I used to deal with guys like you every day and not only could you not remember that you gave me permission to call you - you asked me to. And then when I called you got all twitchy. If you want penalties for unsolicited callers, put in a mirror of the same penalties for the "plaintiff" of solicited callers unfairly accused. That way we can shut down all business everywhere all at once for lack of trust.
One of the funny things about open source is that the user is always welcome to go away if something else suits them better. That ethos works well with Google, where they expect if they don't give the best search results today and every day - you'll click away to their competitor. It drives them to excel and they like the spur. It doesn't work so well for Microsoft where chaining the customer to an oar is the first order of business.
The opinion of AC is void. The opinion of Stephen Hawking, a cripple trapped in a body that will not obey but with a remarkable mind that must choose the important things to convey - I'm going to give some weight to that. Not only is he one of the greatest minds of our time, but he has to convey to us only the most important things through the limited interface that he has. He has plenty of time to reflect on best way to convey his wisdom. You, you puke on your keyboard and expect us to give equal weight to the random keypresses of your effluent as if it might have some value.
Stephen Hawking's most popular work is "A Brief History of Time", wherein he discusses the birth and death of the Universe and current science's understanding of its potentially cyclical nature. What did you mean by "long term?" because I think he's handled all six ends of that.
Earth has limited resources. Man must find an offworld home he can thrive on before they are used up. Else: the End. That end of resources will be not in the billions of years when the sun swallows the Earth, but before my grandson - already born - dies of old age. I may get to see if we turn the corner or turn away in my lifetime.
I feel your concern. HP has been taking the WinTel Market Development Funds for a very long time. They have a static header on their entire website - including the HP Linux page: "HP recommends Microsoft Windows".
[full disclosure] I don't work for HP directly, nor indirectly, nor have ever, but I am engaged with them in a way that limits my ability to discuss this openly. They are quite ferocious about managing their disclosure and their reputation and that's why you don't see more stuff like this. My assessment of the situation is my own, and does not rely on any confidential information received from HP or my employer nor violate any mutual support or other obligation. I don't own stock in HP either directly or indirectly.[/full disclosure] Basically if I was dishing the dirt from inside HP, I'd do it AC.
HP seems to be trying to make the turn from PC to mobile in a way that may work. I believe they may find success, despite their lateness to the game. My assessment of all their announced Android platforms is that they're in the groove on features/price, and also strongly differentiating.
Let's not forget that Kernel.org runs on donated HP servers and always has, that HP has been a prolific contributor to the Kernel always, and supports Linux with Kernel drivers on every printer they make, and quickly converts the ones they acquire. There's never been an HP server that didn't support Linux. They did dip briefly into the non-Linux hardware on consumer laptop NICs - particularly wifi, but that was long ago. They do still require IE on much of their web presence and management consoles, but they're working on that vigorously to remove the crippling requirement. No matter how deep into the WinTel alliance HP executives got, way up in there are real engineers that know good stuff when they see it.
I don't know if my opinion matters here, but if it does: I think HP has gotten the message and is ready to move forward in the new world. There is a new guy at HP driving toward the future like I would do it. I could be wrong - they might have made a fool of me again - but that's my view of the situation.
Android is outselling Windows because if you're going to get a mobile OS anyway you might as well get one that comes with a mobile device and some apps.
Terrestrial notions of ownership don't apply outside Earth's atmosphere any more than Native American's notions of property survived the European invasion. On the frontier what matters is if you can take it and hold it long enough to form a local government to recognize your possession as ownership.
That Man will end if we don't escape Earth is not only a possibility. It is a certainty. It WILL occur. There is no doubt whatsoever about this. The end date is not a billion years hence. It may be only a few thousand. It could be next year, or tomorrow.
NASA thinks it's a good enough idea to send a probe out there.
If Man doesn't leave Earth then it will be our grave. Man will end. That is not in any way controversial, deniable or disputable. ALL the experts agree, not just 97%. If Man does leave Earth our galaxy at least is ours to claim: 200 billion times all the world. That's a lot of upside for the cost, evading the downside of not doing it notwithstanding.
The only argument against this are nihilistic notions that Man needs to end.
They are footing the bill for most of it. This is how they let the rest of us participate. How many satellites do you think you get for one million dollars?
The asteroid Ceres contains more water than all the fresh water on Earth - in a low-G environment. Water, for those who don't know, is rocket fuel once the Hydrogen atoms have been separated from the Oxygen. In addition to that, hydrogen is one of the many preferred reaction masses for ion engines. Water is also drinkable and useful as a source of breathable air. A reliable source of water in low-G is what we need to kick off exploration of the solar system, and Ceres is it.
