But Oracle is seen as a moving target for the PostgreSQL folks, and MySQL as well. And those products fill in all the lower end uses for Oracle. Oracle is forced to keep moving or else the 'free' products will catch up.
Plain 'selling' software will always run into that problem in a GNU world.
I think that I'd have to support this obvious idiocy. Yes, blah blah gnu blah, free software blah. But guess what? That's what Linux users expect. And if they don't get it they'll develop something or extend something that exists into what you offer. They're that sort of folk.
So though I disagree, he's right. You won't be able to *sell* your packages traditionally.
Whatever you release should benefit the community as a whole, or at a minimum won't ensure vendor lockin by providing an client accessible and extensible codebase.
On the other hand, if you're able to sell IM infrastructure and implementation to a client, that plus services like on-demand improvements, etc, and all a service contract can offer might ensure good revenue.
Basically if you're providing ongoing services you'll get ongoing revenue. If you don't, well, they'll render you irrevelent. That's the GNU way.
Oops, too late to edit.:P
Alternately, you can go IDE.
These are 12GB units, and you can hook up 12 per IDE RAID controller, 6 controllers per system, for a total of 864GB per system.
How about a combination of commercial IDE/SCSI RAID technologies chaining many individual SDRAM based solid state units along with some sort of SAN?
For example
http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-3.html can hold up to 8gb per unit, and at 15 per SCSI card, 6 cards per system, you'll end up with 720GB per 'server'. Figure gigabit fiber (at the minimum) between machines and you'll end up with quite a bit of storage.
I was looking at that S30 (dynamism import from japan) in gloss black *DROOL* but it's just too pricey for a P3-600! So I just gave in and got the R30 instead.
As for looks? I like the thinkpad look. I like the trackpoints. Oh well.:P
BTW, Dell also offers the trackpoint + touchpad abortions as well. Those are the only usable Dell laptops, IMO (after you disable the touchpad, that is)
It's intresting how the justices ask each side hostile questions, probing the validity of the argument.
I'm not into law.:P I often think there's a lot of twisting involved. But you can almost see the lines of argument and the points and counterpoints in this script.
All I can say is 'bravo' to Lessig:P The judges seemed receptive during their questioning of the government, as the least.
Overall, this has a pretty neat synopsis of single celled molecular evolution. And the pnas.org link was pretty cool, too. The article cites quite a bit of hard core research, but is still readable.
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Amen to that... What about using a ROM based linux of some sort? Sounds like a POS or something where you'd be connecting to a central server anyways.
If not, and you do need local storage then maybe a battery backed memory storage device, or a flash system could work, too.
Wireless power = converting RF energy to electrical energy.
=)
And yes, it's already done. Sorry to spell it out for you. Depending on the technology in question, it might even be an appropiate system, such as, say, in smartchips for passcodes.
Me and my wife's wedding rings have synthetic saphires in them.
Her's was 6mm across, is absolutely crystal clear *G*, a deep dark blue, and looks awesome. It only ran us about $300 too, so that's not that bad a deal.
We spent the rest of the money on our rings on custom gold and platinum rings from a local jewelsmith.
So no, I don't think that diamonds are worth the effort.
Heh. Damnit, I just bought the Websubscription of the latest two books for some underway reading, too. Yeesh.:P
I hope the book 'll be availiable in electronic format at the same time as when it comes out in hardcover.:P Putting a book on my palm takes less space than dragging around hardcopy.
http://www.hof-berlin.de/tablet/tablets.html has quite a bit of info on support on various tablets in linux. Summagraphix has an entry there, but I'm not sure of the usefullness of it.
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But Oracle is seen as a moving target for the PostgreSQL folks, and MySQL as well. And those products fill in all the lower end uses for Oracle. Oracle is forced to keep moving or else the 'free' products will catch up.
Plain 'selling' software will always run into that problem in a GNU world.
I think that I'd have to support this obvious idiocy. Yes, blah blah gnu blah, free software blah. But guess what? That's what Linux users expect. And if they don't get it they'll develop something or extend something that exists into what you offer. They're that sort of folk.
So though I disagree, he's right. You won't be able to *sell* your packages traditionally.
Whatever you release should benefit the community as a whole, or at a minimum won't ensure vendor lockin by providing an client accessible and extensible codebase.
On the other hand, if you're able to sell IM infrastructure and implementation to a client, that plus services like on-demand improvements, etc, and all a service contract can offer might ensure good revenue.
Basically if you're providing ongoing services you'll get ongoing revenue. If you don't, well, they'll render you irrevelent. That's the GNU way.
