> Until we develop some low-cost, low-footprint technologies and try to persuade them to use our ecologically friendly solution, we can't say a word.
What: like a bicycle ? (Yes I know: not for all people all of the time, but they can do a lot to help !!) (Disclaimer: I have no car but several bikes)
It seems/seemed to die a slow death. I followed its progress for some time, but what I would like to see is a *very* slim Firefox, but with the add-on capability to extend it in the direction I, the user, wishes.
> We need a rewrite that strips out all the bloat to make a lean, fast, bloat free browser
I guess you are going for Funny mod points, but I seriously agree. I used Phoenix since 0.5 when speed and small download size were important. Once the built-in RSS reader got added I realized the project had lost it's way. I still use Firefox exclusively, but if someone forked off a Firefox-Lite, that is the way I would go !!
> If the changes aren't to your liking, fortunately for you, there's still the original right at your fingertips.
In the case of Bladerunner: only if you bought it in time. I was waiting for a longtime to get Bladerunner on DVD: I could not even find it second hand. I understand that a problem over copyright prevented it's (the original version) re-release till quite recently.
Call me paranoid but to me this whole thing sounds like simple Intel and/or Microsoft anti-OLPC FUD ala SCO vs Linux/UNIX etc. Expect more to follow:-(
> Satellites can calibrate their altimeters by bouncing signals off the ocean surface.. because of atmospheric interference, tides and waves, there are uncertainties. Borsa says the salar, now so accurately mapped and with dry, clear skies, is about five times better than the ocean as a reference point.'"
Sounds more complicated then Envisats LRR (mirror on spacecraft, bounce a land based laser off it and measure the round trip time: http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/lrr/)
> New NSA-Approved Encryption Standard May Contain Backdoor
I am shocked, shocked, to find that an organization whose tasks include breaking other peoples encryption publishes a standard that will make their lives easier.
> The solution is to turn Yucca Mountain into a medium-term repository. Bury it, safely, for 100 to 200 years, let the exceptionally hot stuff decay away, and I'm pretty darned sure civilization will be able to find some use for the energy stored in there in 100 years.
Can you imagine how seriously immoral I (and others) find that attitude: here kids, you can have this shed load of seriously nasty stuff that we produced because we can not live within our means, now go and find a solution for us. Hey, thanks Dad.
> if they're really serious about things like Global Warming, switching from Coal to Nuclear power would be the only cost-efficient way to do it.
Do you (or anyone) have any links to a complete life-cycle costing of nuclear power ? I mean everything; including the waste disposal (or storage for n thousand years, and including accident insurance (ie not subsidized/underwritten by the govt ?) I keep hearing it is cheaper, but see little evidence ?
And ditto for a full environmental analysis, not just plant side CO2, but including the mining of the uranium, and the impact of the long term storage facilities etc.
(FWIW my main answer to energy problems would be tackle the depend side with improved efficiency.)
> but in the UK what killed nuclear power was not environmental concerns but the cost.
My memory of what happened in the UK was that, yes it was the cost, but the problem was the cost of *insurance* against the result of an accident: no insurance company would take on the risk, and the govt. refused to underwrite the risk, so the city balked.
> but what is missing in the Linux community is unity and standardization. It would be great if people could rally around a single distribution of a common software framework,
Funny: that is what I *like* about Linux etc. I do not have to stick with someone else's idea of what is good: I can choose different distros/apps etc, or I can roll my own. Horses for courses, and all that.
> How are we going to store the nuclear waste in such a way that no one is hurt by it? Who will guard this facility for a million years? How much will that cost?
Hi, my name is Simon, and I am the other Slashdot reader who is not pro-nuclear power !! I would like to that you for pointing out the Elephant in the Room !! (Unfortunately I have no mod-points so I can not reduce your current Score:-1, Troll.)
And I will wait with interest to see if anyone even tries to ball-park guess the answer to your question !!
> The track between Munich and the airport is 37km; 23 miles long. A conventional express train (not even ICE) could do that easily in 20 minutes if it doesn't stop at each station. The maglev will do it in 10 mins.
I agree: if I was in charge I would choose a direct "normal" rail link. But there are 2 points *against* a 'normal" rail-link:
1) Dick-swinging: as in "look at us, we have a cool high tech toy".
2) Public subsidy of private industry: the builders (German of course: and I bet Bavarian firms will get plenty of the work) get a "free" demo track (visiting dignitaries ride in from the airport, maybe 1 or 2 will buy one for their home country).
(Don't get me wrong: I am very pro public transport, but the German railways are slowly getting strangled of funds and the money spent saving a few minutes off a short ride could be better spent elsewhere !)
The BBC reports that the offer is limited to 2 weeks/25,000 units, on the reasonable grounds that they do not divert too much capacity to the 1st world.
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> I could have sworn that there were studies that showed that people with safety features tended to drive more recklessly.
Yes: Google for Risk Compensation Theory, or see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation
> Until we develop some low-cost, low-footprint technologies and try to persuade them to use our ecologically friendly solution, we can't say a word.
What: like a bicycle ? (Yes I know: not for all people all of the time, but they can do a lot to help !!) (Disclaimer: I have no car but several bikes)
> Whatever happened to Minimo?
It seems/seemed to die a slow death. I followed its progress for some time, but what I would like to see is a *very* slim Firefox, but with the add-on capability to extend it in the direction I, the user, wishes.
> They powered a SiCortex SC648 supercomputer with a Linux cluster of 648 CPUs...
