Seriously, it would be good to have a professional sales and support organization for one of these databases... although you could argue that MySQL and Postgre (and ? others) DO have good support organizations.
Yes, you are correct. I was taken by the heading "A Flyweight Database" and didn't read the article carefully. So he is thinking of a sales and support company. Good. However, if he wants to go against IBM and Oracle in the sales and support services, he'll need big bucks (and a long sales cycle) to establish credibility. It's not clear whether or not he's looking to create a "flyweight database" or "flyweight company"... either way, it sounds like a paradox... a lightweight "under the radar" database/company that will have "big database credibility".
There are lots of databases that are already penetrating corporations "under the radar" in the manner of Skype and Hotmail (his examples). It sounds like he wants to go in the front door as a major player through the CIO... this will take much more than $10 million. He wants to avoid all of the "technology baggage" of IBM and Oracle but he'll need to create his own business brand reputation (i.e. "baggage").
Whoopee! This is really cutting edge. We already have more different shapes and sizes of databases (many of them free) than we could possibly use.
Hot tip to VC... if you really want to do something with a database, pick one of the existing "flyweight" OS databases and put together a sales and support organization... don't reinvent the wheel.
The twin screen Vista machine sounds about the same as pasting a Post-It note on the case. It seems to be a regular PC with a PDA glued onto the back of the case... this makes a big heavy PDA with a small screen and as a bonus, you can't see the PDA screen when you're using the computer... this is real rocket science... I can't wait to get one of these... I could have my dog watch the back of the screen while I work.
My (somewhat) old Dell Inspiron 700m has the Intel Extreme Graphics 2 chipset (82852/82855) which has two display adapters (second one is connected to the external monitor port) so I have it hooked up to a second monitor which gives me twice the pixels... very nice.
This does require that the computer be turned on and using power... I'm not sure how Asus manages to run the second screen without using power.
My argument is that this is a completely redundant "standard" which is created for commercial purposes and which will cost consumers extra money (as they pay for devices that run the new standard).
I'll all for innovation and I'm happy to see companies making money but there is no benefit to consumers here since the functionality can be addressed with the 802.15.1 through 5 devices. In this case Nokia will stuff the channel with this equipment and consumers will have to buy new peripherals, etc. I'd rather see Nokia spend their engineering time and marketing effort on something truly of benefit to consumers (which would also benefit Nokia).
The ZigBee is designed for very low power consumption and data rates up to 250 kbits/sec which is plenty for voice and even low res video.
TFA states that Wibree requires "dual mode" chips to be compatible with Bluetooth... sounds like two different protocols on one chip. ZibBee also can use the 2.4 Gig band so I guess it is as "compatible" with Bluetooth as Wibree.
It still looks to me that Nokia is trying to design a new proprietary standard and force it on the market so they can make big bucks from licensing.
We don't need another proprietary standard... it looks like Nokia is just trying to have some standard that they can own so we'll buy more of their stuff... time to run away from this.
Actually, gambling is legal in most states (ever heard of your state lottery?... many states also allow casinos) althought it is highly regulated.
The issue is that online gambling is not regulated by the US or US states and is in competition with US companies.
I think this legislation has much more to do with competition than morality...
Ever hear of a lobbyist named Abramoff? He bought and sold politicians to protect his gambling clients... he got caught but our corrupt politicians are continuing the game.
Actually, here in California we have the same "cut taxes and spend and borrow so our children will pay for it" philosophy.
Our current slimy governor promised to cut taxes but didn't mention that he would have to borrow $15 billion to meet the budget deficit. (His promised budget cuts and savings never materialized... big suprise here.) The idiots voted for him.
Ubuntu Linux (and others) do install with a single CD and a reboot. My experience over about 10 recent installs is that all of my hardware (including WiFi) is supported. YMMV.
The standard Ubuntu install comes with the usual office suite, browser, email, and many more additional apps than I've ever been able to use. If you're tied down to a particular app that only runs on Windows, then Microsoft owns your ass; otherwise, it's a piece of cake.
I saw a documentary on the development of the Airbus 380... they showed the blade failure test for the engines. Same problem. They ran the engine up to full speed then detached one of the turbine blades. Big noise but the engine housing held all of the debris... amazing.
