Wardriving was my first thought as well. On the one hand, it is not as cheap as the the little keyring detectors. On the other hand, it could actually find the SSIDs, etc. rather than just detecting signals on those frequencies. On the third hand, though (what, no cephalopods in the audience?), there doesn't seem to be a way to attach any GPS to the thing, which would make mapping much harder.
Definitely an idea though. Might have to pick one up. Hmmm...
Sigh. Some days it just doesn't pay to try to make a Windows joke.
For the record, since my humor circuit seems to be broken, I was suggesting that Windows, which comes on most x86 laptops, was a legacy OS that was best removed.
I was actually thinking of an old Playboy (I think) cartoon. At the beach, two stands are set up. A woman is selling string bikinis for something like $10. Next to it, a man is selling scissors for something like $30.
I feel better about only having MacOS and Linux in my house all the time.
I personally love Freehand, but hate the output bugs in Freehand MX. If I could get Freehand's usable interface with Adobe-quality output, I'd be a happy camper. Instead, I suspect Freehand will be orphaned.
If memory serves, Freehand was developed by Altsys, but marketing (published? distributed? whatever) by Aldus. So, when Adobe bought Aldus, Altsys moved it to Macromedia. Not sure what will happen now. Corel? Quark? Who else is there?
I've overclocked my watch to 67.2 khz and it rocks! My workouts go much faster now (and better what with the water cooling rig acting as a wrist weight).
Although I never seem to get enough sleep and nobody ever shows up on time for my meetings... Hrm...
-jrrl.
Of course, Geek Corps have been trying to promote IT development in parts of Africa for several years. I don't think they've gone to Ethiopia, but they have certainly been busy elsewhere.
For such non-profit organizations, Linux and OSS provide a very nice platform.
Note: Geek Corps was founded by a good friend of mine.
You could make a supercomputer the size of your current computer tower today.
Reminds me of a quote from god knows when (80s?). It went along the lines that supercomputers will always be the same size because if it gets smaller, they will just make a bigger one and THAT ONE will then be the super computer. Smaller ones then are just faster computers.
By that reasoning, anything the size of my desktop box will never be "super", since something the size of my desk could be "superer". Oh, well. It was a nice thought...
-John.
They are gambling, as with any investment. They seem to think there is enough of a chance that they will win, that they will get some return on the investment. Same thing as Deutsche Bank.
DB apparently thinks the odds are between 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 that they'll win. They see a $180 per share upside if SCO wins, but a zero value if they lose. So, if you look at it as P(win) * $180 + (1-P(win) * 0) = their target of $45. So, P(win) is 1/4.
Alternately, you can look at it as either $30 upside (from ~$15 (easy math, here folks, it's late)) vs. $15 downside. In which case, P(win) is 1/3.
If Baystar buys into those odds, then this is a good bet for them. Most venture capital funds are satisfied with one home run and two break-evens out of ten tries. This would be a home run for them if SCO wins. And $50M really isn't that much money.
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Wardriving was my first thought as well. On the one hand, it is not as cheap as the the little keyring detectors. On the other hand, it could actually find the SSIDs, etc. rather than just detecting signals on those frequencies. On the third hand, though (what, no cephalopods in the audience?), there doesn't seem to be a way to attach any GPS to the thing, which would make mapping much harder.
Definitely an idea though. Might have to pick one up. Hmmm...
-John.
Sigh. Some days it just doesn't pay to try to make a Windows joke.
For the record, since my humor circuit seems to be broken, I was suggesting that Windows, which comes on most x86 laptops, was a legacy OS that was best removed.
Again, sigh.
-John.
It doesn't. Just look at the legacy OS I need to delete from the hard drive every time I get a new laptop!
-John.Ingestion of sodium nitrate can lead to blue skin... but apple just switched away from big blue, so I'd recommend sodium chloride instead.
-John.Poor little ball of wires... never knew what hit it... -John.
I was actually thinking of an old Playboy (I think) cartoon. At the beach, two stands are set up. A woman is selling string bikinis for something like $10. Next to it, a man is selling scissors for something like $30.
I feel better about only having MacOS and Linux in my house all the time.
-John.
The USA government can suck my balls if they expect us to respect blatant pandering to the corporations as the DMCA.
In theory, the US government is a wonderfully designed thing, but in practice, it quite often sucks.
Damn.
-John.Sort of like what the vet did for my cat.
-John, a dinosaur who still prefers C to either Java or C++.
Ah, AltSys ws acquired by Macromedia after the Adobe/Aldus merger. So they will finally be borged. Sad.
-JohnI personally love Freehand, but hate the output bugs in Freehand MX. If I could get Freehand's usable interface with Adobe-quality output, I'd be a happy camper. Instead, I suspect Freehand will be orphaned.
If memory serves, Freehand was developed by Altsys, but marketing (published? distributed? whatever) by Aldus. So, when Adobe bought Aldus, Altsys moved it to Macromedia. Not sure what will happen now. Corel? Quark? Who else is there?
-John.
Wonderful... new article, no comments, and it's already slashdotted. -John.
Like Win CE?
Only a LITTLE better?
-John.
If I don't do something I am supposed to, my wife whacks me on the back of the head. Works great!
-John.
Somehow I was imagining a world map with little lights popping up to show how development spread o'er the world over time.
Very cool anyway, but not as eye-candy-ish.
-jrrl.I've overclocked my watch to 67.2 khz and it rocks! My workouts go much faster now (and better what with the water cooling rig acting as a wrist weight). Although I never seem to get enough sleep and nobody ever shows up on time for my meetings... Hrm... -jrrl.
Not available? My gmail account seems to be working just fine.
-John.
Of course, Geek Corps have been trying to promote IT development in parts of Africa for several years. I don't think they've gone to Ethiopia, but they have certainly been busy elsewhere.
For such non-profit organizations, Linux and OSS provide a very nice platform.
Note: Geek Corps was founded by a good friend of mine.
-John.
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Reminds me of a quote from god knows when (80s?). It went along the lines that supercomputers will always be the same size because if it gets smaller, they will just make a bigger one and THAT ONE will then be the super computer. Smaller ones then are just faster computers.
By that reasoning, anything the size of my desktop box will never be "super", since something the size of my desk could be "superer". Oh, well. It was a nice thought... -John.
Like, Oh My Gawd! Tom's Hardware is the next Geeklaw!
Or did you mean the WWE?
So would that be translated into GNU/Portuguese?
Wait a sec... wouldn't December 2003 + '2 years between major versions' == December 2005, not 2006? -John.
DB apparently thinks the odds are between 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 that they'll win. They see a $180 per share upside if SCO wins, but a zero value if they lose. So, if you look at it as P(win) * $180 + (1-P(win) * 0) = their target of $45. So, P(win) is 1/4.
Alternately, you can look at it as either $30 upside (from ~$15 (easy math, here folks, it's late)) vs. $15 downside. In which case, P(win) is 1/3.
If Baystar buys into those odds, then this is a good bet for them. Most venture capital funds are satisfied with one home run and two break-evens out of ten tries. This would be a home run for them if SCO wins. And $50M really isn't that much money.
All that said: Man, I want SCO to just go away!
Sigh.
Gasp! My secret is out!