little did they realize that when they logged into that Italian web site there was a copyright image on the page without the the permission of the copyright holder. time to build a LOT more jails eh Italy?
it's obvious. here is a brilliant mind, way passed its shelf life, with nothing to do but blog and surf between ever decreasing commissions. i love his early writings, so awake and alive - but this interview was tedious. the porn was the best part.
surely that is a most inefficient way to design a distributed printing application. as so many people have under utilized printers it would make far more sense to computer the ASCII values with on central servers and let the clients download and output them to their local printers. teams could be formed to print whole books. after printing, say a million characters, a special set of codes could be sent to the user that would cause a certificate to be printed, this could be posted back to the server to acknowledge the work done.
well i still trust NASA to continue the greatest space program in the world even though they screw up now and then and need continous improvement. don't slam them too hard, their successes far outweigh their failures.
Okay I'll demonstrate my near total ignornace of this issue and suggest that surely the time is ready for a Internet Users Association with some catchy acronym. With millions of members such a body would act as a counterweight to the RIAA and the MPAA.
hmmm the original source article quotes Sean O'Keefe who is certainly the current NASA Administrator, yet curiously NASA make no official mention of this project. The name "Project Prometheus" was associated with a spoof article a few years ago about a secret NASA moon base, so it would be the last name NASA would choose for a new project. NASA have dusted off nuclear propulsion projects recently, yet it seems very unlikely that O'Keefe would choose to first announce such plans to the Guardian newspaper in the UK.
I suspect the reporter got carried away after drinking a bit too much beer with some NASA engineers. It would be great if true, but given the current situation I think this is all just wishful thinking.
so i click the site, click the english flag next to the pretty picture, click programs and what's the first thing I see? Celestia (a beautiful planetarium) described as a 3D Game!
sheesh have these people even run this software?
Isn't the 2.4 GHz band meant for PRIVATE citizen use not business? At this rate commercial 802.11x operators will swamp the limited bandwidth leaving nothing for individuals.
Indeed. There seems to sufficient grounds for claiming that the work of the DCSD itself is shoddy and politically motivated. Heh, I wonder if their charter allows for complaints about their scientific honesty?
Yes that is because Print On Demand has never been seriously tried yet AFAIK and there is still enough money to be made the traditional way.
I see POD as a natural extension of a provider such as amazon (who will probably get it first) you order a print version and they produce it and send it to you. by a print version i mean a full quality one.
look the problem is one of numbers. print runs are getting smaller and smaller, printing on demand with completely automated technology is only a matter of time. low profit margins are GOOD - that's what drives efficiency and produces high value for the CUSTOMERS. many businesses don't want that because it's much more comfortable living in a high margin, highly regulated (by copyright laws etc etc) world.
Yes, I assume the logic behind keeping the source closed for a few months is that it will FORCE people to buy the book if they really want it. The secondary assumption is that no one will buy it if it is open. Both assumptions are FLAWED IMNSHO.
Ah well, perhaps one day they'll have the guts to go the whole mile and start REAL open publishing by printing on demand the latest version of the book. Being first in the market with all the tools and support would be a great advantage, maybe they'll get IT one day.
okay let's start with salaries.
As unix admins are rarer animals they tend to be more expensive OTOH the number of positions is also less so there is more competetion, overall it seeems unix sysadmins are more expensive.
now training costs - this varies enormously from zero to a LOT of money per year. IME unix people need less training especially as they are not required to learn new OSs every two years and are often willing to learn in their own time.
and let's not forget the environment - a research lab is VERY different to a bank. user and organisational demands vary tremendously from almost zero (say in a lab where users do their own thing or are very high because they are required to make constant changes) to highly controlled enviroments (eg military) where every decision has to be documented and reviewed via endless meetings
so all in all comparisons based solely on the OS manufacturer are IMHO virtually meaningless.
yes but this is not the central point. the point that no one seems to see is that documentation is a PART of software and that open code is not enough in many if not almost all cases to make a product truly OPEN. if open source projects attempt to obfuscate themselves by not providing basic documentation then they may as well be closed. end of story.
sHow long has this been going on....... la la la
yes NS4.x and NS6.x heck those verions have been around for *ages* ! And all someone had to do was spot an outgoing request to a non requested address - so much for our net.police Hello anybody there?
It amazes me that NS had the balls to do this so brazenly - NETSCAPE MUST MAKE AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT on this NOW !!
