Exactly what military threat do they envision where they need a bigger "boom" than what they have now?
It's not the "bigger boom", it's the dirty fallout that takes a lot of "freindlies" allong with the boom. Remember the neutron bomb PR fallout? Kills animal life but leaves economically valuble facilities intact? The Air Force would like to avoid that, we kill the Evil Doers, destroy the facilities, while avoiding nasty radioactive fallout.
And HIS point was that with that many competing, there is bound to be some real competition.
Exactly where was the real competition? The realistic truth is that none of the other "competition" was really any competition at all. They had virtually no chance at winning, and very real chances of blowing up and killing what ever idiot was "piloting" them.
This sort of thing takes a lot of R and D $$$, it can't be done on the "hobbiest" scale, which is what most (if not all) of the other "competitors" are.
Firstly, may I point out open source isn't (supposed to be) political.
It's not suppose to be (if you are gennerally on the Left), but for some strange reason it seems that this is an ugly secret, as in, in fact realistically, it's very political.
Leaving the PC on overnight is probably not a good idea with these new Pentium 4s
Well, in my book, power consumption is not a huge issue if there is proper cooling. Under normal and even high use conditions, the unit is designed to take the heat, and my server room needs a bit more heat anyway. Why shouldn't I leave it on? My units have good cooling, and since I run my boxes under normal server configuration, i'M not "overclocking".... Heat? No issue.
Funny thing is, people PUBLICALLY list their phone numbers and then wonder why random people call. People spew out their email on the internet and wonder why they get spam.
The truth is, AS INDEVIDUALS we could do a lot more for ourselves to reduce telemarketing and spam. But most of us don't.
And I compensate because I keep the latest version on my usb stick that I carry around in my pocket. And I upgrade it on all my work machines, my home machines and the friends that I visit. So there.
Does this mean you are installing unrequested software on other peoples machines to advance your political agenda?
Finally we start going back to space without the Government keeping us from doing it right.
Yes, the Government is no longer able to keep us from killing ourselves in the name of adventure. Truthfully, a lot of these X-Prize contestans remind me of the guy who attached weather baloons to his lawn chair. Is it any wonder that Scaled won it? Not really, they where the only contender.
The problem is money. Scaled has Big Bux behind them. All the others involve huge model rockets (a good way to die). And it's not just the model rocket thing (hey, the V-2 is proven technology that eventually lifted man into space via NASA), its R and D. All these other programs just don't have the technical skill to build something other than a Roman candle.
What if you have a light with green arrow telling you to go right and a sign next to it saying no right turn on red. I have pictures and a ticket for obeying a traffic signal. Unfortunately, i do not have time to drive 3 hours to fight it.
Actually, what happens in this case is the CPU slips into a logic conundrum a la "Star Trek", smoke starts to rise from the box, and it exploads.
trusted chips will eventually be used by software manufacturers to make sure the computer's owner does not do anything with the software which the manufacturer does not want to permit.
it is now imperative for Google to maintain its sense of mission
The thing to understand is that like other cutting edge Internet companies, Google is no longer what it was. It is now a publicly held company with ONE SPACIFIC THING in mind for its mission: Produce cashflow for its stockholders. This is now Google's "mission". One day, it will be the mission of many of today's successful Open Source brainiacs. This is the way things tend to flow in a free society, people for the most part are driven by the need to survive and live in comfort.
Considering the wackiness factor of many of the other "competitors", I think that many will take this opportunity to exit the competition. I don't really mean this as a troll, but honestly, people, but one of these rockets already blew up on launch, and from what I've seen, most if not all the other "competitors" just don't have the R and D resources to pull off anything but a semi-spectacular fatality.
What's new in government. I've worked for the Air Force for 20 years. This is nothing new. Disappointing, yes. But it shows something that insiders have known for years, and that is that most Americans are ignorant and will believe whatever they hear, because who would lie?
I've had VoIP long dist for well over a year now through a small company based in Portland, Oregon. But for the most part all the plans are targeted at commercial customers.
Do you know why the Big Boys don't want to offer VoIP to residential customers? Because residential customers have no pull, we can't really pick and choose and tell our providers to hit the road, we are a Cash Cow stranded in their coporate corral. Big Biz customers CAN and DO dictate what they are willing to pay. Once again, Joe Blow get's screwed.
Moreover, promoting open source on Windows nowadays would set the ground for switch to Linux in the future. Guess what - the aforementioned OO, Mozilla and other apps work exactly the same way either with Linux or Windows.
Isn't this what is happening? I seem to remember a huge buzz a month or so ago where even some in the "mainstream" press where pushing Mozilla/Firefox as a better option to IE.
...where is the financial incentive for programmers? I love open source, and even though programmers contribute to the greater good of the world, how do you survive? I guess it's just one of those questions I never really got...
