wake up to find www.yahoo.com becomes www.goofy.com.