Link regarding international hookup to CANET 4. "CA*net 4 also links to research networks in other countries including Internet 2 in the United States and Geant in Europe and is a partner along with SURFnet in the Netherlands and the STAR LIGHT in Chicago of the International Lambda Grid Testbed." (emphasis added)
So there you have it, a good portion of Canada's research institutions are are already linked into the Lambda initiative.
And we've seen Nintendo port gameboy games to the Gamecube....
So what if Microsoft's new console could run Gamecube software natively and gameboy software via emulation or somesuch? That would be quite the coup in the software wars vs. Sony.
It might also explain the RARE sale to Microsoft from Nintendo to a degree, perhaps that was simply the first step in establishing a business relationship....
"In 1995, Novell sold SCO Unix copyrights and contracts with many large companies, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Compaq Computer. Though those licenses lay largely dormant for years,SCO decided that they could be a source of revenue that could bolster the struggling company's fortunes after its failure to make a business of selling Linux."
"How many different times do we need to accomplish the same goal under different flags?"
The problem is that you assume that every time an attempt is made it is trying to accomplish the same goal.
Many, many, many space shuttle launches were underwent and the purpose of each mission was different: rescue a satellite, conduct a large number of experiments in a zero gravity environment, ISS related issues, etc.
"Europe is heading for Mars news story, and the US has already been there."
Fantastic, and absolutely correct, however, do you believe we have learned everything there is to know about Mars from the few visitations we have currently managed? No? Have you compared the significantly different experiment targets between the different programs? No?
The fact is this is a wonderful development for all of science as no longer is the United States the primary vehicle for Space research. This will allow a great deal of new and varied experiments that may not have had the opportunity before, and will allow for greater global gathering of information from a variety of sources, instead of one.
The only possible way I could agree with your statement would be if we all agreed the goal was KNOWLEDGE.
And upon reaching that realization, I hope we would all understand that one trip, isn't enough to achieve that worthy goal.
On Friday the 13th a black cat was found dead at SCO underneath a broken mirror which had been dropped by a man walking in the building with an open umbrella who then proceeded to walk under a ladder as he made his hasty escape.
Suspiciously just after the incident occured Darl McBride was spotted leaving the offices of SCO with tickets to a non-extraditionary country and an umbrella...
Obviously you've not read Terry Pratchett close enough to discover the very obvious truth that in fact the world is supported by four Elephants on the back Al-Tun the great turtle as he migrates through space in search of a mate.
It has given the physicists of discworld great concern whether or not Al-tun is male or female...
(This is all paraphrased from memory from the first book in the Discworld series which is utterly hillarious and anyone who has ever appreciated Douglas Adams should feel right at home with this other absudly wonderful british author.)
Now I certainly wish I could find the link but there was a study a number of years ago (in Napster heyday) that showed that those who were avid Music fans were still purchasing music.
Now myself (understanding personal experience is a flawed position in an argument) I purchase more music now than I ever have before.
Why? If I find an album I love on P2P, I go out and buy it. Why? Because I want to support GOOD musicians. Since Blex (anyone else get hooked because of that site?), Napster, etc I buy more CDs - but more importantly - I no longer buy CDs that I don't like.
Too many times myself, and others, have bought the latest CD of a band only to learn that the "single" i already hear on the radio is the only good track on the entire disc. Music distribution has given me the opportunity to truly and fairly evaluate the quality of an artists work.
I'm buying more music, maybe I'm an anomoly but I really and truly hope that people will support the musicians that they love, even if the system and its lords (RIAA) are far from perfect.
"I think I speak for all of us when I say that everyone at SCO who is involved with this nonsense, the world would be better off if they just upped and left the planet (voluntarily or by force, not picky)."
I don't because I think i'd be willing to pay licensing fees for viable space travel.... well maybe not SCO brand space travel (perhaps IBM)
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Who needs OFDM tomorrow when you already have KMFDM today!
" So if the kids are stuck in a power outage and need to leave a message for someone, how exactly do you propose they do it?
Use a mechanical typewriter?"
The point is not that children are incapable of "writing" they are simply not capable of "cursive script" this has no bearing on a child's ability to scratch help with coloured chalk on a sidewalk during a power outage or some other non-sense example.
And really the issue is - how important is it to be able to write cursively? I'd be happy knowing kids could write "clearly" (which many of my professors @ University are incapable of).
" 1. What are the performance stats of the cluster in the/. story?
320 MFlops on matrix ops. Not great, but they say it's capable of 900 if they can feed the VPU fast enough. They think they can use additional existing hardware in the CPU to increase memory performance."
If you re-read the article carefully that is the statistic for each PS2 not for the entire cluster.
I think you should perhaps look once again at the article. It clearly states that Microsoft will not be entering the handheld market as there is (paraphrased) "no link between success in the handheld market and success in the console market".
