Due to overwhelming requests and inquiries about specialized customization and personal control over the boards, we've decided to go one step further with our goal to do more than everyone else out there: Open Source
Maybe, if that's what you are planning to do, you should explain clearly that you or - qboard.org - will always be the source for downloading "your version" and that qboard being open source only makes your possibilities for providing new and consistent features with potentially less effort. Explain, that you will still keep control of this one release althought there might be others as well - which might be suitable for some. You are just opening new possibilities, this should not be anything to fear of - if everything looks and is under control.
at least now I don't have to drop a full dollar into the machine every time I want to play this addictive game
Wow - did not all the metal dropped in your C64 have an unwanted effect:))) Here's some screenshots from the C64/128 version. Which imho, was stated of the art in some sense when it first appeared.
I believe everything I do, say, write or output in any other form is a combination what I have noticed around me before. So, should I, in the end of this comment post the list of everything that has given me input and therefore affected the content of this comment, including the numerous typing errors:) Some individuals might be able to output a higher percentage of unique content - but atleast in my case 99.999% is combinations of previous observations. To begin with, I would like to give credit to my father, mother and the midwife who helped me get outa there. Or maybe, the credits list should start earlier, maybe I should give credit to the authors of the music pieces which I heard while in the womb. I don't intend to troll, but I would like to argue that about nothing is unique.
I thought that as this article might trigger some compressionists to listen, maybe you would be interested in taking this challenge:
Maximum compression-rate with lossless algorithm Implement a compression algorithm that virtually takes resources for granted and provides ultimate compression rate for "source-like" data. If this is not enough, design a method for automatically detecting the optimal compression rate / bandwidth to optimize the total download/uncompress time. Who downloads and uncompresses the Linux kernel fastest using same bandwidth and identical HW resources?
The company has crafted a new partnership with RSA Security Inc., which will lead to merging zip capability with security features in the same programs. This will build on PKWare's earlier efforts to add features to its own programs allowing the encryption and authentication of files placed in zip archives.
It's ten times cheaper, but still roughly a hundred times more expensive than most people can afford
The good part in it - is that most people don't need to be able to afford it. And, if we some day release we do, then one of the existing massively distributed computing efforts will facilitate something similar to be utilized by the Joe Average. So, yes, I believe in the future common people will have access to vast distributed CPU resources - the only "little" problem there is that the bandwidth problem is a bit harder to solve - but in 20-30 years, maybe bandwidth does not work as so bad bottleneck anymore:)
The system has a few unique features that the lab says will facilitate applications performance, including a fast, custom-made network that taps into an enterprisewide file system.
"This network approach is nice because we can use a standard PCI slot on each processor node, which gives a 4.5-microsecond latency," he said, as opposed to 90-s latency for Gigabit Ethernet."
The boards are linked by a network assembled by Linux Networx into a clustered system that will have 960 server nodes.
The file system, called Lustre, uses a client/server model. Large, fast RAM-based memory systems support a metadata center, and data is represented across the enterprise in the form of object-storage targets. "Being able to share data across the enterprise is an exciting new capability
I think this is especially interesting, because it seems to glue together pieces from traditional clustering and distribted or metacomputing. Is there some site for this project with more details?
There's a lot of open-source code around, and generally, it's quite easy to find. Finding open source data, on the other hand, can be quite a pain
When you go to Google to find software to fill some specific need, you already know quite clearly how to search. The problem with finding "open data" is that there currently is not any commonly used clear label on such texts, research and articles. I tend to mention that the content is released under the GNU Free Documentation License or FDL when I want to release something to be freely utlized by anyone. One such case is for example the Amazon Discoveries series. Not that it would be any useful for anyone:) This problem is a bit related to the problem of releasing your idea or concept under such license - there does not seem any clear practise how to go on about this:: what to do if your idea might be unique but you do not want to patent it. We have that exact problem with for example the Openchallenge concept submissions. Any ideas on what practises to use in that case would help us out.
Your article was an interesting read. But what I would like to add is that it might be theoritically possible to physically position the intruder - especially, if you have made specific preparations for it (by placing a few extra access points as radars to do the triangle-mapping thing). You could use a tool like procycle to do it for example. Then just dispatch your favorite security guard Igor and Vasili and let them do the rest:) Here's a clip from the Procycle page:
Features: Measuring locations, Mapping, Data transfer tests, Producing quality survey reports,
Graph. Requirements, Nokia 802.11b WLAN PCMCIA card, Windows 98/Me/NT/2000
60 months:
- Can use many descriptive words spontaneously-both adjectives and adverbs
- Knows common opposites: big-little, hard-soft, heave-light, etc
- Has number concepts of 4 or more
- Can count to ten
- Speech should be completely intelligible, in spite of articulation problems
Now, a simple guestion: how is Apple going to handle the immense problem with increasing version numbers....11 is not very far anymore:)
...who have made success (in money sense too) only by having their music downloadable. I think the music industry will follow, when they realize it's still the same business undependant of the media used to deliver the goods. (some) music will never be free, it's still a profession - but restricting the used media, size and price of the product is the thing that we should work on. So, maybe next time when you see your favorite artist offering something over internet you should actually buy it and not just talk. (I myself am a dinosaur and like fiddling with LPs and CDs - having a concrete item is part of the music for me:)
Excuse me, but in the long run, what makes the case the of India different? Their current relatively poor income per capita might make it easy playground to battle with money in the beginning - but in the long run, why would India be any different? If, as it seems, many of the developed countries prefer open source and Linux - how can anyone believe India would be an isolated island in the future? They will face the problem even if they manage to brainwash a significant percent of the current coder generation
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Due to overwhelming requests and inquiries about specialized customization and personal control over the boards, we've decided to go one step further with our goal to do more than everyone else out there: Open Source
Maybe, if that's what you are planning to do, you should explain clearly that you or - qboard.org - will always be the source for downloading "your version" and that qboard being open source only makes your possibilities for providing new and consistent features with potentially less effort. Explain, that you will still keep control of this one release althought there might be others as well - which might be suitable for some. You are just opening new possibilities, this should not be anything to fear of - if everything looks and is under control.
