I would beware of equating "old stuff" with "doesn't work". Most of the military stuff , asics and so on are basically the best technology money could buy in the eighties, precisely because all the S**t has been thrown out. what causes problem in these cases is, in my view:
1. feature drift; at some point, old stuff cannot cope, and the camel's back is broken;
2.Vendor behaviour: MS has a "force them to upgrade" strategy by which you cannot recall any release that can be called "stable", by rigid standards.
I wouldn't want to go into my usual MS bashing, but consider this: if, by chance, win 2000 SP XYZ was completely stable, I'd buy ten CD's and lock them into ten different vaults, because all ther world would program with that as a target, even five - ten years from now..
You know, this has not been a one way street. the SCO case was possible just because the code base is GPL'd. Wonder if they still have some money left of what Baystar gave them.......;-)
AFAIK, it is much more difficult to build a smaller warhead than a bigger one (the reaction mass would be subcritical per se, unlike the usual design).
as far as I recall, Hitler positively loathed chemical or biological weapons, an heritage of his involvement in WWI. Apparently he positively forbid their use.
"columbus was a dope". in a bar, the bartender and a couple of shmucks bemoan the obsession with techology and progress, basically calling it a mug's game. after a while, the bartender drops a glass and looks at it slowly making its way down, and says that relocating to the Moon has worked wonders for his health.
"Is Firefox/Mozilla usage increasing? Yes, but it is not at 15%."
Remember that there is a HUGE number of users (corporations, etc. ) that just wouldn't or couldn't switch from IE for the life of them. Should you be able to count only the people that actually control which browser they want to use , you would look a t the numbers in a wholly different light.
Seriously, taking into account the barriers to entry (user laziness, etc.) this numbers surely make MS squirm, even if You are right that the true number is nearer 8 % than 15%.
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No, I do not agree with that.
that's a misjudgement of the average slashdotter's quest for something that works, and works well. When Excel 4 came out, easy to use, and with an easy macro language that even a moron like myself could use productively, I was very happy. back to lotus 1-2-3 anyone?
I do recall an old sci-fi story in which ET's came to earth and brought food for all, peace and new technology. somebody from the resistance managed to steal one of their books (sic), and after much thought translated the title, "to serve man". when the first trasport is about to depart, this scientist translates part of the content, and says "it's a cookbook!!"
..remember, this may be a Server processor, but it is also the close cousin of the PC dual core offering, see http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx? i=2178&p=2 . So, we will be able to see if it is worthwhile to spend bucketloads of money on a 939 socket athlon motherboard today.
what you say is perfectly valid. I am a little more partial to athlon 64's myself, but that's fine. the only thing is................Why do I want to throw a tantrum in front of an apple store just to get one?
guys you mistakenly think that people buy software.
People buy computers: OEM's buy software. M$ commercial might will always be able to convince OEM's that offering Dual boot linux systems is not proper.
So, it is not features, or security. MS hasn't had an original idea blockbuster in AGES, it's always something someone else had done first (which is precisely why MS stock is stuck: tthe collective mind of the stock market is wiser than the sum of the participating minds).
I am not strictly a geek, but in my field of knowledge (money management) the same problem exists; and I have my reservations about the ability of geeks to occupy PHB's places.
1. first off, motivations define the people; the very act of becoming a geek, or more appropriately a person that defines himself by the quality of his professional work, is the willingness and the ability to be rigorous AGAINST YOURSELF in a trial and error process. you do not become one if you play the blame game. a PHB doesn't start anything if he doesn't know where eventually the blame will lie ( in management speak "an exit route").
2.for any pro, the equation Effort---> Results must remain valid at all times. A geek could stay up all night programming, but if it is one of those days when nothing good comes out of the grey matter, the urge to do anything else is a dominating factor. for a PHB effort is the end, not a mean to an end; he must be SEEN SWEATING at all times. incidentally, this lack of "creative Laziness" makes the higher up actively opposed to any productivity enhancing idea (...if we use gadget XYZ, we'll do the same job better in less time".... "oh, but then people wuold work less, that's unethical!!")
