That's why development of Samba4 took about 6 years. Yet, they have succeeded. They replicated all the closed Microsoft technologies and right now they are finalizing the stack.
I've installed Samba4 on a test site. Installation was quite easy, even considering the DNS integration. However, I couldn't manage to set up DHCP with dynamic DNS updates. Though I see that they are adding an embedded DNS server into the Samba4 distribution (as they did with Kerberos and LDAP servers), so it should be much easier in the future.
Also, Microsoft tools for administration are seriously better than anything Samba4 has.
However, Excel is seriously better than OO.org Spreadsheet. Especially Excel 2010. We've replaced an expensive CrystalReports report builder with Excel and everyone is super-happy. It consumes data from OLAP database, it can easily run various analyses and it's even possible to export spreadsheets using Web.
"Seriously, A TRUE serial hybrid using multiple engine/generators DOES make sense for something like the hummer or even a semi. BUT, for small cars? Nope. Far better that these are pure electrics, and if you need a 'range extended', then simply buy a gas car."
Wrong. Volt-like cars are much better because you'll need much larger battery for pure electric cars. 40 miles is OK for Volt because it can fall back to gasoline at any time. Pure EV should have about 150-200 miles of range to be acceptable. Nissan Leaf with its 100 miles of range is barely acceptable for a fairly small niche.
Also, your SECOND car will run on gasoline ALL the time, while with 2 GM Volts you can ride almost all the time without using any gasoline at all.
Well, think about it like this - there was one giant slow mega-corporation working on stagnating Java development before.
Now there are TWO mega-corporations known for their agility working on a single piece of software. With strong commitment to committee-centered development.
They're still not even close to the first cosmic velocity.
Yes, you'll technically be in space but the problem is that your orbit will intersect the Earth. So it's nothing more than an expensive joyride. You can just as well jump up - for a split second you'll be in an orbit (which intersects the Earth as well).
Economy of scale? For what? Their current design is not scalable.
So dedicate 1 or 2 hours to teach how to use calculators.
It's not hard, basically it should be: "You take an expression and substitute numbers for the symbols" and maybe a couple of classes on peculiarities of precision-limited arithmetic.
"Ten, 20 years after automation becomes commonplace in automobiles, what happens when "something", like a goat in the road, throws a wrench into the gears? After a generation of automation, conditions which may have previously occurred would do so no longer."
Probably, software will hit failsafes and will try to stop the car immediately, communicating this decision to cars behind you, so they can gradually stop as well. Then you go out, kick the goat from the road and continue your trip.
"They aren't necessary before needing to deal with sines and cosines."
And they are even more useless _after_ that. Trigonometrical problems should be solved symbolically, not numerically. The final answer should look like: l=2*cos(p/2)*tan(p), and not "0.1239876184".
"Can I get some cash if I go-round breaking windows? Just as demolishing cars made work for assemblyline men, my activity will make work for glaziers."
Please, do. It might seem that both ideas are ineffective. And they are, in a working economy.
However, we're in a depressed economy right now and additional spending (even from fixing broken windows) will help us to boost the economy.
Integers can be bijectively mapped to natural numbers and integer operations can be expressed using first-order predicates and axioms of Peano arithmetic.
So for the purpose of my argument replacing "natural number" with "integer" changes exactly nothing.
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That's why development of Samba4 took about 6 years. Yet, they have succeeded. They replicated all the closed Microsoft technologies and right now they are finalizing the stack.
I've installed Samba4 on a test site. Installation was quite easy, even considering the DNS integration. However, I couldn't manage to set up DHCP with dynamic DNS updates. Though I see that they are adding an embedded DNS server into the Samba4 distribution (as they did with Kerberos and LDAP servers), so it should be much easier in the future.
Also, Microsoft tools for administration are seriously better than anything Samba4 has.
OpenOffice Writer is about as good as Word.
However, Excel is seriously better than OO.org Spreadsheet. Especially Excel 2010. We've replaced an expensive CrystalReports report builder with Excel and everyone is super-happy. It consumes data from OLAP database, it can easily run various analyses and it's even possible to export spreadsheets using Web.
