They have a load of *nix servers and PCs, yet frequently new M$ products fail to work with 3rd party clients/interfaces/servers. It sounds like he Microsoft's gimp for building systems that their engineers can write software to NOT work on.
There's a lot of DIY hacks that use Palms and iPAQs. Not seen so many using the Zaurus (which runs Linux). I have one, and would be interested in following someones example to learn myself.
The Zaurus 5500 should be an excellent choice for hacking as it have CF socket (could be used to add a hacked PCMCIA card supplying USB host), IR port and Sharp I/O which can be a serial port or USB client.
Then with the option of QT, Java or C (and even Python and Ruby). It would be easy to prototype on a laptop and then port to Zaurus.
I built a Garmin GPS to Zaurus cable. But that wasn't exactly challenging!
Water vapour is not environmentally safe! H2O is 5 times as effective as CO2 as a green house case. It's about time some one took resposibility and educated the population.
It's a 64 bit emulation on a 32 bit patch to a 16 bit extension of an 8 bit OS written for a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that doesn't care 1 bit about quality software.
(This joke is of course also a poor 64 bit extension of an existing crap joke - and therefore has Windoze certification)
Does AMD have anything to compete with Centrino
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They're chasing big boys market at the moment with 64-bit, but do they have something for the laptop market to match Centrino.
With the Athlon 64, IA64 and G5 vying for the 64bit market, and Athlon offering native supports of 32-bit binaries. Why would anyone want a new series of Pentium 4E?
Is Intel feeling that Athlon may be about to make leaps and bounds in the small business/desktop market?
Someone uses a portable large (10-20GB) USB harddrive to transfer data. Okay, so it was non-Microsoft. This would have been news if it had been new hardware/software/protocols, but honestly. Is this worthy of Slashdot?
Quote from the the Apple Developers page (http://www.apple.com/macosx/developertools/). Even Apple don't mention AppleScript, I think they realise that the UNIX utils/languages have suceeded it. This book is already irrelevant.
"UNIX foundation
With its Open Source, UNIX-based foundation, Mac OS X Panther lets you script with your choice of languages: Perl, PHP, Python, Rexx, Scheme, Tcl and more. You can work with built-in development tools such as gcc, gdb, vi, emacs and pico and take advantage of UNIX shell tools such as grep, chmod, ps, crontab, top and tail. If you?ve written utility software on another UNIX platform, you can quickly get it running in Mac OS X Panther.
In addition to leveraging the gamut of UNIX tools, you can easily extend the power of your software by using QuickTime?s complete multimedia architecture, including support for Flash 4, Cubic VR, RTP/RTSP video streaming, MPEG and a wide array of graphic file formats. New in Panther, you can script the Mac OS X graphics architecture, Quartz, with python."
A book on a language can be wonderful but that doesn't help when the language is flawed. Perhaps in the days of Mac OS =9 people would have use it. Now, with Mac so close to Unix (via BSD) I would have thought that it won't be long until a Glade or QT Designer style program with C or C++ will be the driving force in compiled programming and ports of Perl and Python in interpretted languages.
Is there a case for Applescript to answer?
I am not trying to start and argument, and I do not think OS evolution will irradicate a language, maybe just reduce it's use. After all a system (Mac) dependent language is not a useful as multiplatform code.
...typing in the URL you want to go to by hand, every time. Just in case. I really need the toilet but I'm afraid I'll be sued for breach of copyright, by Microsoft, for whatever comes out.
Has someone made a film of the Tolkien book? Amazing! I must try and get hold of a copy. What a challenge to have taken on. Just the mere thought of how to represent a character such as Tom Bombadil on screen would scare me off.
At the moment Microsoft you a proprietry format, which is a pain in the arse with regards file exchange between Word users and the computer literate population:-)
Even if their new format is patented, the fact that it is XML based will surely help in the production of open source decoder/encoder. Better interoperability between Open Office and M$ Office will help whilst the user base adjusts to using well written and properly tested software.