3. a geek in management would probably pay to go back where he belongs, if only because there's what I call a "farmers' factor" in line work. If you plow a furrow and then look back, you're able to see the job done; if you're in management, and you are accustomed to see what you're doing, you'll be deranged shortly.
4. if, by some quirk of fate, a geek or pro could make it to the valhalla of management, he would wield a mean axe all too soon. the instinct to question the validity of solutions, to trial and error would probably send him to an unexpected finding: all organizations have way too many managers for the amount of work managed. In addition, whenever the managers have seminal choices to do, their accuracy approssimates a random function. In all fairness that's probably because there's not enough info to make a sound decision, but if that's the case, back to the axe.
oh, another thing. it 's funny that "golf buddying" is part of the selection process: in golf, you do not have anyone to blame but yourself.
seroiusly, maybe a dual opteron rig... do not forget that the Athlon 64 FX is functionally identical to the Opteron, the only difference being that the new Athlon fx's are 939 pin and the Opteron is 940 ( http://techreport.com/reviews/2003q4/opteron-x48/i ndex.x?pg=1 ) . here in Italy you can still find the 940 pin variety.
for example, if the country has a wide installed base of microsoft products, and the unit pricing of the software (XP, office) gets disclosed, as it probably will eventually, "small" users could start trying Linux just out of spite.
Remember, just a few corporations and the government are "Big" in any given country.
she won't need to. the system works even if you just apply one of the reflective stickers to the forehead, or better yet to the headset microphone, if she uses one. couple that with sphinx (http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/sphinx/), and bob's your uncle.
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.......should we moderate you Funny (+5)?
AFAIK, the DOD/DARPA establishment is actually working on exoskeleton technology for troopers.
s tm
see this:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1112411.
I would beware of equating "old stuff" with "doesn't work". Most of the military stuff , asics and so on are basically the best technology money could buy in the eighties, precisely because all the S**t has been thrown out. what causes problem in these cases is, in my view:
1. feature drift; at some point, old stuff cannot cope, and the camel's back is broken;
2.Vendor behaviour: MS has a "force them to upgrade" strategy by which you cannot recall any release that can be called "stable", by rigid standards.
I wouldn't want to go into my usual MS bashing, but consider this: if, by chance, win 2000 SP XYZ was completely stable, I'd buy ten CD's and lock them into ten different vaults, because all ther world would program with that as a target, even five - ten years from now..
Check for pilfered open-source code bases?
You know, this has not been a one way street. the SCO case was possible just because the code base is GPL'd. Wonder if they still have some money left of what Baystar gave them.......;-)
..maybe the next ad for microsoft should start with:
"Throw me a frickin' bone here....."
AFAIK, it is much more difficult to build a smaller warhead than a bigger one (the reaction mass would be subcritical per se, unlike the usual design).
as far as I recall, Hitler positively loathed chemical or biological weapons, an heritage of his involvement in WWI. Apparently he positively forbid their use.
"columbus was a dope". in a bar, the bartender and a couple of shmucks bemoan the obsession with techology and progress, basically calling it a mug's game. after a while, the bartender drops a glass and looks at it slowly making its way down, and says that relocating to the Moon has worked wonders for his health.
No, I do not agree with that.
that's a misjudgement of the average slashdotter's quest for something that works, and works well. When Excel 4 came out, easy to use, and with an easy macro language that even a moron like myself could use productively, I was very happy. back to lotus 1-2-3 anyone?
Thank you!
I do recall an old sci-fi story in which ET's came to earth and brought food for all, peace and new technology. somebody from the resistance managed to steal one of their books (sic), and after much thought translated the title, "to serve man". when the first trasport is about to depart, this scientist translates part of the content, and says "it's a cookbook!!"