Isn't there a site somewhere checking for spyware hidden inside products?
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little did they realize that when they logged into that Italian web site there was a copyright image on the page without the the permission of the copyright holder. time to build a LOT more jails eh Italy?
it's obvious. here is a brilliant mind, way passed its shelf life, with nothing to do but blog and surf between ever decreasing commissions. i love his early writings, so awake and alive - but this interview was tedious. the porn was the best part.
surely that is a most inefficient way to design a distributed printing application. as so many people have under utilized printers it would make far more sense to computer the ASCII values with on central servers and let the clients download and output them to their local printers. teams could be formed to print whole books. after printing, say a million characters, a special set of codes could be sent to the user that would cause a certificate to be printed, this could be posted back to the server to acknowledge the work done.
before you dl next time check out the roadmap table near end of page to see the estimated dates for the next release.
the blurb from Sony talks about a 65nm fabrication process .. isn't that 0.065 um? i've lost of track of silicon nowadays but isn't that bloody tiny?
guess which suitably named game will be available for the crew of three to play during the flight onboard John Carmack's Black Aramdillo.
well i still trust NASA to continue the greatest space program in the world even though they screw up now and then and need continous improvement. don't slam them too hard, their successes far outweigh their failures.
.. maybe it's all that highly customised flight software, after all how many people have got spacecraft they need to control.
given their resources NASA can make a great contribution to the open source world as they transform away from a government agency.
they say "This provides unprecedented control with the ability to adjust volume, pan and equalization of each string individually."
once someone learns how to handle this it should extend the range and sound of a single guitar enormously!
Okay I'll demonstrate my near total ignornace of this issue and suggest that surely the time is ready for a Internet Users Association with some catchy acronym. With millions of members such a body would act as a counterweight to the RIAA and the MPAA.
I suspect the reporter got carried away after drinking a bit too much beer with some NASA engineers. It would be great if true, but given the current situation I think this is all just wishful thinking.
so i click the site, click the english flag next to the pretty picture, click programs and what's the first thing I see? Celestia (a beautiful planetarium) described as a 3D Game! sheesh have these people even run this software?
Isn't the 2.4 GHz band meant for PRIVATE citizen use not business? At this rate commercial 802.11x operators will swamp the limited bandwidth leaving nothing for individuals.
I see POD as a natural extension of a provider such as amazon (who will probably get it first) you order a print version and they produce it and send it to you. by a print version i mean a full quality one.
look the problem is one of numbers. print runs are getting smaller and smaller, printing on demand with completely automated technology is only a matter of time. low profit margins are GOOD - that's what drives efficiency and produces high value for the CUSTOMERS. many businesses don't want that because it's much more comfortable living in a high margin, highly regulated (by copyright laws etc etc) world.
the future IS coming.
Ah well, perhaps one day they'll have the guts to go the whole mile and start REAL open publishing by printing on demand the latest version of the book. Being first in the market with all the tools and support would be a great advantage, maybe they'll get IT one day.
okay let's start with salaries. As unix admins are rarer animals they tend to be more expensive OTOH the number of positions is also less so there is more competetion, overall it seeems unix sysadmins are more expensive.
now training costs - this varies enormously from zero to a LOT of money per year. IME unix people need less training especially as they are not required to learn new OSs every two years and are often willing to learn in their own time.
and let's not forget the environment - a research lab is VERY different to a bank. user and organisational demands vary tremendously from almost zero (say in a lab where users do their own thing or are very high because they are required to make constant changes) to highly controlled enviroments (eg military) where every decision has to be documented and reviewed via endless meetings
so all in all comparisons based solely on the OS manufacturer are IMHO virtually meaningless.
okay i can add more if anyone is interested.
yes but this is not the central point. the point that no one seems to see is that documentation is a PART of software and that open code is not enough in many if not almost all cases to make a product truly OPEN. if open source projects attempt to obfuscate themselves by not providing basic documentation then they may as well be closed. end of story.
yeah but don't it look purty :)
RIGHT after a few wasted hours i agree - at best it is Quake 3.1 what a disappointment!
sHow long has this been going on ....... la la la
yes NS4.x and NS6.x heck those verions have been around for *ages* ! And all someone had to do was spot an outgoing request to a non requested address - so much for our net.police Hello anybody there?
It amazes me that NS had the balls to do this so brazenly - NETSCAPE MUST MAKE AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT on this NOW !!
Isn't there a site somewhere checking for spyware hidden inside products?