Actually, Nasa declares that each shuttle launch costs around $600 million, plus an additional overhead of roughly $400/per lauch of fixed costs for the shuttle program. So its about a billion a launch. You may be right about the aircraft carrier price, I just made a guess there. I was sort of kidding anyway. I mean the millitary is just as bad as NASA. What is staggering, is how much these programs cost, and the size of my tax bill every year.
Considering that you can build a nuclear aircraft carrier for the cost of four shuttle missions, I for one am glad the millitary is taking this project on. Better weapons in space than brocolli.
While I am sure the flamebait is a comin', I must remark that I think Slashdot is being rather foolish. Nothing against FreeBSD 5.0. It is a great OS and may it live long and prosper. However, to move based on FreeBSD 5.0's SMP support is extremely stupid. First of all, FreeBSD 5.0's SMP support is at best par with Linux 2.4. The argument that Linux is splintering is even more stupid. All of my linux news pretty much comes from Slashdot links, and everything posted in the past few months clearly points to Linux becoming more centralized! Look at the Linux 2.5 debate! However, FreeBSD is a great OS, no question about it. But, I doubt that Slashdot will accomplish anything other than some extra IT expenses by moving to FreeBSD.
I've found the development time and cost associated with "low-level" languages like VB are too great for kernel development. I'd much wrather bring the PowerBuilder and ColdFusion approach to kernel design. Also, I don't understand all of this confusion around I/O. Why not use a language like Javascript, that doesn't even need any I/O.
Give me a break. Since when, did opening an email, saving an attached executable to disk, and executing said executable get labelled "virus". This is absurd. I could right an executable that would bring down any OS that you can think of if some user is stupid enough to execute it on their machine? Why slashdot encourages this sort of ludicrous banter is beyond me.
If you're in a linux environ (well you probably already are using cvs!) save yourself a few dollars (with all respect to my friends at O'Rielly) and type info cvs. Hard to beat it.
Not only does the incredible computational power of quantum computing render current encryption keys useless, but it also will provide enough computing power to run windows 2000.
Microsoft used a brilliant strategy (I believe it was serendipty, but I'll still give them credit) in the 80's and early 90's with their approach to the Operating System and Application Layer (essentially merging the two). This verticle solution accomplished two goals:
Killed off competition
Solidified Windows and NT as the office and residential OS of choice.
Now, Microsoft is attempting to use that same "vertical" strategy in the internet, by trying to make the internet microsoft-only. Win2k is a great operating system and in many ways I believe it is far superior to linux. However, it has a fatal flaw: It only works with 100% microsoft environment. Networking is not OS sensitive, and my personal belief is that in the long term the dominant players in networking enabled devices (appliances, pcs, servers, pdas, whatever) will be those that support the broadest number of industry protocols and cross-platform standards.
Yeah, BellSouth already has this here in some GA cities. This is what they use instead of copper DSL in some neighborhoods. They run fiber into the neighborhood, then drop regular old Ethernet from the fiber box into the guy's NID (network interface device is the box on the side of your house). Finally, BS requires PPP over Ethernet to encapsulate traffic from the customer and get it backhauled to the customer's network service provider (Digital Agent) via the same ATM connection the NSP uses for copper DSL ATM PVCs.
Look for a software engineer with hardware experience; with driver coding, kernel coding experience. Someone with experience bringing new machines up, etc. While not all great engineers fit into this catagory, my experience has been that most engineers who are knowledgeble about the hardware layer are pretty good generalists about all computer science.
Exactly correct. Computer Science is the science of computers not the science of fungi. Now had the author said that all sciences were math, he may have had a point (not too sure about this myself, but I throw it out there).
The term "break-even" is applied, because on a per-share basis, redhat earned 0.00 (as 600,000 divided against the oustanding shares is less than a penny.
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Actually, Nasa declares that each shuttle launch costs around $600 million, plus an additional overhead of roughly $400/per lauch of fixed costs for the shuttle program. So its about a billion a launch. You may be right about the aircraft carrier price, I just made a guess there. I was sort of kidding anyway. I mean the millitary is just as bad as NASA. What is staggering, is how much these programs cost, and the size of my tax bill every year.