..Yeah right,the point is that future 939 pin athlon 64 will be dual core as well, and having practically the same capabilities as the opteron
..remember, this may be a Server processor, but it is also the close cousin of the PC dual core offering, see http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx? i=2178&p=2 . So, we will be able to see if it is worthwhile to spend bucketloads of money on a 939 socket athlon motherboard today.
come on, loosen the tie somewhat... after all, serious people do not look up slashdot, ok?;-)
what you say is perfectly valid. I am a little more partial to athlon 64's myself, but that's fine. the only thing is......... .......Why do I want to throw a tantrum in front of an apple store just to get one?
guys you mistakenly think that people buy software.
People buy computers: OEM's buy software. M$ commercial might will always be able to convince OEM's that offering Dual boot linux systems is not proper.
So, it is not features, or security. MS hasn't had an original idea blockbuster in AGES, it's always something someone else had done first (which is precisely why MS stock is stuck: tthe collective mind of the stock market is wiser than the sum of the participating minds).
I am not strictly a geek, but in my field of knowledge (money management) the same problem exists; and I have my reservations about the ability of geeks to occupy PHB's places.
1. first off, motivations define the people; the very act of becoming a geek, or more appropriately a person that defines himself by the quality of his professional work, is the willingness and the ability to be rigorous AGAINST YOURSELF in a trial and error process. you do not become one if you play the blame game. a PHB doesn't start anything if he doesn't know where eventually the blame will lie ( in management speak "an exit route").
2.for any pro, the equation Effort---> Results must remain valid at all times. A geek could stay up all night programming, but if it is one of those days when nothing good comes out of the grey matter, the urge to do anything else is a dominating factor. for a PHB effort is the end, not a mean to an end; he must be SEEN SWEATING at all times. incidentally, this lack of "creative Laziness" makes the higher up actively opposed to any productivity enhancing idea (...if we use gadget XYZ, we'll do the same job better in less time".... "oh, but then people wuold work less, that's unethical!!")
3. a geek in management would probably pay to go back where he belongs, if only because there's what I call a "farmers' factor" in line work. If you plow a furrow and then look back, you're able to see the job done; if you're in management, and you are accustomed to see what you're doing, you'll be deranged shortly.
4. if, by some quirk of fate, a geek or pro could make it to the valhalla of management, he would wield a mean axe all too soon. the instinct to question the validity of solutions, to trial and error would probably send him to an unexpected finding: all organizations have way too many managers for the amount of work managed. In addition, whenever the managers have seminal choices to do, their accuracy approssimates a random function. In all fairness that's probably because there's not enough info to make a sound decision, but if that's the case, back to the axe.
oh, another thing. it 's funny that "golf buddying" is part of the selection process: in golf, you do not have anyone to blame but yourself.
the point is, a 939 pin athlon 64 wouldn't be compatible with these : http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q2/dually-optero ns/index.x?pg=1
seroiusly, maybe a dual opteron rig... do not forget that the Athlon 64 FX is functionally identical to the Opteron, the only difference being that the new Athlon fx's are 939 pin and the Opteron is 940 ( http://techreport.com/reviews/2003q4/opteron-x48/i ndex.x?pg=1 ) . here in Italy you can still find the 940 pin variety.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of.... ok, ok, I'll shut up.
there's only so much road to go down that route.
for example, if the country has a wide installed base of microsoft products, and the unit pricing of the software (XP, office) gets disclosed, as it probably will eventually, "small" users could start trying Linux just out of spite.
Remember, just a few corporations and the government are "Big" in any given country.
........why, THEY have UIDs starting from 1 and going on!!!!!!!!!
Gotta catch'em all!!!
she won't need to. the system works even if you just apply one of the reflective stickers to the forehead, or better yet to the headset microphone, if she uses one. couple that with sphinx (http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/sphinx/), and bob's your uncle.