*LAUGH* Don't forget the latency to Geosynch, unless you're talking LEO, in which case you'd be in range of ASAT systems.
Well, if it's space then radiation becomes an issue. That alters any possbilities of a cheap solution.
See comment later for some solutions in the Terabyte range. :P
Sounds like a space/deep ocean shot of some sort. Curious, curious... Let us know what it is?
Oops, too late to edit. :P
Alternately, you can go IDE.
These are 12GB units, and you can hook up 12 per IDE RAID controller, 6 controllers per system, for a total of 864GB per system.
How about a combination of commercial IDE/SCSI RAID technologies chaining many individual SDRAM based solid state units along with some sort of SAN?
For example
http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-3.html can hold up to 8gb per unit, and at 15 per SCSI card, 6 cards per system, you'll end up with 720GB per 'server'.
Figure gigabit fiber (at the minimum) between machines and you'll end up with quite a bit of storage.
You do happen to know satire when you see it, right? :P
:P
Too bad there isn't a -1,+1 Clueless but funny, mod.
Shouldn't you be popping something else into her box instead? Something a little bit more, ah, interactive?
Yeesh.
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(tags inserted for the humour impaired)
Well, not OS/X emulation, but you *CAN* get a dock-style taskbar for your windows machine.
:P
Do a google for Mobydock.
Count me in for the thinkpad crowd. :P
:P
I was looking at that S30 (dynamism import from japan) in gloss black *DROOL* but it's just too pricey for a P3-600! So I just gave in and got the R30 instead.
As for looks? I like the thinkpad look. I like the trackpoints. Oh well.
BTW, Dell also offers the trackpoint + touchpad abortions as well. Those are the only usable Dell laptops, IMO (after you disable the touchpad, that is)
What about some sort of system where the station's water supply is wrapped around the living/working modules?
They mentioned conduits in the article. In the Catherine Bell section, for instance - They use a combination of conduit'd cat5 and 802.11b :P
It's intresting how the justices ask each side hostile questions, probing the validity of the argument.
:P I often think there's a lot of twisting involved. But you can almost see the lines of argument and the points and counterpoints in this script.
:P The judges seemed receptive during their questioning of the government, as the least.
I'm not into law.
All I can say is 'bravo' to Lessig
*crosses fingers*
Well, hurrah for our side. Here goes nothing!
No, they're using an area used for A LIFT ENGINE in the marine corps VSTOL variant. :P
So in the AF and Navy variants the space for that additional engine will be empty. Or at least under-used.
Yup. That's why those .mil issue goggles have a nice tinted lens as well. :P
:P
And that's really the reason why all the cav guys always wear the tinted ones. Or Gargoyles. Or both.
This is quite a ways before trees evolved.
Overall, this has a pretty neat synopsis of single celled molecular evolution. And the pnas.org link was pretty cool, too. The article cites quite a bit of hard core research, but is still readable.
Amen to that... What about using a ROM based linux of some sort? Sounds like a POS or something where you'd be connecting to a central server anyways.
If not, and you do need local storage then maybe a battery backed memory storage device, or a flash system could work, too.
Well, how about just distributing the task load by what 'typical users' of the application commonly use?
According to the article, only the task loads which favor the P4 are emphasized by the benchmarks.
Of course, who determines the task load is another matter.
Wireless power = converting RF energy to electrical energy.
=)
And yes, it's already done. Sorry to spell it out for you. Depending on the technology in question, it might even be an appropiate system, such as, say, in smartchips for passcodes.
Me and my wife's wedding rings have synthetic saphires in them.
Her's was 6mm across, is absolutely crystal clear *G*, a deep dark blue, and looks awesome. It only ran us about $300 too, so that's not that bad a deal.
We spent the rest of the money on our rings on custom gold and platinum rings from a local jewelsmith.
So no, I don't think that diamonds are worth the effort.
Hey, I noticed the donation address .. Any chance of a paypal/amazon donations link?
It might help those of us who are snail-impaired.
Heh. Damnit, I just bought the Websubscription of the latest two books for some underway reading, too. Yeesh. :P
:P Putting a book on my palm takes less space than dragging around hardcopy.
I hope the book 'll be availiable in electronic format at the same time as when it comes out in hardcover.
www.websubscriptions.com (www.baen.com) :P That plus a palm makes great 10+hour flight reading, or underway reading.
Sure, I like paper, but there's something about 8 or so novels in my pocket.
http://www.hof-berlin.de/tablet/tablets.html has quite a bit of info on support on various tablets in linux. Summagraphix has an entry there, but I'm not sure of the usefullness of it.
Good luck.