Considering that you can build a nuclear aircraft carrier for the cost of four shuttle missions, I for one am glad the millitary is taking this project on. Better weapons in space than brocolli.
Good ole porn. Yahoo's stock is sure to rise to the occassion now.
While I am sure the flamebait is a comin', I must remark that I think Slashdot is being rather foolish. Nothing against FreeBSD 5.0. It is a great OS and may it live long and prosper. However, to move based on FreeBSD 5.0's SMP support is extremely stupid. First of all, FreeBSD 5.0's SMP support is at best par with Linux 2.4. The argument that Linux is splintering is even more stupid. All of my linux news pretty much comes from Slashdot links, and everything posted in the past few months clearly points to Linux becoming more centralized! Look at the Linux 2.5 debate! However, FreeBSD is a great OS, no question about it. But, I doubt that Slashdot will accomplish anything other than some extra IT expenses by moving to FreeBSD.
I've found the development time and cost associated with "low-level" languages like VB are too great for kernel development. I'd much wrather bring the PowerBuilder and ColdFusion approach to kernel design. Also, I don't understand all of this confusion around I/O. Why not use a language like Javascript, that doesn't even need any I/O.
threatened is the key word here. You can't threaten people with violence.
Being in marketing or working for Microsoft?
You have no idea of the power of the Dark Side of the Force.
No doubt, what an idiot. Their site has been /. since 11PM last night, and it still is slowed to a crawl.
Give me a break. Ok, tweak two lines of code in the CDROM driver. Oohhh, scary.
Give me a break. Since when, did opening an email, saving an attached executable to disk, and executing said executable get labelled "virus". This is absurd. I could right an executable that would bring down any OS that you can think of if some user is stupid enough to execute it on their machine? Why slashdot encourages this sort of ludicrous banter is beyond me.
click here then.
If you're in a linux environ (well you probably already are using cvs!) save yourself a few dollars (with all respect to my friends at O'Rielly) and type info cvs. Hard to beat it.
Not only does the incredible computational power of quantum computing render current encryption keys useless, but it also will provide enough computing power to run windows 2000.
Wizardry people. Wizardry. How could they leave out Wizardry. I mean Bultar's Trading Post?
- Killed off competition
- Solidified Windows and NT as the office and residential OS of choice.
Now, Microsoft is attempting to use that same "vertical" strategy in the internet, by trying to make the internet microsoft-only. Win2k is a great operating system and in many ways I believe it is far superior to linux. However, it has a fatal flaw: It only works with 100% microsoft environment. Networking is not OS sensitive, and my personal belief is that in the long term the dominant players in networking enabled devices (appliances, pcs, servers, pdas, whatever) will be those that support the broadest number of industry protocols and cross-platform standards.Yeah, BellSouth already has this here in some GA cities. This is what they use instead of copper DSL in some neighborhoods. They run fiber into the neighborhood, then drop regular old Ethernet from the fiber box into the guy's NID (network interface device is the box on the side of your house). Finally, BS requires PPP over Ethernet to encapsulate traffic from the customer and get it backhauled to the customer's network service provider (Digital Agent) via the same ATM connection the NSP uses for copper DSL ATM PVCs.
Not to mention the CAD design software sells for about $100,000 a seat.
You'll have to purchase this emulator. What's the difference (and by the way, I was advocating piracy)
This sort of cludge were is a complete waste of time.
Yes, laziness ruined my attempt at wit here.
Look for a software engineer with hardware experience; with driver coding, kernel coding experience. Someone with experience bringing new machines up, etc. While not all great engineers fit into this catagory, my experience has been that most engineers who are knowledgeble about the hardware layer are pretty good generalists about all computer science.
Exactly correct. Computer Science is the science of computers not the science of fungi. Now had the author said that all sciences were math, he may have had a point (not too sure about this myself, but I throw it out there).
The term "break-even" is applied, because on a per-share basis, redhat earned 0.00 (as 600,000 divided against the oustanding shares is less than a penny.
interview Jef basically pans the OS, although he is obviously a complete idiot.