Wow - did not all the metal dropped in your C64 have an unwanted effect :))) Here's some screenshots from the C64/128 version. Which imho, was stated of the art in some sense when it first appeared.
I believe everything I do, say, write or output in any other form is a combination what I have noticed around me before. So, should I, in the end of this comment post the list of everything that has given me input and therefore affected the content of this comment, including the numerous typing errors :) Some individuals might be able to output a higher percentage of unique content - but atleast in my case 99.999% is combinations of previous observations. To begin with, I would like to give credit to my father, mother and the midwife who helped me get outa there. Or maybe, the credits list should start earlier, maybe I should give credit to the authors of the music pieces which I heard while in the womb. I don't intend to troll, but I would like to argue that about nothing is unique.
Maximum compression-rate with lossless algorithm
Implement a compression algorithm that virtually takes resources for granted and provides ultimate compression rate for "source-like" data. If this is not enough, design a method for automatically detecting the optimal compression rate / bandwidth to optimize the total download/uncompress time. Who downloads and uncompresses the Linux kernel fastest using same bandwidth and identical HW resources?
They need a new name. PKIWare :)
The good part in it - is that most people don't need to be able to afford it. And, if we some day release we do, then one of the existing massively distributed computing efforts will facilitate something similar to be utilized by the Joe Average. So, yes, I believe in the future common people will have access to vast distributed CPU resources - the only "little" problem there is that the bandwidth problem is a bit harder to solve - but in 20-30 years, maybe bandwidth does not work as so bad bottleneck anymore :)
The system has a few unique features that the lab says will facilitate applications performance, including a fast, custom-made network that taps into an enterprisewide file system.
"This network approach is nice because we can use a standard PCI slot on each processor node, which gives a 4.5-microsecond latency," he said, as opposed to 90-s latency for Gigabit Ethernet."
The boards are linked by a network assembled by Linux Networx into a clustered system that will have 960 server nodes.
The file system, called Lustre, uses a client/server model. Large, fast RAM-based memory systems support a metadata center, and data is represented across the enterprise in the form of object-storage targets. "Being able to share data across the enterprise is an exciting new capability
I think this is especially interesting, because it seems to glue together pieces from traditional clustering and distribted or metacomputing. Is there some site for this project with more details?
When you go to Google to find software to fill some specific need, you already know quite clearly how to search. The problem with finding "open data" is that there currently is not any commonly used clear label on such texts, research and articles. I tend to mention that the content is released under the GNU Free Documentation License or FDL when I want to release something to be freely utlized by anyone. One such case is for example the Amazon Discoveries series. Not that it would be any useful for anyone :) This problem is a bit related to the problem of releasing your idea or concept under such license - there does not seem any clear practise how to go on about this :: what to do if your idea might be unique but you do not want to patent it. We have that exact problem with for example the Openchallenge concept submissions. Any ideas on what practises to use in that case would help us out.
Features: Measuring locations, Mapping, Data transfer tests, Producing quality survey reports, Graph. Requirements, Nokia 802.11b WLAN PCMCIA card, Windows 98/Me/NT/2000
60 months:
- Can use many descriptive words spontaneously-both adjectives and adverbs
- Knows common opposites: big-little, hard-soft, heave-light, etc
- Has number concepts of 4 or more
- Can count to ten
- Speech should be completely intelligible, in spite of articulation problems
Now, a simple guestion: how is Apple going to handle the immense problem with increasing version numbers....11 is not very far anymore :)
...who have made success (in money sense too) only by having their music downloadable. I think the music industry will follow, when they realize it's still the same business undependant of the media used to deliver the goods. (some) music will never be free, it's still a profession - but restricting the used media, size and price of the product is the thing that we should work on. So, maybe next time when you see your favorite artist offering something over internet you should actually buy it and not just talk. (I myself am a dinosaur and like fiddling with LPs and CDs - having a concrete item is part of the music for me :)
That was supposed to be: .... toward long-term shareholder value.
Excuse me, but in the long run, what makes the case the of India different? Their current relatively poor income per capita might make it easy playground to battle with money in the beginning - but in the long run, why would India be any different? If, as it seems, many of the developed countries prefer open source and Linux - how can anyone believe India would be an isolated island in the future? They will face the problem even if they manage to brainwash a significant percent of the current coder generation