The main problem with getting late is that everyone lies. People only admit to being late when things get really bad and by then everyone is stressed.
Step 1: Admit being late as early as you can. If people start ranting, keep cool. Tell them that ranting won't fix it. The sooner you admit to being late, the sooner you can stop screwing around and start getting the project back on track.
Step 2: Help management prioritise what they want and what can be delivered when and what options are available. If they want a product to sell, they'll need to make some compromises.
Some F1 teams use Linux and open source. If they're only using GPL code internally (ie. not distributing it) they don't need to distribute their code.
Anyway, most would be using Open Source drivers etc and the actual application would be closed source (which is GPL-OK).
Even having open source engine management would not be that limiting. It's generally the configurations that are proprietary, rather than the actual control mechanisms.
WinCE (the likely MS choice) only works on a few CPUs and only in certain modes (eg. little endian only). Most F1 engine management are likely using things like MPC5200s running in big endian mode.
"The launch went great"... so friggin what! After over 20 years of shuttle flying, a successful launch should be routine and not a newsworthy event.
"The mst complex machine ever built, blaah, blaah"
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Still trying to drum up some backing.... Since when is complexity a good thing? The space shuttle is really far more complex than it needs to be and is far less reliable than it needs to be to do a proper job. While this complex machine falls part, Russian "pickup truck"-style space vehicles just get on with the job with little fanfare.
The biggest problem with mines is that they stay active for years after the conflicts have finished. A mine is a very cheap thing (a few $), but costs hundreds of dollars per mine to clean up. An intelligent mine could be told that the war is over and told to inactivate itself. That would make clean up very simple/safe.
The shuttle first launched when most/.ers were probably still sperm and eggs. At the time there were promises of regular departures and reliable, safe space transport - kinda like an airline for space.
Reality has been a bit short of that mark. Sure, airlines have delays but nothing quite like space shuttles (the shuttles don't fly for years at a time and probably 90% or so of flights get delayed). Sure, planes crash but if they crashed as often as space shuttles, there'd be about 50 crashes at LAX before breakfast each morning.
Most/many decisions are not driven by a sane business plan, but by the latest Wall St fashion. If you're not doing "it" (whatever "it" is), then you get punished on Wall St, particularly if your stock is looking a bit stagnant/down. So industries follow these trends: diversification, refocussing on core business (divestment), off shoring, sigma 6, whatever.
This quarter's fashion seems to be divestment.
Anyway, Intel were not making much money (??were making a loss??) on their PXA line. The PXA plays in a highly competitive market with a lot of players (TI, Samsung,...) and very little brand loyalty (No Intel Inside message). Intel has never held up well to that sort of competition and have got out of many businesses when things got hot (RAM, 8051, USB chipsets,...).
Why should American's be denied drugs just because their govenment makes such huge efforts to limit the drugs flowing into America? Here's how you can get those poor miserable people the drugs they want and need...
While the ruling is likely to be narrowly confined, it will establish a current precedent for the interpretation of "obvious". This could have significant implications for future rulings.
Generally, most recent patent attacks have been prior-art based. This potentially provides a new line of attack.
Instead of being an administration, by administrators, for administrators, with political goals, perhaps it would be better if NASA was replaced by an organisation run by scientists for scientists, with scientific goals. If the scientists saw the money as research funds they'd probably treat it with more respect and make sure they (1) attacked scientific goals and (2) got their money's worth.
See you got modded flamebait, but now interesting.
Too right. If NASA + contractors can't build something that works reliably aand cost effectively then why should they be protected? Let market forces dominate and offshore the whole lot!
NASA is not a scientific body, it is and **administration** which is why it takes so long and costs so much to do anything.
If civvies can get into space, then there's surely no further need for a federal space program and embarrasments like the shuttle can be put behind us.
With camera crews now able to broadcast live from anywhere on the planet, news has become the ultimate reality TV show. There's far less interest in capturing and analyzing real facts and far more on sound-bites, dramatic backdrops and other creative content to up viewership.
Many vaccinations don't work properly or stop being effective after a while.
Recently my household had whooping cough. I had whooping cough as a kid and did not get it this time around. My wife and kids were vaccinated and all got whooping cough. Vaccination really relies on herd immunity rather than individual immunity.
Let's face it, it is really the blokes that want 500 inch TVs, 12 inch sub-woofers and BRay to watch big action movies. But when they say "Honey, I've been thinking of....", senior management soon says "No".
By serving up chick flicks first, the blokes get to have a more effective line of attack: "Honey, I love you so much I've been thinking of buying **you** a new BRay system to watch chick flicks. Just imagine, you'll be able to read the clothing labels & see the individual tears running down Drew's face"
Since this itself uses a digital camera, won't it just poke its own eye out?
A friend of mine has a camera with a few pixels shot out by a laser. Wasn't particularly powerful, but was a bit more than needed to temporarily blind a camera.
