Uh... Microsoft.... Fiji had **yet another** coup a few months ago, and you want to name an OS after them???
Actually, it's very appropriate - Vista works about as well as Fiji does.
In other words - not at all......
Uhh... Microsoft strong-arming PC-makers to preload their crappy OS. Isn't that "restraint of trade"?
Intimidation? Hello.... legal folks....? Anyone there???
For a very interesting, concise and powerful language, Rebol is hard to beat.
The whole package (including a GUI) in less than 500Kb.
Rebol, although free, isn't open-source, but there are two projects that attempt to imitate it.
They are -
R-sharp ( http://sf.net/projects/r-sharp )
and Freebell
( http://sf.net/projects/freebell )
Although both projects seem to be dead, they both have code (Freebell's is in CVS, R-sharp can be downloaded straight off ).
I've used R-sharp and it's not bad at all.....:-)
Just like Apollo 13 "save" - good work, Smeds!
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Just a quick post from downunder here in New Zealand to say "well done, Smeds!"
This story reminded me very much of Apollo 13 and the amazing "save" of that mission, due to some excellent work by Nasa *and* the very ice-cool astronauts. ( Okay, the Apollo 13 thing was an accident, not a design-flaw, but the "fixing things on-the-fly" was similar in both these events ) .
On this "Doppler shift" problem, it's easy to heap criticism on those who didn't spot it (and some constructive criticism is in order), but at least Smeds has beautifully highlighted a potential problem for any future space missions. This problem can now be tested for, and avoided.
Well done, all those who were involved in the "fix" to save Huygens!
Great to see this!
Sheesh - has anyone else had a look at the number of dependencies that Gnome packages (**especially** Gnumeric) have ? Arrrrgh....
I mean, gee - it's all very well grabbing that (and so testing apt for the good apt-devs), but it really is beyond a joke:-)
Just look at the nonsense with Nautilus' so-called "spatial-browsing". A great example of a solution looking for a problem. Far too much of what the devs want, instead of what the USER wants.
Viva KDE and fluxbox...:-)
AMD has really "done the business" with their chips. If I were Intel, I'd be seriously thinking about "leapfrogging", going to 128-bits.... maybe even more.....:-)
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, but anyway...
With the appearance of PCs with trustchips inside, surely the PC market is **ripe** for someone to set up a "certified as trustchip-free" body / organisation?
Just as you can now get your OSS certified as "open source", a "trustchip free" monitoring body could certify PCs as being "trustchip free", and pop a sticker on the case (just like certain chipmakers do....;-)
A nice big, bold sticker with a diagonal slash.
Ok someone, how 'bout setting up http://trustchipfree.org ?
There is ** Mega PC market share here for the taking** for anyone far-sighted enough to do this. OSS people would surely buy such PCs in preference to those PCs which were not certified as "trustchip-free".
Waaay down here in little ol' New Zealand, we've just had our "local body elections" (city councils, mayors).
We voted using the Single Transferable Vote system (STV).
( Unfortunately, for our "general elections", we use another nowhere-near-as-good system called MMP, but that's another story.... )
STV is something of a misnomer, as there's nothing "single" about it. It allows you to rank the people, and is **VERY** easy to understand.
Even better - it means that those who are elected will be a very good reflection of the "people's will".
Sheesh - when it comes to electoral systems, what is it with the US system and these "primaries" and stuff? Weird.....:-)
No.... sorry, have to differ with you on this...:-)
It *does not* necessarily take heaps of energy to produce H2. If you're using *chemical* means to get it, then yes - absolutely!
But - what about the bugs that Craig Venter (the genetics guru) is working on? They munch away on a "gruel" and produce H2 as a by-product. Sounds low-energy to me....:-)
Not so sure about that... there is more than one way to skin the "hydrogen cat"....:-)
What about the bugs that Craig Venter and his mates are working on? They munch away on some kind of "gruel" and produce hydrogen as a by-product.
If we were only looking at "chemical" ways to get H2, I'd agree with you. But bugs sound very low-energy-input to me (especially if the stuff they're feeding on can be made from waste of some kind).
The gazillions of dollars ploughed into fusion research would be
better put into something that has been **PROVEN** to work.
Check out the following site -
http://www.whispertech.co.nz/
WhisperTech is a Christchurch (New Zealand) company that has
just clinched a ***$300 MILLION *** dollar contract to supply
their mega-hotted-up (and now *economically viable** ) Stirling engines to the UK market. They (WhisperTech) have been around for a while, and no-one gets a $300 million contract for something that doesn't work!
I'm a supporter of both fuel cells and Sturling engines. Both are proven technologies that (with a fraction of the wasted money put into fusion research) could supply us with a large percentage of our energy needs.
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Uh... Microsoft.... Fiji had **yet another** coup a few months ago, and you want to name an OS after them??? Actually, it's very appropriate - Vista works about as well as Fiji does. In other words - not at all......
