He's not saying that it is a violation of the GPL.
I think that he is more concerned about software that is included on the distro that is not covered by the GPL. For example if they include software that is under BSD - they are under no obligation to release the source.
"...but the system also contains non-copylefted programs which are points of vulnerability. Free software developers, please don't let them license YOUR program per seat. Use the GNU GPL!"
I think that this is pretty unfair. These are due to be in production in 2003. The technology has been around a long time. It is challenging to make it at a reasonable cost and in a small volume.
These are engineering problems, it's not some exotic technology
This is a great article if you've just installed FreeBSD and are trying to get your feet wet, but I've been searching for an artical on what to do next.
So by default the CDROM is root only. What is the best way to change that?
CVSup and you have the latest edition of the source. For the base system that is great just make buildworld then make installworld
What about the apps I've added. What is the best way to keep those current? Does portupgrade recompile the app everytime?
After cvsup I used to do a
cd/var/db/pkg portupgrade *
and just leave for a day or so... Can I just upgrade the binaries somehow instead of recompiling?
What do you mean "at what point does this stop being MS's fault"?
They broke the law. In a court of law they were found guilty. It never stops being their fault - they did it.
Can you really not understand why people are upset by the proposal that punishes a company that has been found guilty of breaking the laws of the United States with behavior reminiscent of the crime?
I'm not opposed to the idea of helping these schools, but these are separate issues. Fine let's decide to give the schools the settlement. Give them 1.7 billion in cash and let them maintain their buildings, pay teachers more (i.e. let them decide what they need).
What else are they going to throw in free downloads of windows media player?
I was getting married a few years ago. Our wedding bands where shipped via fedex to chicago. We received and empty box and attitude from fedex when we called about it.
They found the fedex employee that stole the bands at o'hare and sent them to us 2 weeks after our wedding without so much as an apology. UPS would have to deliver dog fecies to my house to get me to use fedex again.
As it's been stated hundreds of times by now - insure your stuff.
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Is this related to disk caching? It sure makes browsers faster. Maybe this is why they are so much better
Although, we can make hydrogen from water just by running the fuel cell in reverse. We just need a power source. This is where solar power comes in
Use energy from the sun to make H2 from H2O. It's slow but who cares it runs all day. Store up the H2 to burn in your car in an hour or so.
Shor
In the short term though expect to see things like Methanol or Gasoline reformed to H2 in your car. Even with the reforming it can still be more efficient to use a fuel cell than to burn the fuel.
This is something that you glossed over - it's more efficient to use a fuel cell than to burn oil. Keep in mind that oil must also be refined to be used. And the current power density of solar isn't high enough for automotive apps.
I know a lot of these codes are relatively old and not that glamorous (lot of simulation, thermodynamics etc.) but the science behind them hasn't changed dramatically - energy is still conserved in fortran or C++ right?
For those of us that are writing scientific code it's nice to be able to reuse bits here and there and to see how somebody else tackled a similar problem.
Just browsing around I see quite a few codes that I used in classes for homework and projects (provided at the time by the instructor). Mechanical Engineers still like fortran (when it's spelled in lower case).
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He's not saying that it is a violation of the GPL.
I think that he is more concerned about software that is included on the distro that is not covered by the GPL. For example if they include software that is under BSD - they are under no obligation to release the source.
"...but the system also contains non-copylefted programs which are points of vulnerability. Free software developers, please don't let them license YOUR program per seat. Use the GNU GPL!"
This saying is getting a little worn out but it is ringing more and more true lately...
"A third political party in a America? First we need to have a second."
At least our tax dollars aren't paying for this - that's a relief
You could also check out some of Wolfram's work online if you don't remember how to use paper...
c le s/ca/
http://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/arti
Finally that annoying office assistant has a purpose. How do you start up office if you can't get the machine to boot though?
The CD player in my computer is the only one I own.
I really hope this doesn't catch on with good music.
Think of the power you have over Redhat. Simply by installing a new version you FORCE them to announce a major upgrade.
Hmmmmmm, If you install 7.3 on 3 or 4 boxes maybe we could 8.0 out imeadiately!
a lot like batteries but it's a pretty big advantage to just be able to put more fuel in rather than having to recharge them.
Fuel-cells are 'pie-in-the-sky'?
