Why not start testing drugs/treatments on prisoners
As I recall, prisons are already a haven for drug testing. Volunteering = Good Behavior and can also lead to improved meals, etc. Plus, the drug companies no that most prisoners are on a controlled diet, which is also helpful.
So, to re-iterate, any OS development money spent on lawsuits hurts OS movement. Of course there are cases where the results or just the publicity of the lawsuit can help more (or hurt less) than not going to court, but that's beside the point.
I'm not sure. Imagine RedHat succeeds and wins the case. They are awarded triple damages, putting a hurting on SCO in a big way, SCO can't pay up (no huge cash reserves, and all the lawyers fees are adding up). RedHat and the Linux community graciously accept the right to the "Unix" name and all original source code as compensation.
Suddenly, Linux *IS* Unix.
Ok, it really wouldn't be, and Linus has no real desire to make it so. But think of the chaos!
While there are some poorly implemented SD cards are there that perform poorly, I was under the imprssion it was one of the faster formats avaiable, partly owing to its "newness". Unfortunately, I can't find the page that had direct performance numbers right now, but I did find at least this quote
Despite the highly desirable small number of pins, the SD Memory Card is designed for exceptionally high read/write performance.
Do you have any sources for this speed concern?
And note my intention in booting from the device is from a recovery/maintenance perspective, not a full time OS, though I can see a benefit (converting old laptops, etc)
There's usually nothing special in the boot sector, but occasionally they'll play games by replacing DOS with the flash program, so that there is no OS, just the BIOS, but usually they'll just have autoexec.bat execute the flash program.
Anyway, I'd say all you need to do is format f:/s, then copy the contents of the floppy to the flash device. Of course I haven't tried this yet, since I just found out my question got posted when I wasn't looking:(
Robotic technology is going to be a sitting duck for this kind of lawsuit, since it has one little problem, there is nobody to give evidence for the robot, your word against the robots, who do we believe
I see it the other way. The robot driver will have a black box, it will say object A was detected traveling at 45mph at a vector that corresponds to the parking lot entrance, I applied max braking force (proven to be 20% more effective than a human could be). The other driver will so no, I came to a complete stop, and started to inch out, when the robot car swerverd into me! (assuming his own cars electronics dont rat him out. Maybe hes driving a classic Chevy Nova).
Hmm, who does the insurance company believe, the "black box/video tape" or the the "victim of an out of control robot".
Yeah, the introducer will have to test the hell out of the system, but we've had robotic brakes for ages (ok, the cops sued about these cause they were used to driving on the edge and used the locked tires for emergency manuvers, but I recall they lost), And have in recent years been expanded to "Yaw control/anti-spin" techs. Not to mention robotic throttles have been in place for about three years now and are rapidly taking over.
I'm betting Cadillac will actually take the lead here, since they've already outfitted some of their vehicles with vision systems (the HUD/Nightvision on the Deville), and GM takes this stuff public with Cadillac first for a number of reasons.
Personally, I expect the robotic lawnmower to be a bigger liability, just seems a matter of time til someone loses a toe to the thing:)
While I agree that nuisance lawsuits are out of control (My personal favorite were the Audi's that supposedly had brake failures simultaneously with their gas pedals being fully engaged, but then worked fine five minutes later), the situation is not as bad as you imply.
Take the current subject of robots. They are already penetrating our society. There are robotic lawn mowers, floor sweepers, fench fry cookers, dogs, etc. Just because we dont have a prehistoric C3PO wandering about muttering "Kill all humans" doesn't mean threats of lawsuits are keeping killbots from the market.
So where might threats of lawsuits be keeping robots from? Well, I'm betting they are slowing down the introduction of robotic drivers. I'm sure you may be happy to accept the risk of your robot car screwing up, but does that mean the folks shopping at Qwikie Mart do? When your 4,000lb killing machine screws up and drives full throttle thru a Quickie Mart, their surviving relatives should just suck it up and say "Its all for technological progress?" When the neighborhood mad scientist amputates you legs because his anti-mosquito laser drew a bit to much power are you gonna smile from your wheelchair and say it was worth it?
