Linux run on a LOT more devices than Windows can. Microsoft's a lot like Apple that way. The limited subset of computers designed for their OS are well-supported, but forget about running the OS on any exotic hardware.
Look how long it took them to get it running on the OLPC.
I read the article, as well as several others on the same subject, before I submitted it.
It's a news story, and I know there's not a lot of information there, but remember Slashdot is a discussion site. I'm sure we'll be able to introduce tome interesting analysis ourselves rather than being spoonfed content by the news media.
If you're not sure where to start, how about looking at how hard it would be to export Outlook emails, and whether it would be particularly challenging to develop an app like this.
You Evangelists always say it's so easy to use, but if Windows is so easy, how come this guy needs L337 skills just to avoid being labelled a child pornographer and losing his job?
Next time anyone says "No one ever got sacked for buying Microsoft", I'm pointing to this guy.
Popcorn poppers get too hot too early for some roasts. If you cut a bean in half on a light roast, you'll see the inside is lighter than the outside. That makes for a muddy flavour.
A pan on the stovetop works better for taste, if you take it slowly to first crack so the beans are heated all the way through before going dark.
At the very least it would have been nice to be able to obtain a version that statically links in libpangocairo.
That's the distro mainteaners' job.
And I'm sure one will be available in a few weeks if enough people want it.
In the mean time, Pango/Cairo is the font layout and rendering engine that makes the new Firefox look better, and the rest of us want that, so you'll have to pry it out of our cold, dead hands...
Which sounds to me like a new source of raw materials for plastics.
Some bacterial polysaccharides are already used commercially, though they tend to be used more for gums and edible films like xanthan gum, dextran, and pullulan.
Cell walls tend to make up between 15 and 30% of the dry mass of an organism.
The composition of it depends on what type of organism they use. Plant cells would result in cellulose waste, yeast cells, protein and chitinous material, bacteria would most likely be polysaccharides or lipids.
if the process really worked they would be commercializing it and completely destabilizing OPEC.
The process is likely to work, though scaling up may be a problem, but they're very unlikely to have the field to themselves.
There are a lot of companies looking at similar ways of producing fuels. Sapphire Energy claims to be able to make 91 octane gasoline directly from sunlight, CO2 and algae.
Many fringe energy sources have become cost competitive with geological oil since it more than quadrupled in price. What will be interesting is how the oil giants respond to this competition.
I've been doing DTP for 20 years. All the tools I used back in the 80s still work. (Clunky, based on DOS or Win 3.1, or Mac OS 7, but they still work without too much hassle. Adobe File Utilities for instace.) These can convert, sometimes via intemediate formats, to formats like RTF and thus to anything, or just printed to Postscript and distilled to PDF.
Ok, I have more than 5000 documents in several obsolete formats.
Your way is to open each document with the original editor, save it in however many intermediate formats are needed to reach a viable modern format, repeat ad nauseum.
Our way is to use an open, well specified format that we can simply write automated conversion tools for.
The Intel machine is a lot better than the OLPC," says Mohamed Bani, who chairs Libya's technical advisory committee but doesn't have the final say on buying laptops. "I don't want my country to be a junkyard for these machines. Shortly after the OLPC deal was signed, Microsoft announced the founding of a $150 million learning center based in Libya.
Ths statement was made shortly after the announcement.
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Except for structural purposes.
I'm still waiting for truly open document formats.
XP has a remarkably good support for x86 hardware
Fixed that for you.
Linux run on a LOT more devices than Windows can. Microsoft's a lot like Apple that way. The limited subset of computers designed for their OS are well-supported, but forget about running the OS on any exotic hardware.
Look how long it took them to get it running on the OLPC.
Blame Canada.
Don't be too hard on yourself.
At least you got halfway there.
Now that we've started to behave like a sovereign nation again, we might start to shed a few collective kilos...
So no Americans choose to watch Fox?
Annexe it as the 51st state of the USA.
Once Mars is American, the weight gain will be a fait accompli.
It's a news story, and I know there's not a lot of information there, but remember Slashdot is a discussion site. I'm sure we'll be able to introduce tome interesting analysis ourselves rather than being spoonfed content by the news media.
If you're not sure where to start, how about looking at how hard it would be to export Outlook emails, and whether it would be particularly challenging to develop an app like this.
You prefer to spank the monkey?
That doesn't make sense at all.
Either the platform is vulnerable and needs specialised skills to keep malware out, or it's as easy to use as the Evangelists claim.
Whether the guy himself supplies the skills or his IT team does it is irrelevant.
You've got to admit the OP has a point though.
The guy in TFA got sacked for using Windows.
You Evangelists always say it's so easy to use, but if Windows is so easy, how come this guy needs L337 skills just to avoid being labelled a child pornographer and losing his job?
Next time anyone says "No one ever got sacked for buying Microsoft", I'm pointing to this guy.
A pan on the stovetop works better for taste, if you take it slowly to first crack so the beans are heated all the way through before going dark.
That's the distro mainteaners' job.
And I'm sure one will be available in a few weeks if enough people want it.
In the mean time, Pango/Cairo is the font layout and rendering engine that makes the new Firefox look better, and the rest of us want that, so you'll have to pry it out of our cold, dead hands...
have a look at Zero Install. It solves most of the problems you've mentioned.
Maybe if it was running WinCE.
Some bacterial polysaccharides are already used commercially, though they tend to be used more for gums and edible films like xanthan gum, dextran, and pullulan.
Wear a big glove?
Cell walls tend to make up between 15 and 30% of the dry mass of an organism.
The composition of it depends on what type of organism they use. Plant cells would result in cellulose waste, yeast cells, protein and chitinous material, bacteria would most likely be polysaccharides or lipids.
Most likely into the cellulose and lignin that makes up the cellular structure.
The process is likely to work, though scaling up may be a problem, but they're very unlikely to have the field to themselves.
There are a lot of companies looking at similar ways of producing fuels. Sapphire Energy claims to be able to make 91 octane gasoline directly from sunlight, CO2 and algae.
Many fringe energy sources have become cost competitive with geological oil since it more than quadrupled in price. What will be interesting is how the oil giants respond to this competition.
That's a good approach, though I'd use SSH tunnelling rather than VNC.
The one that works best for me though, is using my Nokia N800 as a MythTV remote with Mythetomer.
It all works over WiFi/ethernet, so you don't have to worry about LIRC or Bluetooth.
Ok, I have more than 5000 documents in several obsolete formats.
Your way is to open each document with the original editor, save it in however many intermediate formats are needed to reach a viable modern format, repeat ad nauseum.
Our way is to use an open, well specified format that we can simply write automated conversion tools for.
See any differences in efficiency there?
The entry point to document management that MS provides will be the default for a lot of people
Ths statement was made shortly after the announcement.