I think that this is pretty unfair. These are due to be in production in 2003. The technology has been around a long time. It is challenging to make it at a reasonable cost and in a small volume.
These are engineering problems, it's not some exotic technology
ya i guess your right
i'm apparently running their 2000th version and it still crashes from time to time.
does debian have qt3?
This is a great article if you've just installed FreeBSD and are trying to get your feet wet, but I've been searching for an artical on what to do next.
/var/db/pkg
So by default the CDROM is root only. What is the best way to change that?
CVSup and you have the latest edition of the source. For the base system that is great just make buildworld then make installworld
What about the apps I've added. What is the best way to keep those current? Does portupgrade recompile the app everytime?
After cvsup I used to do a
cd
portupgrade *
and just leave for a day or so... Can I just upgrade the binaries somehow instead of recompiling?
Maybe it'll be a series of articles!
I usually use the barrel of a mechanical pencil to straighten pins on electronic components.
Just take out the lead, insert the barrel over pin and straighten it.
if he killed himself in 1989 who is this?
hofmann
I've been curious about ebooks but not enough to actually investigate them further. Are many people using them?
Maybe I have the wrong impression but I can't imagine them being better to read from than paper.
I'm really thinking about switching to OSX.
It would be cool to see IBM make one of these powered by that chip that they make what's it called? PowerPC?
A lab patner turned me onto it (like heroin) eight or nine years ago. Every so often I decide to play a quick game which ends hours later...
At my peak I played every day... I wonder why my masters took so long hmm....
Well there is always Javascript...
http://www.uiowa.edu/~itsarcs/jni/seosl/
It's not as though he is using FORTRAN66
There are modern implimentations of fortran that include stucts, dynamic allocation etc. (fortran95)
Well written code in any language is easier to maintain and read. Fortran is pretty nice for numerical calculations.
Having said that - there are some books out there targeted at this market.
Introductory Java for Scientists and Engineers
by Richard Davies
Essential C++ for Engineers and Scientists
Jeri R. Hanly
and many more...
What do you mean "at what point does this stop being MS's fault"?
They broke the law. In a court of law they were found guilty. It never stops being their fault - they did it.
Can you really not understand why people are upset by the proposal that punishes a company that has been found guilty of breaking the laws of the United States with behavior reminiscent of the crime?
I'm not opposed to the idea of helping these schools, but these are separate issues. Fine let's decide to give the schools the settlement. Give them 1.7 billion in cash and let them maintain their buildings, pay teachers more (i.e. let them decide what they need).
What else are they going to throw in free downloads of windows media player?
I was getting married a few years ago. Our wedding bands where shipped via fedex to chicago. We received and empty box and attitude from fedex when we called about it.
They found the fedex employee that stole the bands at o'hare and sent them to us 2 weeks after our wedding without so much as an apology. UPS would have to deliver dog fecies to my house to get me to use fedex again.
As it's been stated hundreds of times by now - insure your stuff.
Is this related to disk caching? It sure makes browsers faster. Maybe this is why they are so much better
Although, we can make hydrogen from water just by running the fuel cell in reverse. We just need a power source. This is where solar power comes in
Use energy from the sun to make H2 from H2O. It's slow but who cares it runs all day. Store up the H2 to burn in your car in an hour or so.
Shor
In the short term though expect to see things like Methanol or Gasoline reformed to H2 in your car. Even with the reforming it can still be more efficient to use a fuel cell than to burn the fuel.
This is something that you glossed over - it's more efficient to use a fuel cell than to burn oil. Keep in mind that oil must also be refined to be used. And the current power density of solar isn't high enough for automotive apps.
This is pretty cool.
I know a lot of these codes are relatively old and not that glamorous (lot of simulation, thermodynamics etc.) but the science behind them hasn't changed dramatically - energy is still conserved in fortran or C++ right?
For those of us that are writing scientific code it's nice to be able to reuse bits here and there and to see how somebody else tackled a similar problem.
Just browsing around I see quite a few codes that I used in classes for homework and projects (provided at the time by the instructor). Mechanical Engineers still like fortran (when it's spelled in lower case).
I wonder how hot they can get. I'd rather strap them all over my car's exhaust pipe and get rid of the alternator.
And how about geothermal? Maybe they don't scale up...