Exoplanet observations involve both high resolution and timing. You have to steadily observe a star in order to observe the "dips" in light that it projects to "see" a planet transit. You have to image the star frequently at high resolution to observe the "wobble" that implies a heavy planet. While imaging the same spot is also a useful goal in finding and categorizing asteroids - particularly distant and small ones - adding the goal to the project involves extra work that must be funded.
If it were a simple matter of comparing all the world's observatories' published images and comparing them to see how the stars wobble and fade, which dots move, Google would have done it already and catalogued all the rocks in a 3d viewer you could browse with ads as you watch them collide with solar system bodies and simulate future events in 64Kx time.
Japan is mining their sea floor for Methane Hydrates to replace their proven unreliable nuclear plants and get some home-grown carbon fuels instead of importing coal. Apparently globally this resource is an order of magnitude more than all the oil, coal and natural gas ever discovered. Warmists aren't going to be happy with this answer though as it's a carbon fuel.
You didn't cover your flank. You're brilliant and mobile, your adversaries aren't. Pop a Molly and think of something else - and next time, get a lawyer first. It's not like millions of others haven't been hosed by megacorps before. You should have expected this. Many of us have travelled this road.
Apparently now I need to remind folks that slashdot.org/recent is important too. There are people who want to prevent certain stories from being accepted from the submission queue, and they're here all day to downvote the firehose because they're getting a daily rate.
Plenty of folks are doing quite well. It's hard to think of something interesting that doesn't suck if you're older than 15. If you're looking for ideas one that pairs two android devices to synch the display from one with the inputs from the other would be quite handy. Frame rate doesn't have to be high but input latency has to be low. I could use something that lets me control my HDTV Android sticks from my phones or tablets, to use in my bedroom and in the boardroom for Netflix and slide presos. You could probably sell a few million of that for a buck with an afternoon's work. I would do it myself, but you know: busy, busy. Call it "pairing" or "teaming" or "cloning" or something. Don't forget to send me a link and maybe reference this comment in our patent application.
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I used to deal with guys like you every day and not only could you not remember that you gave me permission to call you - you asked me to. And then when I called you got all twitchy. If you want penalties for unsolicited callers, put in a mirror of the same penalties for the "plaintiff" of solicited callers unfairly accused. That way we can shut down all business everywhere all at once for lack of trust.
One of the funny things about open source is that the user is always welcome to go away if something else suits them better. That ethos works well with Google, where they expect if they don't give the best search results today and every day - you'll click away to their competitor. It drives them to excel and they like the spur. It doesn't work so well for Microsoft where chaining the customer to an oar is the first order of business.
This is an argument like APL vs FORTRAN, right?
The opinion of AC is void. The opinion of Stephen Hawking, a cripple trapped in a body that will not obey but with a remarkable mind that must choose the important things to convey - I'm going to give some weight to that. Not only is he one of the greatest minds of our time, but he has to convey to us only the most important things through the limited interface that he has. He has plenty of time to reflect on best way to convey his wisdom. You, you puke on your keyboard and expect us to give equal weight to the random keypresses of your effluent as if it might have some value.
Stephen Hawking's most popular work is "A Brief History of Time", wherein he discusses the birth and death of the Universe and current science's understanding of its potentially cyclical nature. What did you mean by "long term?" because I think he's handled all six ends of that.
Earth has limited resources. Man must find an offworld home he can thrive on before they are used up. Else: the End. That end of resources will be not in the billions of years when the sun swallows the Earth, but before my grandson - already born - dies of old age. I may get to see if we turn the corner or turn away in my lifetime.
You really don't understand how corporations work, do you?
I feel your concern. HP has been taking the WinTel Market Development Funds for a very long time. They have a static header on their entire website - including the HP Linux page: "HP recommends Microsoft Windows".
[full disclosure] I don't work for HP directly, nor indirectly, nor have ever, but I am engaged with them in a way that limits my ability to discuss this openly. They are quite ferocious about managing their disclosure and their reputation and that's why you don't see more stuff like this. My assessment of the situation is my own, and does not rely on any confidential information received from HP or my employer nor violate any mutual support or other obligation. I don't own stock in HP either directly or indirectly.[/full disclosure] Basically if I was dishing the dirt from inside HP, I'd do it AC.
HP seems to be trying to make the turn from PC to mobile in a way that may work. I believe they may find success, despite their lateness to the game. My assessment of all their announced Android platforms is that they're in the groove on features/price, and also strongly differentiating.