It's funny how if you look back at the turn of the century there was no legal barrier to try out new technological stuff, but just try to imagine the then inventors of automobiles selling their first rickety inventions in todays unbelievably hostile legal climate. The whole technological and transportation revolution would simply not have happened
With modern design tools, such as CAD/CAM and computerized milling machines, there is almost no excuse for building anything rickety or unproven. Some time ago I worked with an old aviation pioneer building a revolutionary transportation device. I did not return for a second internship because what they were doing was starting to scare the shit out of me, I became convinced the project was going to kill some one, and a few years later I was proven right.
Is it your premise that their negligence in the vehicles construction was acceptable? Will it be ok when Sam the Robot impales little Cindy on a meat hook becaus ethe programs mixed up inches and cm? (or cm and mm?) Or didn't account for O-ring britleness in the meat locker?
You know, I was talking to my dad last night, and he said:
"If you don't get addequate controls on this computer to protect the copyright holders Intellectual Property, I'm going to have to ban that cable modem from this house!"
He then went on about how there wasn't enough taxes, and how the unemployement rate was too low to ensure that every man, woman, and child had access to the american dream...
OK, explain to me how the latter would be a bad thing? When was the last time your doctor told you "well, we can either kill you, or cure you - it's your choice", and anyone chose the former?
They do in Star Trek!
"Capatin Picard, the bacteria infecting you has merged with you DNA, forming a unique life form! I can't just shoot you full of pennicillin."
"You're right! I'd rather die than commit genocide on a microscopic single celled organism! If we can't extract them and allow them to feed on inert Bio-matter supply, I'd rather die!"
Well, I've never been "Skinny" either. When you're overweight and out of shape, its not likely that ANYTHING you do is going to be fun at first. There's a lot of technical/biological reasons for this, but I'll skip that part. The key is to do it anyway, and find a way to distract yourself from what you are doing, otherwise you'll focus on the discomfort, making it worse. Having a friend there, even if they just stand there and encourage you, works well, you can concentrate on the conversation. Or watch your favorite show.
The key is to make yourself start. Set a goal of only five minutes the first time. Remember, this is likely as bad as it will get.
Then take only 1 day off. Your body will recover and brace itself for another "attack" of exercise, making the next time easier. But if you wait too long, this extra support fades away, and the next time is just as hard. As you near that five minute mark, see if you can push out another two. Work your way up to 15 minutes; this is really the magic number you are looking for.
Why? Well, around 12 minutes or so you body will transition from anaerobic to aerobic conditioning. The brain will have also started compensation for the stress by dumping pain relieving hormones in your bloodstream, which has the beneficial side effect of being a bit addictive. You keep up the exercise for a few weeks (three should be enough) and you'll start to crave that dose when you can't exercise. Trust me. Plus, increasing the time once you've hit the fifteen minute mark is relatively easy.
Once you've been doing this for a while you may start wanting to change what you eat, or maybe pick up some weights. Once you've done the first few, its ok to go two days between sessions. But three is pushing it, a full week and you'll be clear of the addiction and you'll have motivation problems again.
I also find it helps if you can mix up the machines. Exerbike, then recumbent bike, then stairmaster, then Ski machine, then eliptical walker... But this is because I tend to use machines
Well this is a little different. Usually the first thing people say when they get whiff of non-Apple PPC computers is "Mac Clones". Excellent choice in choosing "Windows clones"
1) Microsoft stopped porting Windows to PPC with NT 4. I dont this all the service packs even made it. Which is just as well, because finding PPC hardware that would run, or any additional software that would run on it, was just about impossible. Also, most of the 64 bit porting you describe is making the code 64 bit clean, not reimplementing it on a new instruction set.