While the "who cares about software efficiency, the hw is getting faster" attitude might be OK for desktop PCs, it does not apply to handheld/mobile devices (which make up a huge, and ever growing, % of all Linux devices). Being able to use a slower CPU (or use a fast one very efficiently) makes for reduced power consumption == smaller devices == longer battery life. Nobody wants a cell phone with a 2 pound battery that only runs for 1 day.
Almost all the power is comsumed by waste heat due to ineffiiencies in electronic & software design. An ARM-based CPU (eg. an XScale or similar) can run at hundreds of MHz without even warming up, let alone needing fans etc. If you took the power used by a 1980s 80286 and used that to run XScales you'd be getting about 10GHz or so worth of processing.
All designs are a compromise of parameters such as cost, speed and power efficiency. Game console makers don't care about the power consumption because they don't pay for the power and it is not something that the customers measure.
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Step 1: Admit being late as early as you can. If people start ranting, keep cool. Tell them that ranting won't fix it. The sooner you admit to being late, the sooner you can stop screwing around and start getting the project back on track.
Step 2: Help management prioritise what they want and what can be delivered when and what options are available. If they want a product to sell, they'll need to make some compromises.
Somebody needs to read autioneering 101. You don't get to own something by making an opening bid no more than you get karma for making a first post!
Remember, Oz also wanted ban all obscene material on the net including the Linux source 'coz it greps fuck a few too many times.
Anyway, most would be using Open Source drivers etc and the actual application would be closed source (which is GPL-OK).
Even having open source engine management would not be that limiting. It's generally the configurations that are proprietary, rather than the actual control mechanisms.
WinCE (the likely MS choice) only works on a few CPUs and only in certain modes (eg. little endian only). Most F1 engine management are likely using things like MPC5200s running in big endian mode.
This all smells of hoax.
"The launch went great"... so friggin what! After over 20 years of shuttle flying, a successful launch should be routine and not a newsworthy event.
Still trying to drum up some backing.... Since when is complexity a good thing? The space shuttle is really far more complex than it needs to be and is far less reliable than it needs to be to do a proper job. While this complex machine falls part, Russian "pickup truck"-style space vehicles just get on with the job with little fanfare.
Reality has been a bit short of that mark. Sure, airlines have delays but nothing quite like space shuttles (the shuttles don't fly for years at a time and probably 90% or so of flights get delayed). Sure, planes crash but if they crashed as often as space shuttles, there'd be about 50 crashes at LAX before breakfast each morning.
Anything that is powered by static electricity is going to be very weak.
Blame it on the internet, then Al Gore can blame himself!
This quarter's fashion seems to be divestment.
Anyway, Intel were not making much money (??were making a loss??) on their PXA line. The PXA plays in a highly competitive market with a lot of players (TI, Samsung,...) and very little brand loyalty (No Intel Inside message). Intel has never held up well to that sort of competition and have got out of many businesses when things got hot (RAM, 8051, USB chipsets,...).
See the parallel?
Generally, most recent patent attacks have been prior-art based. This potentially provides a new line of attack.
Instead of being an administration, by administrators, for administrators, with political goals, perhaps it would be better if NASA was replaced by an organisation run by scientists for scientists, with scientific goals. If the scientists saw the money as research funds they'd probably treat it with more respect and make sure they (1) attacked scientific goals and (2) got their money's worth.
Too right. If NASA + contractors can't build something that works reliably aand cost effectively then why should they be protected? Let market forces dominate and offshore the whole lot!
If civvies can get into space, then there's surely no further need for a federal space program and embarrasments like the shuttle can be put behind us.
DSL is already taken, so DSL is pretty confusing. Does ADSL stand for Absolutely Damn Small Linux?
Here in NZ we're having some of the wrost snowstorms in 50+ years
Goes faster anyway. I'm sure a 1000mpg version could carry two people and a bag of take out food.
With camera crews now able to broadcast live from anywhere on the planet, news has become the ultimate reality TV show. There's far less interest in capturing and analyzing real facts and far more on sound-bites, dramatic backdrops and other creative content to up viewership.
Recently my household had whooping cough. I had whooping cough as a kid and did not get it this time around. My wife and kids were vaccinated and all got whooping cough. Vaccination really relies on herd immunity rather than individual immunity.
By serving up chick flicks first, the blokes get to have a more effective line of attack: "Honey, I love you so much I've been thinking of buying **you** a new BRay system to watch chick flicks. Just imagine, you'll be able to read the clothing labels & see the individual tears running down Drew's face"
A friend of mine has a camera with a few pixels shot out by a laser. Wasn't particularly powerful, but was a bit more than needed to temporarily blind a camera.
While the "who cares about software efficiency, the hw is getting faster" attitude might be OK for desktop PCs, it does not apply to handheld/mobile devices (which make up a huge, and ever growing, % of all Linux devices). Being able to use a slower CPU (or use a fast one very efficiently) makes for reduced power consumption == smaller devices == longer battery life. Nobody wants a cell phone with a 2 pound battery that only runs for 1 day.
All designs are a compromise of parameters such as cost, speed and power efficiency. Game console makers don't care about the power consumption because they don't pay for the power and it is not something that the customers measure.