What would have been cooler would have been a mirror that panorama makers use (the 360 ones). Point the camera at that. Do some trickery to do some anti spin, and then you could have a full 360 ascent.
The BSD License allows proprietary use, and for the software released under the license to be incorporated into proprietary products. Works based on the material may be released under a proprietary license or as closed source software. This is the reason for widespread use of the BSD code in proprietary products, ranging from Juniper Networks routers to Mac OS X
WebKit, Grand Central, Darwin Streaming Server, LaunchD (some Linux please pick this up...), Bonjour (Yes ZeroConf, but I think they're the first to make it popular), Even XQuartz so that OSS stuff that uses X11 can run under OS X looking like OS X. They even have a cute little website with the word 'forge' in it: http://macosforge.org/
Hell they even have Darwin, the base of OS X. Lets see Microsoft release an OSS version of XP minus some GUI bits.
Yes, Apple is protective of quite a bit of stuff. But they're released a ton more OSS that I've found than MS.
I started a thread complaining that the link in the summary launched iTunes.
By all means. Please suggest an alternative to what I want done:
Streaming music server. Works with a client on OS X, client on Windows. Server on Linux. Works with XBMC. Automatically reads my m3u playlists that I have created. Has the option for 'smart' playlists. "Artist=%&Year>1985".
Right now firefly and iTunes scratch that itch. I don't even have an iPod. I tried the daap plugin for Winamp, that didn't work. I tried some bastardizations of Linux Apps on Windows, which didn't work and looked like shit.
So by all fucking means slashdot. Suggest some fucking alternatives that work and get off of your fucking OSS / "OMG LOCKIN" high horse.
Until then, I'm going to continue using what I use because it 'just works'.
My only complaint was that the link fired off another program. The same complaint as if it was a.doc or.pdf linked in the summary. I don't want to leave Firefox when I follow links in a summary in an attempt to sometimes actually read the article.
Some of us have jobs where we don't get to dictate what OS we run.
If you can figure out how to get *all* the toolboxes for Matlab/Simulink working on Linux, in addition to all the XPC compiler stuff, then I'm all ears.
As much as I hate to say it.... because twitter has a very open API and there are a ton of programs for any OS that interface with it.
I'm setting up some home automation. Nothing fancy, just garage door open/closed. Temperature in a few rooms. HVAC status.
I could write a ton of stuff from scratch for reporting & control... or just make a private twitter account "my_house" and subscribe to it. I can get a text message every X minutes with the temp. A text message when the garage door cycles. I can easily text back commands. @my_house 'heat on 75F'.
They've already taken care of the interface between phones, e-mail, blackberries, iphones, etc.
With this tool I can have a cheap display at my desk at work or even in my own house for the temperature, HVAC status, etc.
Because those '100' other features aren't certified, tested or controlled.
As someone said above, if you let in a ton of extra features, this won't be certified for use on standardized tests. When I took it the TI-89 was allowed on the SAT.
Imagine a hacker putting in 100x extra functions which could do almost anything the CPU could handle, including stuff the original TI-89 couldn't do AND that the SAT board doesn't want it to do. Is it TI's fault? Is the student 'cheating'?
It wouldn't be too hard to create an OSS calculator. One that ran a bare linux and you could hack to your heart's content. Good luck getting it certified for any standardized test.
Licensing? From Wiki: "The licenses [BSD] have few restrictions compared to other free software licenses such as the GNU General Public License or even the default restrictions provided by copyright, putting it relatively closer to the public domain."
"The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft."
If you tell me I can do what ever the hell I want to with your code when I work on it I'm more apt to work on code than if you tell me I have to follow your rules when I use it.
Well that was my point. The "current amount of funding" isn't enough. With 600B, I think it could be done.
Second, my company takes 10 years to design new engines. It's an engine, how hard could that be? Problem is both us and Airbus are public companies. We have to deal with 'profit' and we can't throw everyone behind one project, etc.
I'm not debating that health care in this country is a cluster fuck. I'm not debating that it's over priced and that it's being fucked up by bureaucracies.
I'm just saying. Even with all those problems we could easily toss a fraction of spending we spend on the military and do it.
And they went from 0 to the moon in 8 years. 8 years. Before the internet. Before CAD/CAM. Before software simulation. It used to take my company almost a decade to design a new product. You'd have to draft everything by hand. I guess we used to employ a courier service to go between our buildings and do nothing but carry drawings. Even then it'd take a day or two sometimes for another division to get them and change them and send them back.
I don't think 5 years is unreasonable if we threw our unconditional support behind it.
Slashdot Mirror
From the iPhone. Did you even look at the summary?
Ha. Care to back that up with anything?
Mechanicals have to know how to use software, but it sure hasn't replaced us.
Us mechanical engineers aren't allowed to read Slashdot now?
What does GOD need with a Balloon?
What would have been cooler would have been a mirror that panorama makers use (the 360 ones). Point the camera at that. Do some trickery to do some anti spin, and then you could have a full 360 ascent.
CPU processing would be insane though.
Their lips and tongues have amazing dexterity.
This explains so much about the rumors I've heard of backwater mountain areas.
BSD!=GPL. Learn the minor differences, all OSS is not the 'same'.
With the BSD license you can do what ever the hell you want with the code. Including closing it and charging for it.
BSD License
The BSD License allows proprietary use, and for the software released under the license to be incorporated into proprietary products. Works based on the material may be released under a proprietary license or as closed source software. This is the reason for widespread use of the BSD code in proprietary products, ranging from Juniper Networks routers to Mac OS X
Why can't Palm write their own syncing program?
The iTunes tracks aren't protected by DRM.
Palm was trying to get a free ride by not having to write their own syncing program.