> We need a rewrite that strips out all the bloat to make a lean, fast, bloat free browser
I guess you are going for Funny mod points, but I seriously agree. I used Phoenix since 0.5 when speed and small download size were important. Once the built-in RSS reader got added I realized the project had lost it's way. I still use Firefox exclusively, but if someone forked off a Firefox-Lite, that is the way I would go !!
> If the changes aren't to your liking, fortunately for you, there's still the original right at your fingertips.
In the case of Bladerunner: only if you bought it in time. I was waiting for a longtime to get Bladerunner on DVD: I could not even find it second hand. I understand that a problem over copyright prevented it's (the original version) re-release till quite recently.
Call me paranoid but to me this whole thing sounds like simple Intel and/or Microsoft anti-OLPC FUD ala SCO vs Linux/UNIX etc. Expect more to follow :-(
> Satellites can calibrate their altimeters by bouncing signals off the ocean surface .. because of atmospheric interference, tides and waves, there are uncertainties. Borsa says the salar, now so accurately mapped and with dry, clear skies, is about five times better than the ocean as a reference point.'"
Sounds more complicated then Envisats LRR (mirror on spacecraft, bounce a land based laser off it and measure the round trip time: http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/lrr/)
> New NSA-Approved Encryption Standard May Contain Backdoor
I am shocked, shocked, to find that an organization whose tasks include breaking other peoples encryption publishes a standard that will make their lives easier.
> The solution is to turn Yucca Mountain into a medium-term repository. Bury it, safely, for 100 to 200 years, let the exceptionally hot stuff decay away, and I'm pretty darned sure civilization will be able to find some use for the energy stored in there in 100 years.
Can you imagine how seriously immoral I (and others) find that attitude: here kids, you can have this shed load of seriously nasty stuff that we produced because we can not live within our means, now go and find a solution for us. Hey, thanks Dad.
> if they're really serious about things like Global Warming, switching from Coal to Nuclear power would be the only cost-efficient way to do it.
Do you (or anyone) have any links to a complete life-cycle costing of nuclear power ? I mean everything; including the waste disposal (or storage for n thousand years, and including accident insurance (ie not subsidized/underwritten by the govt ?) I keep hearing it is cheaper, but see little evidence ?
And ditto for a full environmental analysis, not just plant side CO2, but including the mining of the uranium, and the impact of the long term storage facilities etc.
(FWIW my main answer to energy problems would be tackle the depend side with improved efficiency.)
> but in the UK what killed nuclear power was not environmental concerns but the cost.
My memory of what happened in the UK was that, yes it was the cost, but the problem was the cost of *insurance* against the result of an accident: no insurance company would take on the risk, and the govt. refused to underwrite the risk, so the city balked.
If you are hoping to get full Linux support for this board (from gOS Products):
"Experience our first developer product. We encourage developers to advance the currently limited driver support for this eco-friendly VIA board."
> You mean like LinuxBIOS? Boots to a Linux console in 3 seconds.
:-(
If you are lucky enough to have your mobo supported
> How long before we start seeing our parents posting embarrassing messages on our walls though?
"embarrassing messages" ? : wait till we scan in and post the embarrassing childhood photos and videos (your childhood, not ours !).
But I run Linux, you insensitive clod.
> but what is missing in the Linux community is unity and standardization. It would be great if people could rally around a single distribution of a common software framework,
Funny: that is what I *like* about Linux etc. I do not have to stick with someone else's idea of what is good: I can choose different distros/apps etc, or I can roll my own. Horses for courses, and all that.
> So where do I get Windows for $0?
:-)
Damn noobs on Slashdot: try starting here
> Unfortunately I have no mod-points so I can not reduce your current Score:-1, Troll.
OK: in the time it took to write my original reply your comment jumped up to Score:3, Interesting
> How are we going to store the nuclear waste in such a way that no one is hurt by it? Who will guard this facility for a million years? How much will that cost?
Hi, my name is Simon, and I am the other Slashdot reader who is not pro-nuclear power !! I would like to that you for pointing out the Elephant in the Room !! (Unfortunately I have no mod-points so I can not reduce your current Score:-1, Troll.)
And I will wait with interest to see if anyone even tries to ball-park guess the answer to your question !!
> So what you are saying is...they support 99.9% of desktop operating systms. Sounds reasonable to me!
This is true for now, but it is *about to change*: I read somewhere (Slashdot ?) that 2007 is the year of Linux on the Desktop.
> The track between Munich and the airport is 37km; 23 miles long. A conventional express train (not even ICE) could do that easily in 20 minutes if it doesn't stop at each station. The maglev will do it in 10 mins.
I agree: if I was in charge I would choose a direct "normal" rail link. But there are 2 points *against* a 'normal" rail-link:
1) Dick-swinging: as in "look at us, we have a cool high tech toy".
2) Public subsidy of private industry: the builders (German of course: and I bet Bavarian firms will get plenty of the work) get a "free" demo track (visiting dignitaries ride in from the airport, maybe 1 or 2 will buy one for their home country).
(Don't get me wrong: I am very pro public transport, but the German railways are slowly getting strangled of funds and the money spent saving a few minutes off a short ride could be better spent elsewhere !)
> Ah, no, the article says the first 25,000 will be delivered by the end of the year
Yep: my bad. I guess I read it too fast, and within the context of the preceding paragraph (limited to 2 weeks) !!
The BBC reports that the offer is limited to 2 weeks/25,000 units, on the reasonable grounds that they do not divert too much capacity to the 1st world.
as if millions of geeks suddenly cheered and were not silenced. I knew something inevitable has finally happened.