Yeah, maybe that is too bold a statement to make... but not entirely without basis IMHO. With this statement, I mean that it could possibly be the most used GPL'd software for Web portals.
Other than the club, PHP-Nuke also has a donation link as well as an Amazon wishlist for Mr. Burzi (developer for PHP-Nuke). The club contains priviledged downloads for unreleased (beta and alpha codes) versions of PHP-Nuke. Members also get to download released versions five days earlier than non-members.
Although the club is a good idea, I prefer the donation method... or maybe Mr. Burzi could create some PHP-Nuke merchandise such as mugs, t-shirts or caps and sell them on the site. It's nice to have material things to cherish as mementos for the support you gave.
OK, so it's able to store more on the same area... So does this automatically make it good? What about in terms of price, how much do we pay per MB on this new media? Durability? How will these plates be read, is it faster than the current method? Even if this is so, will it reduce or increase heat produced as compared to IDE or SCSI drives?
Anyone has any test results on this proof-of-concept test done by IBM? And I thought they were selling off their hard drive business.
my XBox or PS2 get r00t3d? What can be worth the time spent hax0ring the consoles? It's not like they are being used to store CC numbers... It's not that there are shell access for which you can compile l33t war eggies for #h4x0r-united... Hell, even for the publicity concious h4x0rs out there, it doesn't even run HTTP service (even it it does/can, who the hell would want to point a domain to their XBox/PS2 anyway!), so there's no web pages to deface!
The only security you need for your consoles is physical security so that it doesn't get stolen while you're not playing with it (and most definitely it won't be online during this time).
a system familiar to GNU/GPL for DNA-mapping. Think of the advantages...
Important information of genes/genetics are put to good use by being shared with geneologists around the world.
More time can be spent on producing cures for critical deseases instead of patenting genes that you found.
What if someone found a cure for genetically-linked desease, but can't make the formulae public, because the genes that need to be altered is patented to some other guy?
Personally I think that scientists should put the needs of mankind first before succumbing to the influence of the almighty buck.
That particular post on ZDNet is correct in a way.
Under GNU/GPL, the software is free in a sense of freedom to use, modification, and distribution, among others. Re: Definition of Free Software.
I made this reference due to the fact that people keep on arguing that OSS is profitable. Yes, it is... but not in the manner that puts your organization's balance sheet in the black.
Take an example of an organization that improves on a GNU/GPL product so well and so much that it is finally sellable. Can this company then distribute this modified (albeit heavily) software at a price? Some would argue that they can, but if you read carefully the definitions of Copyleft, then you will know that they can't.
GNU/GPL can be described as viral in its implementation. A work on a software released as GNU/GPL, must be released as GNU/GPL as well. No matter how much you re-wrote the codes, no matter how much better your version is than the original. It is still GPL'd.
The same principles that protect OSS is also the same principles that hinder it to become commercially viable (as in selling them).
It's true that there are OS projects that has generated profits, but most (if not all) of the revenue comes from support and consultation... and not from the software itself.
Just my opinion, if I'm wrong in any way, please point me to the right direction.
The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.
Material written for publication in a newspaper or magazine or for broadcast.
The style of writing characteristic of material in newspapers and magazines, consisting of direct presentation of facts or occurrences with little attempt at analysis or interpretation.
Newspapers and magazines.
An academic course training students in journalism.
Written material of current interest or wide popular appeal.
What interests me the most is point 3, because most of the time here, people with give their views and opinions of posts. Therefore/. is more suitable to be called a discussion site or forum.
This may sound like a dumb one, but couldn't they plot a return trajectory that gets close enough to the Sun to irradiate or burn stuff off before re-entering Earth orbit? Maybe they would have to slingshot Venus or even Mercury, but I want to think solar radiation is the best guarantee that anything brought back from Mars is sterilized before coming home.
Of course they could, but wouldn't that be more harmful to the astronauts than to some bacteria that is (as yet) not proven to be existing.
Furthermore, even if such bacteria existed, it would cling on to the space suits of the astronauts, not the spacecraft itself. Assuming that there is enough radiation/heat protection from the ship's hull, it still wouldn't do any good.
Just my opinions BTW... feel free to object if I had erred in any way.
This fan is powered by 4 motors at the corners. Since I'm no physics wizard, could anyone explain the consequences should any one of these motors fail. The obvious effect would be reliance on the motors that are left.
Will this off-balance the alignment of the fans? Is there a probability that this will then dislodge the fan, thus causing damage to other parts of the computer?