Uhh... Microsoft strong-arming PC-makers to preload their crappy OS. Isn't that "restraint of trade"? Intimidation? Hello .... legal folks....? Anyone there???
I for one welcome our new frisbee-sorting overlords ...
For a very interesting, concise and powerful language, Rebol is hard to beat. ..... :-)
The whole package (including a GUI) in less than 500Kb.
Rebol, although free, isn't open-source, but there are two projects that attempt to imitate it. They are -
R-sharp ( http://sf.net/projects/r-sharp )
and Freebell
( http://sf.net/projects/freebell )
Although both projects seem to be dead, they both have code (Freebell's is in CVS, R-sharp can be downloaded straight off ).
I've used R-sharp and it's not bad at all
Just a quick post from downunder here in New Zealand to say "well done, Smeds!"
This story reminded me very much of Apollo 13 and the amazing "save" of that mission, due to some excellent work by Nasa *and* the very ice-cool astronauts. ( Okay, the Apollo 13 thing was an accident, not a design-flaw, but the "fixing things on-the-fly" was similar in both these events ) .
On this "Doppler shift" problem, it's easy to heap criticism on those who didn't spot it (and some constructive criticism is in order), but at least Smeds has beautifully highlighted a potential problem for any future space missions. This problem can now be tested for, and avoided.
Well done, all those who were involved in the "fix" to save Huygens!
Great to see this! .... :-) ... :-)
Sheesh - has anyone else had a look at the number of dependencies that Gnome packages (**especially** Gnumeric) have ? Arrrrgh
I mean, gee - it's all very well grabbing that (and so testing apt for the good apt-devs), but it really is beyond a joke
Just look at the nonsense with Nautilus' so-called "spatial-browsing". A great example of a solution looking for a problem. Far too much of what the devs want, instead of what the USER wants. Viva KDE and fluxbox
Hmm ... there *is* one way for Intel to come back.
.... maybe even more ..... :-)
AMD has really "done the business" with their chips. If I were Intel, I'd be seriously thinking about "leapfrogging", going to 128-bits
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, but anyway ...
.... ;-)
With the appearance of PCs with trustchips inside, surely the PC market is **ripe** for someone to set up a "certified as trustchip-free" body / organisation?
Just as you can now get your OSS certified as "open source", a "trustchip free" monitoring body could certify PCs as being "trustchip free", and pop a sticker on the case (just like certain chipmakers do
A nice big, bold sticker with a diagonal slash.
Ok someone, how 'bout setting up http://trustchipfree.org ?
There is ** Mega PC market share here for the taking** for anyone far-sighted enough to do this. OSS people would surely buy such PCs in preference to those PCs which were not certified as "trustchip-free".
Waaay down here in little ol' New Zealand, we've just had our "local body elections" (city councils, mayors). We voted using the Single Transferable Vote system (STV). ( Unfortunately, for our "general elections", we use another nowhere-near-as-good system called MMP, but that's another story .... )
STV is something of a misnomer, as there's nothing "single" about it. It allows you to rank the people, and is **VERY** easy to understand.
Even better - it means that those who are elected will be a very good reflection of the "people's will".
Sheesh - when it comes to electoral systems, what is it with the US system and these "primaries" and stuff? Weird ..... :-)
A three-word reply to rebut this post - "Craig Venter's bugs". They munch away on gruel and produce H2 as a by-product. No oil in sight ..... :-)
No .... sorry, have to differ with you on this ... :-)
It *does not* necessarily take heaps of energy to produce H2. If you're using *chemical* means to get it, then yes - absolutely!
But - what about the bugs that Craig Venter (the genetics guru) is working on? They munch away on a "gruel" and produce H2 as a by-product. Sounds low-energy to me .... :-)
Not so sure about that ... there is more than one way to skin the "hydrogen cat" .... :-)
What about the bugs that Craig Venter and his mates are working on? They munch away on some kind of "gruel" and produce hydrogen as a by-product.
If we were only looking at "chemical" ways to get H2, I'd agree with you. But bugs sound very low-energy-input to me (especially if the stuff they're feeding on can be made from waste of some kind).
Drop it on SCO ....
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease ....... :-)
The gazillions of dollars ploughed into fusion research would be better put into something that has been **PROVEN** to work. Check out the following site - http://www.whispertech.co.nz/ WhisperTech is a Christchurch (New Zealand) company that has just clinched a ***$300 MILLION *** dollar contract to supply their mega-hotted-up (and now *economically viable** ) Stirling engines to the UK market. They (WhisperTech) have been around for a while, and no-one gets a $300 million contract for something that doesn't work! I'm a supporter of both fuel cells and Sturling engines. Both are proven technologies that (with a fraction of the wasted money put into fusion research) could supply us with a large percentage of our energy needs.