Although not as known as many other car manufacturers, Tatra is actually the second oldest automobile company in the world (with only Daimler being older). It was established in 19th century and throughout the years came with many innovations, that helped to change many things in the industry. Just one example, probably quite surprising: the famous VW Beetle was "inspired" by certain streamline Tatra cars (V570, T97) so much, that Volkswagen had to pay few millions of D-Marks to Tatra as a compensation for patent violations. During 1930 and 1940, Tatra created several amazing cars, like T77, T87, T97 and trucks like T111. After the communist revolution in 1948, Tatra specialized mostly in truck production and the passenger cars were only manufactured in very limited numbers to be used by ruling elite. T603 was produced between 1958 and 1975 and the T613 (designed by Vignale) was produced between 1974 and 1996.
A picture for those who still think Jaguar is a big car:-) - Click on any photo to get hi-res in new window!
I must admit, I have loved Tatra's since I was a little boy. My father used to work as chaffeur for one of local bosses and I spent a lot of time on the rear seat of a T603 when I was three or four years old. Later, as a student I owned one of T603s myself. For few years I move to more practical cars for few years (Honda Civic and Volvo 480 to be exact), but what my Dutch friends call a Tatra-virus was still deep inside me. So when I stared to work in Holland and needed a comfortable car for almost-monthly trips to Czech republic, Tatra was very high on my list of choices. After two or three months I found one in good condition and I did not hesitate a minute.
Exterior picture of T613-4 Mi Long
My car is one of later T613s, produced in summer 1993 for Frankfurt auto show (and not actually used much after that). It is a T613-4Mi Long version (M=power steering, i=multi-point injection, long = wheelbase 3150mm instead of standard 3000mm). A sedan, larger than Mercedes Benz S-Klasse, with 3.5 litre V8 air cooled engine (200HP, 300 NM), mounted above the rear axle. It was originally an "Elektronik" version, which means all the controls were fully digital with several computers (including one for voice output) and parts communicating with each other using CAN-bus. (Hi, Volvo guys, your S80 was by far not the first one, would you correct your advertising materials please?) This equipment was later removed (by factory) and replaced by more traditional standard wiring, but at the moment I have decided to buy it, I was already sure that a computer must come back. And so it did - I started to work on my installation in summer 2002 and by Christmas, I had a working installation.
Why?
The basic two reasons that led me to the installation of the computer were the replacement of CD changer by an MP3 player and a navigation solution, based on Route 66 application. I am pretty sure anyone who needs to make 1000 km trips every month or has ever been lost in Copenhagen can understand these two reasons:-) During the installation, I also added some more functions (communication with engine controller, on-board micrcontroller for basic telemetric data). Of course I could simply buy a head unit that supports MP3 playback and a dedicated navigation hardware. However I was not very excited about the prospect of spending several thousands euro for a dedicated hardware and then wait for the manufacturer to release the maps I needed (Czech republic in particular). Use of standard computer gives me much more freedom in the configuration of the system and potential upgrades - both software and hardware.
First time in the Tatra - still in the original case (although without all the plastic)
The first idea was to use an LCD iMac, and built it into the original dashboard. The base unit was supposed to be placed within the dashboard and the display with its holder outside. This idea had two basic flaws: iMac's 1
As a scientist, although I find it very interesting that they have "discovered" water on Mars, I do no think it is the ground breaking discovery that it has been played up as.
From the geological appearance water was always expected, Hydrogen and Oxygen are both abundant enough (in the early history of Mars - not in the atmosphere at the moment). H2O is the thermodynamic result.
Although the absence of water would almost certainly have procluded the existance of "life" on Mars, the existance of water is not, in itself, that startling a discovery.
It is important that scientific funding goes towards real science and not satisfying the public demand for fantastic revelations!
Finally, well done ESA for building a spectrometer that accurate, and getting it there:-)
Don't be silly, what this does mean is that small development groups are merging. This will be good for Linux. A unified group, with real direction is essential for our world domination a good OS.
Slashdot Mirror
My office has gnu/linux and windows.....
We use Fedora Core for work, games, everything computer based. We use windows for looking out.
They have a load of *nix servers and PCs, yet frequently new M$ products fail to work with 3rd party clients/interfaces/servers. It sounds like he Microsoft's gimp for building systems that their engineers can write software to NOT work on.
How apt that I saw that message. There truly is nothing to see.
That you like Road Runner (read the SSID backwards).