Thanks for that useful link to the page on energy costs.
The Pacific northwest has very low energy costs due to lots of hydroelectric power (Columbia river system). This is why Google (and others) have decided to site their new server farms in these areas.
In California, we do feel that were were punished by FERC for being Democrat when the Texas energy companies raped us over electricy prices during our last "energy crisis" (which turned out to be just market manipulation). However, in NYC, I think that you just live too far from cheap energy sources.
I guess you are exaggerating to illustrate your point but the power consumption of the PS3 is unlikely to be 500 watts (50 to 100 watts is more likely) and your power cost of 20 cents is two or three times what most people pay (I pay 10 cents in California). Your estimate is probably 10x to 20x too high.
Yes, it would cost electricity but most likely only a few dollars a month, not $750 a year and most likely wouldn't burn out the electricy grid.
Insurance companies are required to have premiums and reserves sufficient to cover all claims from their policies. In the case of pensions or annuities they must also have sufficient reserves.
Social Security does not have to meet these requirements and does not have enough in reserves to pay out all of its promised benefits. It relies on future payments into SS to meet its obligations and even then comes up short in projections. Insurance companies are not allowed to use projections of future premium payments to meet current obligations and would be prosecuted for running a pyramid scheme if they ran this type of business.
BTW, the current Social Security surplus is used for current government expenses such as the war in Iraq and SS holds an IOU for the amount. The politicians are truly being dishonest here.
You're right that the funding for Social Security has been dodgy from the start (it's basically a pyramid scheme where new people coming into the system pay for the people at the end... as long as you have lots of new people, everything works).
However, regarding "stealing" social security, I think Bush did try to do this last year and got shut down by AARP and everyone else with half a brain. He wanted to "privatize" SS and what this means is that all of the nice people on Wall Street (i.e. Republican campaign donors) would get our money and of course they would do a great job and we would end up with what was left over after their "commissions" and "fees" and "brother in law didn't do to well in that business venture he set up after all of the research he did in the Caymans".
In spite of your somewhat rude attitude, I'm posting a screenshot in the hope that you can help unravel this mystery.
I've erased parts of the screen with email addresses but you can easily see the "shadow" threads that mystify me. When I click on these, they seem to be a duplicate of the foreground thread that may have more or less information... can't really tell which.
BTW, I use both Yahoo Mail Beta and Gmail Beta and don't consider myself a "fanboy" of either.
I do understand the threading and this is a good feature. However, when I do a search and select a thread, I often end up with lots of "shadow" threads that mostly seem to be duplicates. (These "shadow" threads appear as a single line with a green border at the top and earlier dates.) When I click on these, it seems these threads are duplicates of the main thread (or they might have more - or less - information... can't tell for sure). The main thread disappears and is replaced by this seeming duplicate thread so I can't tell why it has these. I'm never quite sure just what I'm looking at...
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Seriously, it would be good to have a professional sales and support organization for one of these databases... although you could argue that MySQL and Postgre (and ? others) DO have good support organizations.
There are lots of databases that are already penetrating corporations "under the radar" in the manner of Skype and Hotmail (his examples). It sounds like he wants to go in the front door as a major player through the CIO... this will take much more than $10 million. He wants to avoid all of the "technology baggage" of IBM and Oracle but he'll need to create his own business brand reputation (i.e. "baggage").
Hot tip to VC... if you really want to do something with a database, pick one of the existing "flyweight" OS databases and put together a sales and support organization... don't reinvent the wheel.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sQDMmFmP4ow
The problem here is that nobody cares. The media shrugs and the politicians have their heads up their behinds (and they love the view).
True that the money is pocket change... but prison time has a high cost regardless of how rich you are.
The twin screen Vista machine sounds about the same as pasting a Post-It note on the case. It seems to be a regular PC with a PDA glued onto the back of the case... this makes a big heavy PDA with a small screen and as a bonus, you can't see the PDA screen when you're using the computer... this is real rocket science... I can't wait to get one of these... I could have my dog watch the back of the screen while I work.
This does require that the computer be turned on and using power... I'm not sure how Asus manages to run the second screen without using power.