2) IBM is not about to enter a spat with Apple. They have their own OS that runs on PPC (AIX) and a huge commitment to Linux, which also runs on PPC. They have an opportunity to introduce 64 bit Linux on a "inexpensive" platform with the 970, and they are going for it. Personally I like they idea, because I go several apps that could benefit for 64 bitness, but management seems adverse to buying Apple's to install Linux on for support reasons.
Technically you can, but you really wouldn't want to. Connectix took the time to optimize some pervasive system calls so that rather than running a pure i386 emulator, the also intercept those calls and run PPC versions. This leads to major speed ups. At least according to the Marketing folks they did.
Then again, if the DOS version only emulates a 386, Win2k may not install after all.
Does this imply that I can expect a lawsuit from DirecTV? AmEx sent me two smart card readers/programers for my Amex Blue.
Of course, Im also a happy DirecTiVo user who pays his bills. Anyone think they'll bother to cross reference the two lists? [Then again, I've seen several references to "pirates" who recommend maintain minimal service with DirecTV]
Where do you think they send hardened file sharing criminals? I keep getting the image of Arlo Guthrie on the bench with the axe murderers and father rapers at the draft board because of his littering conviction being informed he can be drafted to go to Vietnam.
But then, 15,000 years in Club Fed with Micheal Milken, et al. is certainly doable. I could work out all day getting all buff, play a few rounds of golf...
In nutshell, this comment shows perfectly why Linux will never succeed in the mass market. It is built by developers...for developers. The end users are irrelevant.
Obviously you don't understand Linus's role in all this. Linus' customers ARE developers. Joe sixpack doesn't go download the latest kernel and install, he goes and picks up RedHat/Debian/Gentoo/Slackware/etc... from CompUSA. RedHat/Debian/Gentoo/Slackware/etc... are Linus's customers, they are the ones that deal with him
Sure printers are affordable, but heavy users of inkjets would sooner pay more for the printer and have cheaper ink.
This is nonsense. There are tons of inkjet options out there,and even more when the customer takes off the inkjet blinders and looks at other technologies like laserjets, solid ink, etc. Anybody notice very few offices use Inkjets? Its because the the know (or the Xerox/Copy machine/Printer Salesman showed them) the cost per page numbers.
I've sold printers to consumers before. A good chunk (70% or so) can't look much beyond basic price and brand comparisons. The ad says I can get a printer for $49! where is it!
But feel free to prove me wrong. Start "Mike High Priced Printers and Dirt cheap Ink!" and put the big guys out of business. I'm sure the'll even sell you the high tech print heads, etc. OEM. Without warranty, of course, as your customers experiment with filling the inkwells with colored urine samples. I'm sure you'll have the last laugh as you drive them out of buisness.
Yes, I want to source compiles on the dozens of linux systems I maintain everytime I need to tweak build parameters.
If your paranoid enough not to trust the RPM Builders, the checksums, the download process, etc, then download the src.rpm; unpack the contents, and do your vodoo tricks. Then run rpmbuild to build your own damned binary package. I've done it (Ok, I'm a RHCE) and its cake.
Basically, this isn't a reason to dis binary packages unless your paranoia is well into the tinfoil hat level.
While at first glance it seems heavily slanted towards Debian's.deb packages (Its first and contains more "YES"'s than the competition), as a developer I'd be far more concerned with basics like "market penetration" than whether it allows me to assign my package a "priority" over other packages.
I suppose it might be of use to folks building their own distribution, but I expect thats a pretty short list.
But personally, I tend to grab the source when I'm adding something that RedHat didn't include (or seems woefully out of date)
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But what if I were trying to protect my monopoly on x86 operating systems?
More SCO news!
As I recall, prisons are already a haven for drug testing. Volunteering = Good Behavior and can also lead to improved meals, etc. Plus, the drug companies no that most prisoners are on a controlled diet, which is also helpful.