Good lord! You actually need to make a living from your work? Back to the re-education camp with you! But all kidding aside, I have yet to see a reasonable answer to this question. While it is true that there are many paid programmers writing Open Source for a variety of companies such as the biggies Red Hat, IBM, Novell, and so on, in the overall scheme of things, they actually account for a small percentage of OSS programmers. But at least for those of us who do not work for "benevolent" employers, we can still write code for the various Linux and BSD platforms for profit (as in money to pay the rent and buy nice threads and such.)
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It's not the "bigger boom", it's the dirty fallout that takes a lot of "freindlies" allong with the boom. Remember the neutron bomb PR fallout? Kills animal life but leaves economically valuble facilities intact? The Air Force would like to avoid that, we kill the Evil Doers, destroy the facilities, while avoiding nasty radioactive fallout.
Exactly where was the real competition? The realistic truth is that none of the other "competition" was really any competition at all. They had virtually no chance at winning, and very real chances of blowing up and killing what ever idiot was "piloting" them.
This sort of thing takes a lot of R and D $$$, it can't be done on the "hobbiest" scale, which is what most (if not all) of the other "competitors" are.
It's not suppose to be (if you are gennerally on the Left), but for some strange reason it seems that this is an ugly secret, as in, in fact realistically, it's very political.
Well, in my book, power consumption is not a huge issue if there is proper cooling. Under normal and even high use conditions, the unit is designed to take the heat, and my server room needs a bit more heat anyway. Why shouldn't I leave it on? My units have good cooling, and since I run my boxes under normal server configuration, i'M not "overclocking".... Heat? No issue.
The truth is, AS INDEVIDUALS we could do a lot more for ourselves to reduce telemarketing and spam. But most of us don't.
nO, I said THE OTHER GUYS where like the guy in the baloon.
Does this mean you are installing unrequested software on other peoples machines to advance your political agenda?
Yes, the Government is no longer able to keep us from killing ourselves in the name of adventure. Truthfully, a lot of these X-Prize contestans remind me of the guy who attached weather baloons to his lawn chair. Is it any wonder that Scaled won it? Not really, they where the only contender.
The problem is money. Scaled has Big Bux behind them. All the others involve huge model rockets (a good way to die). And it's not just the model rocket thing (hey, the V-2 is proven technology that eventually lifted man into space via NASA), its R and D. All these other programs just don't have the technical skill to build something other than a Roman candle.
I'm starting to think there is some type of... er, um... "relationship" between Michael and Roland...
Actually, what happens in this case is the CPU slips into a logic conundrum a la "Star Trek", smoke starts to rise from the box, and it exploads.
As it should be.
Please, Sir, it is well known that payola occures here. Why bother to ask?
The thing to understand is that like other cutting edge Internet companies, Google is no longer what it was. It is now a publicly held company with ONE SPACIFIC THING in mind for its mission: Produce cashflow for its stockholders. This is now Google's "mission". One day, it will be the mission of many of today's successful Open Source brainiacs. This is the way things tend to flow in a free society, people for the most part are driven by the need to survive and live in comfort.
I think it must be a problem at your end. As you know, Slashcode is the cutting edge.
Considering the wackiness factor of many of the other "competitors", I think that many will take this opportunity to exit the competition. I don't really mean this as a troll, but honestly, people, but one of these rockets already blew up on launch, and from what I've seen, most if not all the other "competitors" just don't have the R and D resources to pull off anything but a semi-spectacular fatality.
Yup. Yes indeed. Yup, yup, yup.
You know, there's a web site that addresses this spcific fetish...
Yes, obviously you are not a lawyer.
What's new in government. I've worked for the Air Force for 20 years. This is nothing new. Disappointing, yes. But it shows something that insiders have known for years, and that is that most Americans are ignorant and will believe whatever they hear, because who would lie?
Do you know why the Big Boys don't want to offer VoIP to residential customers? Because residential customers have no pull, we can't really pick and choose and tell our providers to hit the road, we are a Cash Cow stranded in their coporate corral. Big Biz customers CAN and DO dictate what they are willing to pay. Once again, Joe Blow get's screwed.
Well, he is a web developer!
Bean head. Flew right over your head!
Isn't this what is happening? I seem to remember a huge buzz a month or so ago where even some in the "mainstream" press where pushing Mozilla/Firefox as a better option to IE.
Good lord! You actually need to make a living from your work? Back to the re-education camp with you! But all kidding aside, I have yet to see a reasonable answer to this question. While it is true that there are many paid programmers writing Open Source for a variety of companies such as the biggies Red Hat, IBM, Novell, and so on, in the overall scheme of things, they actually account for a small percentage of OSS programmers. But at least for those of us who do not work for "benevolent" employers, we can still write code for the various Linux and BSD platforms for profit (as in money to pay the rent and buy nice threads and such.)