I'll all for innovation and I'm happy to see companies making money but there is no benefit to consumers here since the functionality can be addressed with the 802.15.1 through 5 devices. In this case Nokia will stuff the channel with this equipment and consumers will have to buy new peripherals, etc. I'd rather see Nokia spend their engineering time and marketing effort on something truly of benefit to consumers (which would also benefit Nokia).
TFA states that Wibree requires "dual mode" chips to be compatible with Bluetooth... sounds like two different protocols on one chip. ZibBee also can use the 2.4 Gig band so I guess it is as "compatible" with Bluetooth as Wibree.
It still looks to me that Nokia is trying to design a new proprietary standard and force it on the market so they can make big bucks from licensing.
We don't need another proprietary standard... it looks like Nokia is just trying to have some standard that they can own so we'll buy more of their stuff... time to run away from this.
Your questions really relate to power (watts), and amperage only one aspect of power.
The issue is that online gambling is not regulated by the US or US states and is in competition with US companies.
I think this legislation has much more to do with competition than morality...
Ever hear of a lobbyist named Abramoff? He bought and sold politicians to protect his gambling clients... he got caught but our corrupt politicians are continuing the game.
Our current slimy governor promised to cut taxes but didn't mention that he would have to borrow $15 billion to meet the budget deficit. (His promised budget cuts and savings never materialized... big suprise here.) The idiots voted for him.
Are the Vista and MS Office (and SQL server and MS IIS, etc.) licenses free?
Actually, it comes with GIMP, Photoshop won't run on Linux.
The standard Ubuntu install comes with the usual office suite, browser, email, and many more additional apps than I've ever been able to use. If you're tied down to a particular app that only runs on Windows, then Microsoft owns your ass; otherwise, it's a piece of cake.
Most people spend more than 5 minutes at home so they can charge at a more liesurely pace that is compatible with their home utility service.
I saw a documentary on the development of the Airbus 380... they showed the blade failure test for the engines. Same problem. They ran the engine up to full speed then detached one of the turbine blades. Big noise but the engine housing held all of the debris... amazing.
The Pacific northwest has very low energy costs due to lots of hydroelectric power (Columbia river system). This is why Google (and others) have decided to site their new server farms in these areas.
In California, we do feel that were were punished by FERC for being Democrat when the Texas energy companies raped us over electricy prices during our last "energy crisis" (which turned out to be just market manipulation). However, in NYC, I think that you just live too far from cheap energy sources.
Yes, it would cost electricity but most likely only a few dollars a month, not $750 a year and most likely wouldn't burn out the electricy grid.
Thanks for the help... I'm beginning to understand.
Social Security does not have to meet these requirements and does not have enough in reserves to pay out all of its promised benefits. It relies on future payments into SS to meet its obligations and even then comes up short in projections. Insurance companies are not allowed to use projections of future premium payments to meet current obligations and would be prosecuted for running a pyramid scheme if they ran this type of business.
BTW, the current Social Security surplus is used for current government expenses such as the war in Iraq and SS holds an IOU for the amount. The politicians are truly being dishonest here.
However, regarding "stealing" social security, I think Bush did try to do this last year and got shut down by AARP and everyone else with half a brain. He wanted to "privatize" SS and what this means is that all of the nice people on Wall Street (i.e. Republican campaign donors) would get our money and of course they would do a great job and we would end up with what was left over after their "commissions" and "fees" and "brother in law didn't do to well in that business venture he set up after all of the research he did in the Caymans".
I've erased parts of the screen with email addresses but you can easily see the "shadow" threads that mystify me. When I click on these, they seem to be a duplicate of the foreground thread that may have more or less information... can't really tell which.
BTW, I use both Yahoo Mail Beta and Gmail Beta and don't consider myself a "fanboy" of either.
Link to the screen. http://www.iphealth.info/bigfiles/gmailscreen.JPG
I do understand the threading and this is a good feature. However, when I do a search and select a thread, I often end up with lots of "shadow" threads that mostly seem to be duplicates. (These "shadow" threads appear as a single line with a green border at the top and earlier dates.) When I click on these, it seems these threads are duplicates of the main thread (or they might have more - or less - information... can't tell for sure). The main thread disappears and is replaced by this seeming duplicate thread so I can't tell why it has these. I'm never quite sure just what I'm looking at...