It's no secret that India has a high disparity between the rich and the poor. Some of you might even seen it on TV (remember Amazing Race?). Somehow it makes me feel that this project is a waste of money for Indians.
Now with sectarian violence threatening to rip the country apart, they still have time to think of an I-Grid?
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this poll that's currently running on /.? BTW, it seems that most /.ers don't have the luxury of being cooled by ACs (according to the poll).
A quick search on Google for php portal returns PHP-Nuke as the top site.
It also ranks quite high on the result list for GPL Web Portal Software on google.
Suprisingly PHP-Nuke is also listed as the #1 site for Google's result for the search of God :)
Although the club is a good idea, I prefer the donation method... or maybe Mr. Burzi could create some PHP-Nuke merchandise such as mugs, t-shirts or caps and sell them on the site. It's nice to have material things to cherish as mementos for the support you gave.
OK, so it's able to store more on the same area... So does this automatically make it good? What about in terms of price, how much do we pay per MB on this new media? Durability? How will these plates be read, is it faster than the current method? Even if this is so, will it reduce or increase heat produced as compared to IDE or SCSI drives?
Anyone has any test results on this proof-of-concept test done by IBM? And I thought they were selling off their hard drive business.
Seriously... what did you expect from someone who uses the handle randomErr?
my XBox or PS2 get r00t3d? What can be worth the time spent hax0ring the consoles? It's not like they are being used to store CC numbers... It's not that there are shell access for which you can compile l33t war eggies for #h4x0r-united... Hell, even for the publicity concious h4x0rs out there, it doesn't even run HTTP service (even it it does/can, who the hell would want to point a domain to their XBox/PS2 anyway!), so there's no web pages to deface!
The only security you need for your consoles is physical security so that it doesn't get stolen while you're not playing with it (and most definitely it won't be online during this time).
- Important information of genes/genetics are put to good use by being shared with geneologists around the world.
- More time can be spent on producing cures for critical deseases instead of patenting genes that you found.
- What if someone found a cure for genetically-linked desease, but can't make the formulae public, because the genes that need to be altered is patented to some other guy?
Personally I think that scientists should put the needs of mankind first before succumbing to the influence of the almighty buck.Since google doesn't support Japanese yet, then I think this link might be useful...
AltaVista's Translation.
That particular post on ZDNet is correct in a way.
Under GNU/GPL, the software is free in a sense of freedom to use, modification, and distribution, among others. Re: Definition of Free Software.
I made this reference due to the fact that people keep on arguing that OSS is profitable. Yes, it is... but not in the manner that puts your organization's balance sheet in the black.
Take an example of an organization that improves on a GNU/GPL product so well and so much that it is finally sellable. Can this company then distribute this modified (albeit heavily) software at a price? Some would argue that they can, but if you read carefully the definitions of Copyleft, then you will know that they can't.
GNU/GPL can be described as viral in its implementation. A work on a software released as GNU/GPL, must be released as GNU/GPL as well. No matter how much you re-wrote the codes, no matter how much better your version is than the original. It is still GPL'd.
The same principles that protect OSS is also the same principles that hinder it to become commercially viable (as in selling them).
It's true that there are OS projects that has generated profits, but most (if not all) of the revenue comes from support and consultation... and not from the software itself.
Just my opinion, if I'm wrong in any way, please point me to the right direction.
What interests me the most is point 3, because most of the time here, people with give their views and opinions of posts. Therefore
Of course they could, but wouldn't that be more harmful to the astronauts than to some bacteria that is (as yet) not proven to be existing.
Furthermore, even if such bacteria existed, it would cling on to the space suits of the astronauts, not the spacecraft itself. Assuming that there is enough radiation/heat protection from the ship's hull, it still wouldn't do any good.
Just my opinions BTW... feel free to object if I had erred in any way.
Yeah right! Last I checked 95% of the spam I received came from yahoo.com
This fan is powered by 4 motors at the corners. Since I'm no physics wizard, could anyone explain the consequences should any one of these motors fail. The obvious effect would be reliance on the motors that are left.
Will this off-balance the alignment of the fans? Is there a probability that this will then dislodge the fan, thus causing damage to other parts of the computer?
All opinions are very much appreciated.
It's no secret that India has a high disparity between the rich and the poor. Some of you might even seen it on TV (remember Amazing Race?). Somehow it makes me feel that this project is a waste of money for Indians.
Now with sectarian violence threatening to rip the country apart, they still have time to think of an I-Grid?