Let's not forget that Kernel.org runs on donated HP servers and always has, that HP has been a prolific contributor to the Kernel always, and supports Linux with Kernel drivers on every printer they make, and quickly converts the ones they acquire. There's never been an HP server that didn't support Linux. They did dip briefly into the non-Linux hardware on consumer laptop NICs - particularly wifi, but that was long ago. They do still require IE on much of their web presence and management consoles, but they're working on that vigorously to remove the crippling requirement. No matter how deep into the WinTel alliance HP executives got, way up in there are real engineers that know good stuff when they see it.
I don't know if my opinion matters here, but if it does: I think HP has gotten the message and is ready to move forward in the new world. There is a new guy at HP driving toward the future like I would do it. I could be wrong - they might have made a fool of me again - but that's my view of the situation.
That is what they are doing, but only with the 200kW model. WIKI VASIMIR.
It has moved 34 AU.
Android is outselling Windows because if you're going to get a mobile OS anyway you might as well get one that comes with a mobile device and some apps.
So you didn't try Vista?
HP has got this base covered for you.
Terrestrial notions of ownership don't apply outside Earth's atmosphere any more than Native American's notions of property survived the European invasion. On the frontier what matters is if you can take it and hold it long enough to form a local government to recognize your possession as ownership.
I did calculate the odds. Once Man is ended we get to roll the dice no more. That makes the probability irrelevant. Some stuff you don't gamble with.
And can you find me these "Experts" you are talking about?
Will Stephen Hawking do?
That Man will end if we don't escape Earth is not only a possibility. It is a certainty. It WILL occur. There is no doubt whatsoever about this. The end date is not a billion years hence. It may be only a few thousand. It could be next year, or tomorrow.
Against that, what is money?
NASA thinks it's a good enough idea to send a probe out there.
If Man doesn't leave Earth then it will be our grave. Man will end. That is not in any way controversial, deniable or disputable. ALL the experts agree, not just 97%. If Man does leave Earth our galaxy at least is ours to claim: 200 billion times all the world. That's a lot of upside for the cost, evading the downside of not doing it notwithstanding.
The only argument against this are nihilistic notions that Man needs to end.
What's up with that? Did you all have a meeting and decide this is a bad thing?
They are footing the bill for most of it. This is how they let the rest of us participate. How many satellites do you think you get for one million dollars?
The asteroid Ceres contains more water than all the fresh water on Earth - in a low-G environment. Water, for those who don't know, is rocket fuel once the Hydrogen atoms have been separated from the Oxygen. In addition to that, hydrogen is one of the many preferred reaction masses for ion engines. Water is also drinkable and useful as a source of breathable air. A reliable source of water in low-G is what we need to kick off exploration of the solar system, and Ceres is it.
Exoplanet observations involve both high resolution and timing. You have to steadily observe a star in order to observe the "dips" in light that it projects to "see" a planet transit. You have to image the star frequently at high resolution to observe the "wobble" that implies a heavy planet. While imaging the same spot is also a useful goal in finding and categorizing asteroids - particularly distant and small ones - adding the goal to the project involves extra work that must be funded.
If it were a simple matter of comparing all the world's observatories' published images and comparing them to see how the stars wobble and fade, which dots move, Google would have done it already and catalogued all the rocks in a 3d viewer you could browse with ads as you watch them collide with solar system bodies and simulate future events in 64Kx time.
Japan is mining their sea floor for Methane Hydrates to replace their proven unreliable nuclear plants and get some home-grown carbon fuels instead of importing coal. Apparently globally this resource is an order of magnitude more than all the oil, coal and natural gas ever discovered. Warmists aren't going to be happy with this answer though as it's a carbon fuel.
You didn't cover your flank. You're brilliant and mobile, your adversaries aren't. Pop a Molly and think of something else - and next time, get a lawyer first. It's not like millions of others haven't been hosed by megacorps before. You should have expected this. Many of us have travelled this road.
Apparently now I need to remind folks that slashdot.org/recent is important too. There are people who want to prevent certain stories from being accepted from the submission queue, and they're here all day to downvote the firehose because they're getting a daily rate.
Plenty of folks are doing quite well. It's hard to think of something interesting that doesn't suck if you're older than 15. If you're looking for ideas one that pairs two android devices to synch the display from one with the inputs from the other would be quite handy. Frame rate doesn't have to be high but input latency has to be low. I could use something that lets me control my HDTV Android sticks from my phones or tablets, to use in my bedroom and in the boardroom for Netflix and slide presos. You could probably sell a few million of that for a buck with an afternoon's work. I would do it myself, but you know: busy, busy. Call it "pairing" or "teaming" or "cloning" or something. Don't forget to send me a link and maybe reference this comment in our patent application.