This is comical because my big memory of my visits to Dallas for training were the abundance of "Gentleman's clubs".
I'm not sure. Imagine RedHat succeeds and wins the case. They are awarded triple damages, putting a hurting on SCO in a big way, SCO can't pay up (no huge cash reserves, and all the lawyers fees are adding up). RedHat and the Linux community graciously accept the right to the "Unix" name and all original source code as compensation.
Suddenly, Linux *IS* Unix.
Ok, it really wouldn't be, and Linus has no real desire to make it so. But think of the chaos!
In my case, my Palm Tungsten dictates the form factor. But the goal is small and convient, and the CF card is the osborne computer of the flash cards.
Do you have any sources for this speed concern?
And note my intention in booting from the device is from a recovery/maintenance perspective, not a full time OS, though I can see a benefit (converting old laptops, etc)
Anyway, I'd say all you need to do is format f: /s, then copy the contents of the floppy to the flash device. Of course I haven't tried this yet, since I just found out my question got posted when I wasn't looking :(
I see it the other way. The robot driver will have a black box, it will say object A was detected traveling at 45mph at a vector that corresponds to the parking lot entrance, I applied max braking force (proven to be 20% more effective than a human could be). The other driver will so no, I came to a complete stop, and started to inch out, when the robot car swerverd into me! (assuming his own cars electronics dont rat him out. Maybe hes driving a classic Chevy Nova).
Hmm, who does the insurance company believe, the "black box/video tape" or the the "victim of an out of control robot".
Yeah, the introducer will have to test the hell out of the system, but we've had robotic brakes for ages (ok, the cops sued about these cause they were used to driving on the edge and used the locked tires for emergency manuvers, but I recall they lost), And have in recent years been expanded to "Yaw control/anti-spin" techs. Not to mention robotic throttles have been in place for about three years now and are rapidly taking over.
I'm betting Cadillac will actually take the lead here, since they've already outfitted some of their vehicles with vision systems (the HUD/Nightvision on the Deville), and GM takes this stuff public with Cadillac first for a number of reasons.
Personally, I expect the robotic lawnmower to be a bigger liability, just seems a matter of time til someone loses a toe to the thing :)
With modern design tools, such as CAD/CAM and computerized milling machines, there is almost no excuse for building anything rickety or unproven. Some time ago I worked with an old aviation pioneer building a revolutionary transportation device. I did not return for a second internship because what they were doing was starting to scare the shit out of me, I became convinced the project was going to kill some one, and a few years later I was proven right.
Is it your premise that their negligence in the vehicles construction was acceptable? Will it be ok when Sam the Robot impales little Cindy on a meat hook becaus ethe programs mixed up inches and cm? (or cm and mm?) Or didn't account for O-ring britleness in the meat locker?
He then went on about how there wasn't enough taxes, and how the unemployement rate was too low to ensure that every man, woman, and child had access to the american dream...
They do in Star Trek!
"Capatin Picard, the bacteria infecting you has merged with you DNA, forming a unique life form! I can't just shoot you full of pennicillin."
"You're right! I'd rather die than commit genocide on a microscopic single celled organism! If we can't extract them and allow them to feed on inert Bio-matter supply, I'd rather die!"
Part of the reason the show bugs me :/
The key is to make yourself start. Set a goal of only five minutes the first time. Remember, this is likely as bad as it will get.
Then take only 1 day off. Your body will recover and brace itself for another "attack" of exercise, making the next time easier. But if you wait too long, this extra support fades away, and the next time is just as hard. As you near that five minute mark, see if you can push out another two. Work your way up to 15 minutes; this is really the magic number you are looking for.
Why? Well, around 12 minutes or so you body will transition from anaerobic to aerobic conditioning. The brain will have also started compensation for the stress by dumping pain relieving hormones in your bloodstream, which has the beneficial side effect of being a bit addictive. You keep up the exercise for a few weeks (three should be enough) and you'll start to crave that dose when you can't exercise. Trust me. Plus, increasing the time once you've hit the fifteen minute mark is relatively easy.