WebKit, Grand Central, Darwin Streaming Server, LaunchD (some Linux please pick this up...), Bonjour (Yes ZeroConf, but I think they're the first to make it popular), Even XQuartz so that OSS stuff that uses X11 can run under OS X looking like OS X. They even have a cute little website with the word 'forge' in it: http://macosforge.org/
Hell they even have Darwin, the base of OS X. Lets see Microsoft release an OSS version of XP minus some GUI bits.
Yes, Apple is protective of quite a bit of stuff. But they're released a ton more OSS that I've found than MS.
When I click on an iTunes link I want it to open in iTunes.
Thing is. It's hidden behind a macnn link behind a 'linksynergy' redirector.
Just like I like my PDFs opening in the browser, irc: launching an IRC client and so forth.
However if the link is hidden and I'm not told about it, I really can't tell, now can I?
Congratulations. You didn't answer the question.
Bloated or not. It, along with firefly, do what I want. Any more red herrings?
1-Wire for the temp sensors.
A co-worker got the 8-relay I/O board over one wire. I went with a super4 relay board: http://www.emx.net.au/super4usbrelay.htm
Their software is a bit shaky so I rewrote it using the open source driver for the usbserial.
If you're starting out from scratch, Maxim will let you get a few 'samples' of each temp sensor.
http://thediysite.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4
I started a thread complaining that the link in the summary launched iTunes.
By all means. Please suggest an alternative to what I want done:
Streaming music server.
Works with a client on OS X, client on Windows. Server on Linux.
Works with XBMC.
Automatically reads my m3u playlists that I have created.
Has the option for 'smart' playlists. "Artist=%&Year>1985".
Right now firefly and iTunes scratch that itch. I don't even have an iPod. I tried the daap plugin for Winamp, that didn't work. I tried some bastardizations of Linux Apps on Windows, which didn't work and looked like shit.
So by all fucking means slashdot. Suggest some fucking alternatives that work and get off of your fucking OSS / "OMG LOCKIN" high horse.
Until then, I'm going to continue using what I use because it 'just works'.
My only complaint was that the link fired off another program. The same complaint as if it was a .doc or .pdf linked in the summary. I don't want to leave Firefox when I follow links in a summary in an attempt to sometimes actually read the article.
Some of us have jobs where we don't get to dictate what OS we run.
If you can figure out how to get *all* the toolboxes for Matlab/Simulink working on Linux, in addition to all the XPC compiler stuff, then I'm all ears.
That firefly media server has no problem serving up?
Because it's the best program (that I've found) for windows that actually does daap correctly and doesn't look horrible.
So when I OpenVPN home I can stream my music from home.
So if you'd like to offer any alternatives that don't look like shit, I'm open to suggestions.
The "Trope" link goes directly to the iTunes Store.
Which means if you have iTunes installed, but it isn't open, it launches. Thanks Mr Taco.
10x worse than a PDF link.
As much as I hate to say it.... because twitter has a very open API and there are a ton of programs for any OS that interface with it.
I'm setting up some home automation. Nothing fancy, just garage door open/closed. Temperature in a few rooms. HVAC status.
I could write a ton of stuff from scratch for reporting & control... or just make a private twitter account "my_house" and subscribe to it. I can get a text message every X minutes with the temp. A text message when the garage door cycles. I can easily text back commands.
@my_house 'heat on 75F'.
They've already taken care of the interface between phones, e-mail, blackberries, iphones, etc.
With this tool I can have a cheap display at my desk at work or even in my own house for the temperature, HVAC status, etc.
This isn't about 3rd party apps. This is about signing for the OS.
TI doesn't care what programs you write, in assembly OR TI-Basic. They do care if you overwrite their OS.
Because those '100' other features aren't certified, tested or controlled.
As someone said above, if you let in a ton of extra features, this won't be certified for use on standardized tests. When I took it the TI-89 was allowed on the SAT.
Imagine a hacker putting in 100x extra functions which could do almost anything the CPU could handle, including stuff the original TI-89 couldn't do AND that the SAT board doesn't want it to do. Is it TI's fault? Is the student 'cheating'?
It wouldn't be too hard to create an OSS calculator. One that ran a bare linux and you could hack to your heart's content. Good luck getting it certified for any standardized test.
Green - Dangerous minorities in the area. Lock the doors.
But does this include the president?
Licensing? From Wiki:
"The licenses [BSD] have few restrictions compared to other free software licenses such as the GNU General Public License or even the default restrictions provided by copyright, putting it relatively closer to the public domain."
"The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft."
If you tell me I can do what ever the hell I want to with your code when I work on it I'm more apt to work on code than if you tell me I have to follow your rules when I use it.
The iPhone runs a 'slimmed down' OS X. So I think it's doing pretty good at running in a limited environment.
Well that was my point. The "current amount of funding" isn't enough. With 600B, I think it could be done.
Second, my company takes 10 years to design new engines. It's an engine, how hard could that be? Problem is both us and Airbus are public companies. We have to deal with 'profit' and we can't throw everyone behind one project, etc.
I'm not debating that health care in this country is a cluster fuck. I'm not debating that it's over priced and that it's being fucked up by bureaucracies.
I'm just saying. Even with all those problems we could easily toss a fraction of spending we spend on the military and do it.
And they went from 0 to the moon in 8 years. 8 years. Before the internet. Before CAD/CAM. Before software simulation. It used to take my company almost a decade to design a new product. You'd have to draft everything by hand. I guess we used to employ a courier service to go between our buildings and do nothing but carry drawings. Even then it'd take a day or two sometimes for another division to get them and change them and send them back.
I don't think 5 years is unreasonable if we threw our unconditional support behind it.