Do they have an SCO license for their linux :-)
There's a lot of DIY hacks that use Palms and iPAQs. Not seen so many using the Zaurus (which runs Linux). I have one, and would be interested in following someones example to learn myself.
The Zaurus 5500 should be an excellent choice for hacking as it have CF socket (could be used to add a hacked PCMCIA card supplying USB host), IR port and Sharp I/O which can be a serial port or USB client.
Then with the option of QT, Java or C (and even Python and Ruby). It would be easy to prototype on a laptop and then port to Zaurus.
I built a Garmin GPS to Zaurus cable. But that wasn't exactly challenging!
Anyone have any interesting links like this?
Gas not case. It's early sunday morning here in the UK.
Thank you.
Water vapour is not environmentally safe! H2O is 5 times as effective as CO2 as a green house case. It's about time some one took resposibility and educated the population.
It's a 64 bit emulation on a 32 bit patch to a 16 bit extension of an 8 bit OS written for a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that doesn't care 1 bit about quality software.
(This joke is of course also a poor 64 bit extension of an existing crap joke - and therefore has Windoze certification)
They're chasing big boys market at the moment with 64-bit, but do they have something for the laptop market to match Centrino.
Windows Icons Mouse Pointer
This acronym for the new world of graphical front ends was coined pre-Micro$oft.
Microsoft + windows = Microsoft Windows
Linux + windows = Lindows
Or does Microsoft dictate how a company chooses its name.
First witty post of the day.
Next call for an equiry to blame Darl for this.
You have to ask the question!
With the Athlon 64, IA64 and G5 vying for the 64bit market, and Athlon offering native supports of 32-bit binaries. Why would anyone want a new series of Pentium 4E?
Is Intel feeling that Athlon may be about to make leaps and bounds in the small business/desktop market?
You wouldn't believe how silly I felt when I realised that it wasn't an autobiography.
Someone uses a portable large (10-20GB) USB harddrive to transfer data. Okay, so it was non-Microsoft. This would have been news if it had been new hardware/software/protocols, but honestly. Is this worthy of Slashdot?
MountainMan thinks that perhaps Stallman offered tips on how to write you Biography in the 3rd person.
Quote from the the Apple Developers page (http://www.apple.com/macosx/developertools/). Even Apple don't mention AppleScript, I think they realise that the UNIX utils/languages have suceeded it. This book is already irrelevant.
"UNIX foundation
With its Open Source, UNIX-based foundation, Mac OS X Panther lets you script with your choice of languages: Perl, PHP, Python, Rexx, Scheme, Tcl and more. You can work with built-in development tools such as gcc, gdb, vi, emacs and pico and take advantage of UNIX shell tools such as grep, chmod, ps, crontab, top and tail. If you?ve written utility software on another UNIX platform, you can quickly get it running in Mac OS X Panther.
In addition to leveraging the gamut of UNIX tools, you can easily extend the power of your software by using QuickTime?s complete multimedia architecture, including support for Flash 4, Cubic VR, RTP/RTSP video streaming, MPEG and a wide array of graphic file formats. New in Panther, you can script the Mac OS X graphics architecture, Quartz, with python."
A book on a language can be wonderful but that doesn't help when the language is flawed. Perhaps in the days of Mac OS =9 people would have use it. Now, with Mac so close to Unix (via BSD) I would have thought that it won't be long until a Glade or QT Designer style program with C or C++ will be the driving force in compiled programming and ports of Perl and Python in interpretted languages.
Is there a case for Applescript to answer?
I am not trying to start and argument, and I do not think OS evolution will irradicate a language, maybe just reduce it's use. After all a system (Mac) dependent language is not a useful as multiplatform code.
...typing in the URL you want to go to by hand, every time. Just in case. I really need the toilet but I'm afraid I'll be sued for breach of copyright, by Microsoft, for whatever comes out.
Has someone made a film of the Tolkien book? Amazing! I must try and get hold of a copy. What a challenge to have taken on. Just the mere thought of how to represent a character such as Tom Bombadil on screen would scare me off.
I never use zip (I do use unzip) on my computer (Linux). Any compressed archive I want I use TAR and then either Gzip or Bzip. Are these better?
At the moment Microsoft you a proprietry format, which is a pain in the arse with regards file exchange between Word users and the computer literate population :-)
Even if their new format is patented, the fact that it is XML based will surely help in the production of open source decoder/encoder. Better interoperability between Open Office and M$ Office will help whilst the user base adjusts to using well written and properly tested software.
Few words about Tatra
:-) - Click on any photo to get hi-res in new window!
:-) During the installation, I also added some more functions (communication with engine controller, on-board micrcontroller for basic telemetric data). Of course I could simply buy a head unit that supports MP3 playback and a dedicated navigation hardware. However I was not very excited about the prospect of spending several thousands euro for a dedicated hardware and then wait for the manufacturer to release the maps I needed (Czech republic in particular). Use of standard computer gives me much more freedom in the configuration of the system and potential upgrades - both software and hardware.
Although not as known as many other car manufacturers, Tatra is actually the second oldest automobile company in the world (with only Daimler being older). It was established in 19th century and throughout the years came with many innovations, that helped to change many things in the industry. Just one example, probably quite surprising: the famous VW Beetle was "inspired" by certain streamline Tatra cars (V570, T97) so much, that Volkswagen had to pay few millions of D-Marks to Tatra as a compensation for patent violations. During 1930 and 1940, Tatra created several amazing cars, like T77, T87, T97 and trucks like T111. After the communist revolution in 1948, Tatra specialized mostly in truck production and the passenger cars were only manufactured in very limited numbers to be used by ruling elite. T603 was produced between 1958 and 1975 and the T613 (designed by Vignale) was produced between 1974 and 1996.
A picture for those who still think Jaguar is a big car
I must admit, I have loved Tatra's since I was a little boy. My father used to work as chaffeur for one of local bosses and I spent a lot of time on the rear seat of a T603 when I was three or four years old. Later, as a student I owned one of T603s myself. For few years I move to more practical cars for few years (Honda Civic and Volvo 480 to be exact), but what my Dutch friends call a Tatra-virus was still deep inside me. So when I stared to work in Holland and needed a comfortable car for almost-monthly trips to Czech republic, Tatra was very high on my list of choices. After two or three months I found one in good condition and I did not hesitate a minute.
Exterior picture of T613-4 Mi Long
My car is one of later T613s, produced in summer 1993 for Frankfurt auto show (and not actually used much after that). It is a T613-4Mi Long version (M=power steering, i=multi-point injection, long = wheelbase 3150mm instead of standard 3000mm). A sedan, larger than Mercedes Benz S-Klasse, with 3.5 litre V8 air cooled engine (200HP, 300 NM), mounted above the rear axle. It was originally an "Elektronik" version, which means all the controls were fully digital with several computers (including one for voice output) and parts communicating with each other using CAN-bus. (Hi, Volvo guys, your S80 was by far not the first one, would you correct your advertising materials please?) This equipment was later removed (by factory) and replaced by more traditional standard wiring, but at the moment I have decided to buy it, I was already sure that a computer must come back. And so it did - I started to work on my installation in summer 2002 and by Christmas, I had a working installation.
Why?
The basic two reasons that led me to the installation of the computer were the replacement of CD changer by an MP3 player and a navigation solution, based on Route 66 application. I am pretty sure anyone who needs to make 1000 km trips every month or has ever been lost in Copenhagen can understand these two reasons
First time in the Tatra - still in the original case (although without all the plastic)
The first idea was to use an LCD iMac, and built it into the original dashboard. The base unit was supposed to be placed within the dashboard and the display with its holder outside. This idea had two basic flaws: iMac's 1
As a scientist, although I find it very interesting that they have "discovered" water on Mars, I do no think it is the ground breaking discovery that it has been played up as.
:-)
From the geological appearance water was always expected, Hydrogen and Oxygen are both abundant enough (in the early history of Mars - not in the atmosphere at the moment). H2O is the thermodynamic result.
Although the absence of water would almost certainly have procluded the existance of "life" on Mars, the existance of water is not, in itself, that startling a discovery.
It is important that scientific funding goes towards real science and not satisfying the public demand for fantastic revelations!
Finally, well done ESA for building a spectrometer that accurate, and getting it there
Don't be silly, what this does mean is that small development groups are merging. This will be good for Linux. A unified group, with real direction is essential for our world domination a good OS.