Once you've been doing this for a while you may start wanting to change what you eat, or maybe pick up some weights. Once you've done the first few, its ok to go two days between sessions. But three is pushing it, a full week and you'll be clear of the addiction and you'll have motivation problems again.
I also find it helps if you can mix up the machines. Exerbike, then recumbent bike, then stairmaster, then Ski machine, then eliptical walker... But this is because I tend to use machines
1) Microsoft stopped porting Windows to PPC with NT 4. I dont this all the service packs even made it. Which is just as well, because finding PPC hardware that would run, or any additional software that would run on it, was just about impossible. Also, most of the 64 bit porting you describe is making the code 64 bit clean, not reimplementing it on a new instruction set.
2) IBM is not about to enter a spat with Apple. They have their own OS that runs on PPC (AIX) and a huge commitment to Linux, which also runs on PPC. They have an opportunity to introduce 64 bit Linux on a "inexpensive" platform with the 970, and they are going for it. Personally I like they idea, because I go several apps that could benefit for 64 bitness, but management seems adverse to buying Apple's to install Linux on for support reasons.
Good thing I also invested in some of those reclining woman silhouettes.
Then again, if the DOS version only emulates a 386, Win2k may not install after all.
Does this imply that I can expect a lawsuit from DirecTV? AmEx sent me two smart card readers/programers for my Amex Blue. Of course, Im also a happy DirecTiVo user who pays his bills. Anyone think they'll bother to cross reference the two lists? [Then again, I've seen several references to "pirates" who recommend maintain minimal service with DirecTV]
But then, 15,000 years in Club Fed with Micheal Milken, et al. is certainly doable. I could work out all day getting all buff, play a few rounds of golf...
Do they even stop to think about the sanity level of these bills before they introduce them?
Obviously you don't understand Linus's role in all this. Linus' customers ARE developers. Joe sixpack doesn't go download the latest kernel and install, he goes and picks up RedHat/Debian/Gentoo/Slackware/etc... from CompUSA. RedHat/Debian/Gentoo/Slackware/etc... are Linus's customers, they are the ones that deal with him
This is nonsense. There are tons of inkjet options out there,and even more when the customer takes off the inkjet blinders and looks at other technologies like laserjets, solid ink, etc. Anybody notice very few offices use Inkjets? Its because the the know (or the Xerox/Copy machine/Printer Salesman showed them) the cost per page numbers.
I've sold printers to consumers before. A good chunk (70% or so) can't look much beyond basic price and brand comparisons. The ad says I can get a printer for $49! where is it!
But feel free to prove me wrong. Start "Mike High Priced Printers and Dirt cheap Ink!" and put the big guys out of business. I'm sure the'll even sell you the high tech print heads, etc. OEM. Without warranty, of course, as your customers experiment with filling the inkwells with colored urine samples. I'm sure you'll have the last laugh as you drive them out of buisness.
If your paranoid enough not to trust the RPM Builders, the checksums, the download process, etc, then download the src.rpm; unpack the contents, and do your vodoo tricks. Then run rpmbuild to build your own damned binary package. I've done it (Ok, I'm a RHCE) and its cake.
Basically, this isn't a reason to dis binary packages unless your paranoia is well into the tinfoil hat level.
It will be so good all the other packages will run and hide!
While at first glance it seems heavily slanted towards Debian's .deb packages (Its first and contains more "YES"'s than the competition), as a developer I'd be far more concerned with basics like "market penetration" than whether it allows me to assign my package a "priority" over other packages.
I suppose it might be of use to folks building their own distribution, but I expect thats a pretty short list.
But personally, I tend to grab the source when I'm adding something that RedHat didn't include (or seems woefully out of date)