I know quite a few companies who run 3-4 Windows servers for ActiveDirectory domain controllers and a lot of Linux servers as AD clients.
Once Samba4 is released, these Windows servers could be replaced as well.
No, the first production models are being delivered now. So far, every produced Volt and LEAF are sold long before is ready.
"And yet, the Nissan Leaf has FAR FAR outsold the volt."
Leaf and Volt are being sold already?
"Seriously, A TRUE serial hybrid using multiple engine/generators DOES make sense for something like the hummer or even a semi. BUT, for small cars? Nope. Far better that these are pure electrics, and if you need a 'range extended', then simply buy a gas car."
Wrong. Volt-like cars are much better because you'll need much larger battery for pure electric cars. 40 miles is OK for Volt because it can fall back to gasoline at any time. Pure EV should have about 150-200 miles of range to be acceptable. Nissan Leaf with its 100 miles of range is barely acceptable for a fairly small niche.
Also, your SECOND car will run on gasoline ALL the time, while with 2 GM Volts you can ride almost all the time without using any gasoline at all.
Well, think about it like this - there was one giant slow mega-corporation working on stagnating Java development before.
Now there are TWO mega-corporations known for their agility working on a single piece of software. With strong commitment to committee-centered development.
They're still not even close to the first cosmic velocity.
Yes, you'll technically be in space but the problem is that your orbit will intersect the Earth. So it's nothing more than an expensive joyride. You can just as well jump up - for a split second you'll be in an orbit (which intersects the Earth as well).
Economy of scale? For what? Their current design is not scalable.
So dedicate 1 or 2 hours to teach how to use calculators.
It's not hard, basically it should be:
"You take an expression and substitute numbers for the symbols" and maybe a couple of classes on peculiarities of precision-limited arithmetic.
"Ten, 20 years after automation becomes commonplace in automobiles, what happens when "something", like a goat in the road, throws a wrench into the gears? After a generation of automation, conditions which may have previously occurred would do so no longer."
Probably, software will hit failsafes and will try to stop the car immediately, communicating this decision to cars behind you, so they can gradually stop as well. Then you go out, kick the goat from the road and continue your trip.
"They aren't necessary before needing to deal with sines and cosines."
And they are even more useless _after_ that. Trigonometrical problems should be solved symbolically, not numerically. The final answer should look like: l=2*cos(p/2)*tan(p), and not "0.1239876184".
"dig kp. SOA" - nothing so far. Is this article a hoax?
There _were_ several commercial internets (small 'i') - CompuServe, AOL and so on.
There were also free noncommercial global networks, FidoNET was the largest one.
So no, Internet could have happened even if it was purely commercial.
Progress spacecraft are not put into the orbit by R-7 but by Proton rockets. R-7 is very reliable but it's not powerful enough for large payloads.
Also they were used to buy wooden arrows.
But so what? These expenses were trivial. And the bulk of spending was in the US and it was sorely needed.
"Can I get some cash if I go-round breaking windows? Just as demolishing cars made work for assemblyline men, my activity will make work for glaziers."
Please, do. It might seem that both ideas are ineffective. And they are, in a working economy.
However, we're in a depressed economy right now and additional spending (even from fixing broken windows) will help us to boost the economy.
Yes, it's not intuitive
Yeah. And that damned H.A.M.S. ter Tisha has higher number of citations then I do. Damn that rodents.
Integers can be bijectively mapped to natural numbers and integer operations can be expressed using first-order predicates and axioms of Peano arithmetic.
So for the purpose of my argument replacing "natural number" with "integer" changes exactly nothing.
"I don't understand, how is this different from selling tickets?"
You cannot take a Hollywood movie, modify it to suit your tastes and then re-release it. You cannot even use movie's universe to write your own plots!
What next: "Majority of US politicians say that there was no oil spill this year"?
Or maybe: "You know, toxic chemicals are actually good for you".
"Is it 'Western hubris' to demand that a country abide by treaties it ratified?"
Yes.
"It would destroy their plant, their centrifuges, and their current ability to enrich uranium"
How? Do you seriously think that they are located next to the reactor?
Yes, in fact bureaucrats do have a better track record than for-profit companies.
And what about free market? Why not let it decide what's best for everyone? :snark: