Sorry this story is a wee bit false... the below link is a video of the worlds real fastest kayak... now this is cool!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ToUK6uEK6PI
I am sure the author of this article is a fine individual... however I am serious forced to question is opinions.
CORBA is far from dead... CORBA is in fact mandidated for use in every radio used US miltary, coastgaurd etc by 2010 (I believe). One only has to google for JTRS and start searching the links for SCA (the standard being used). And this is just the icing on the cake.
CORBA itslef is a enormous overhead saving tool... I have worked with far to many engineers that want to design there own msg'ing system between processors and devices... without CORBA you are simply re-inventing the wheel. The CORBA community has already made its mistakes and corrections.
And as for his assesment of the individuals contributing to the standard... well he could not be more wrong... these people are highly qualified/knowledgeable individuals building real systems and using CORBA to build real systems... nothing is added to the CORBA spec ad-hoc.
The biggest problem CORBA has with its addoption is its foot print size in embedded systems... however thanks to modern memory sizes this is no longer a problem... so in my humble opinion the author needs to wake up and jump back on the CORBA bandwagon... otherwise he can go sit on his own and re-invent CORBA's past while CORBA moves on with life.
Rant over:-)
You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
Has someone right a screen saver that sends out packets to other screen savers that look like file sharing packets... except make these packets totally bogus... i.e. no file sharing is going on... it would make these BS sniffing tatics absolutely useless. This could be done easily by using torrent type technology and pulling play list off the right URL's.
What is with this guy slamming on people. I am sure he's bright and all but would it hurt him to try and be constructive instead of just being rude. He could simply provide a example of what problems will occur and then stop.
There is definitely some snobbery in the linux community. The big problem is how the community aids people who do not really understand the gravity of what they are asking. Explaining to someone why they are looking at the wrong thing i.e. kernel code instead of apache... can some times lead to serious impatience when new users pick the wrong forum to ask questions. The community in my opinion needs to publish better "newbie forums" not just for users, but naive developers and newbie hacks, and possibly even goes as far as creating "computer science" basics forums. The "P" in GPL is far to often forgot... if you want to work for the greater good you must realise this.
Apperently they are releasing a console better than sony's as well.
Someone please fire these marketing people... we are all tired of this "better than" BS when there is no product on the shelve/www etc...
As a Canadian... I hardly find this a problem... I can fit about 500 mp3's on a CD at 5 MB each... so if you do the math the cost per song is about what I'd be willing to pay for a legal download service.
Bring on the tax and free the torrents is what I say!
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Sorry this story is a wee bit false ... the below link is a video of the worlds real fastest kayak ... now this is cool!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ToUK6uEK6PI
Clearly the prof understands compression techniques and not the students posting the video.
So ya like oh my god its ubuntu ...
I pray to god this man is not the ubuntu evangalist ...
I can speak better than this guy and thats not saying much!
Sounds like you'll need a www connection to install everything not in the image (drivers, etc). Just a guess :-)
For the last time 'It's Corel GNU/LInux' ... read the box.
Sounds a little judge dread to me ...
I didn't realise he was the same guy ... however it still doesn't effect my opinion ... check the publishing date on the book.
I am sure the author of this article is a fine individual ... however I am serious forced to question is opinions.
CORBA is far from dead ... CORBA is in fact mandidated for use in every radio used US miltary, coastgaurd etc by 2010 (I believe). One only has to google for JTRS and start searching the links for SCA (the standard being used). And this is just the icing on the cake.
CORBA itslef is a enormous overhead saving tool ... I have worked with far to many engineers that want to design there own msg'ing system between processors and devices ... without CORBA you are simply re-inventing the wheel. The CORBA community has already made its mistakes and corrections.
And as for his assesment of the individuals contributing to the standard ... well he could not be more wrong ... these people are highly qualified/knowledgeable individuals building real systems and using CORBA to build real systems ... nothing is added to the CORBA spec ad-hoc.
The biggest problem CORBA has with its addoption is its foot print size in embedded systems ... however thanks to modern memory sizes this is no longer a problem ... so in my humble opinion the author needs to wake up and jump back on the CORBA bandwagon ... otherwise he can go sit on his own and re-invent CORBA's past while CORBA moves on with life.
Rant over :-)
If they wanted more women they would have painted the gnome 'foot' pink. (ps I am joking)
Dick Cheney plays GTA?
The author definitely has a limited amount of time ... he's definitely in line for 'the slacker' award.
This is ... Truly News For Nerds!!!!
This sounds AWESOME ... I mean all these feature just have me riveted ... I knew all along I was waiting for the right reasons!
You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
Leaving work at 3:00 is looking like a possibility today ...
Has someone right a screen saver that sends out packets to other screen savers that look like file sharing packets ... except make these packets totally bogus ... i.e. no file sharing is going on ... it would make these BS sniffing tatics absolutely useless. This could be done easily by using torrent type technology and pulling play list off the right URL's.
Keep your head buddy ... I just watch AVP and there some whacky stuff in those pyramids ... I mean the kinda stuff you could really lose a head over.
What is with this guy slamming on people. I am sure he's bright and all but would it hurt him to try and be constructive instead of just being rude. He could simply provide a example of what problems will occur and then stop.
Are there community awards to award portions of the linux world that do provide outstanding support?
There is definitely some snobbery in the linux community. The big problem is how the community aids people who do not really understand the gravity of what they are asking. Explaining to someone why they are looking at the wrong thing i.e. kernel code instead of apache ... can some times lead to serious impatience when new users pick the wrong forum to ask questions. The community in my opinion needs to publish better "newbie forums" not just for users, but naive developers and newbie hacks, and possibly even goes as far as creating "computer science" basics forums. The "P" in GPL is far to often forgot ... if you want to work for the greater good you must realise this.
Searched for my name and my CPU pegged at 100%
Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty
Apperently they are releasing a console better than sony's as well. Someone please fire these marketing people ... we are all tired of this "better than" BS when there is no product on the shelve/www etc ...
Ahhhh hem ... your pardons ... that would 5MB x 100 songs per disc ... still within my budget ...
As a Canadian ... I hardly find this a problem ... I can fit about 500 mp3's on a CD at 5 MB each ... so if you do the math the cost per song is about what I'd be willing to pay for a legal download service.
Bring on the tax and free the torrents is what I say!