Nintendo's current dominance of the handheld market is considerable but that has not translated to dominance within the console market despite their recent attempts at games which allow the interaction of the GBA with the Gamecube.
Microsoft is making the right decision to continue their focus upon the console market. A split in the resources of the company could result in either the X-Box both "hypothetical handheld X" failing.
Once Microsoft has achieved a level of brand name familiarity and strength in the console market for a few years (and most likely atleast another console iteration) then at that point -- once entrenched and as a recognizable and respected console developer they could successfully launch a handheld device, Not before.
"Oh, really? Who'd you ask to learn this erroneous fact? Maybe your office uber geek or whoever fed you this line of crap can fix your mouse driver, but apparently he's a bit behind on the industry. You (or whoever you're parroting) obviously have no idea what you're talking about." "Get a clue or STFU"
Ok I Did. http://news.com.com/2100-1010-990662.html F ebruary 2003 (1 year newer than your more recent article)
HP and IBM each had a market share of 30 percent, or $1.5 billion in revenue, of the $5 billion worldwide Unix server market in the fourth quarter, research company IDC said. Unix specialist Sun had a market share of 28 percent, with $1.4 billion. Sun, though, remained the top Unix server seller for the entire year, with $6 billion of the $18.7 billion total market, IDC said.
I believe this would be a FISSION not FUSION reactor would it not?
A slight difference considering no fusion based power reactors exist in the world as nothing is able to currently contain the energy/heat from the process.
Actually about 7 years ago there was a film, only about 30 minutes long, where the entire Theatre was equipped with voting mechanisms and at certain key "plot points" the audience could vote on the next progression. Was interesting, not very good though. The choice was limited as to which actor would make the decision on how to go forward and you would choose the corresponding color to the color of their jacket iirc.
This remind anyone else of the book Contact? When Hadden developed a chip to block out certain unwanted television ads and programs and the television industry responded by circumventing his efforts and back and forth until Hadden won a court injunction against them. (iirc)
Slashdot Mirror
Exterior Oriented Viewholes
Skylight
Doors
French Doors (cause they have *indows in them)
Not Not Lindows
Gates
I mean, since everything this man says warrants /.
Canada's current equivalent is called CA*Net4
CANET 4 Home Page
Link regarding international hookup to CANET 4.
"CA*net 4 also links to research networks in other countries including Internet 2 in the United States and Geant in Europe and is a partner along with SURFnet in the Netherlands and the STAR LIGHT in Chicago of the International Lambda Grid Testbed." (emphasis added)
So there you have it, a good portion of Canada's research institutions are are already linked into the Lambda initiative.
"The GameCube uses a PowerPC"
And we've seen Nintendo port gameboy games to the Gamecube....
So what if Microsoft's new console could run Gamecube software natively and gameboy software via emulation or somesuch? That would be quite the coup in the software wars vs. Sony.
It might also explain the RARE sale to Microsoft from Nintendo to a degree, perhaps that was simply the first step in establishing a business relationship....
50 billion Yen = just over 400 MILLION not BILLION dollars US.
Here's the proper conversion.
Ah yes totally hillarious that an ATM machine would be infected....
Doesn't that bother you that something that SHOULD be on a secure network is infected via a bug that is rapidly spreading across the net?
Lindows: An OS only a Nerd's Mother Could Love.
" That'd be like a starship that was able to travel at 15 billion light years per hour. Really? Where would it go?"
Probably across much of the known universe.
Then the solution should be obvious!
....
1) Train contractors as programmers
2)
3) Profit!
From: News.com
"In 1995, Novell sold SCO Unix copyrights and contracts with many large companies, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Compaq Computer. Though those licenses lay largely dormant for years,SCO decided that they could be a source of revenue that could bolster the struggling company's fortunes after its failure to make a business of selling Linux."
1. Old Dusty Contracts
2. ???
3. Profit
"How many different times do we need to accomplish the same goal under different flags?"
The problem is that you assume that every time an attempt is made it is trying to accomplish the same goal.
Many, many, many space shuttle launches were underwent and the purpose of each mission was different: rescue a satellite, conduct a large number of experiments in a zero gravity environment, ISS related issues, etc.
"Europe is heading for Mars news story, and the US has already been there."
Fantastic, and absolutely correct, however, do you believe we have learned everything there is to know about Mars from the few visitations we have currently managed? No? Have you compared the significantly different experiment targets between the different programs? No?
The fact is this is a wonderful development for all of science as no longer is the United States the primary vehicle for Space research. This will allow a great deal of new and varied experiments that may not have had the opportunity before, and will allow for greater global gathering of information from a variety of sources, instead of one.
The only possible way I could agree with your statement would be if we all agreed the goal was
KNOWLEDGE.
And upon reaching that realization, I hope we would all understand that one trip, isn't enough to achieve that worthy goal.
On Friday the 13th a black cat was found dead at SCO underneath a broken mirror which had been dropped by a man walking in the building with an open umbrella who then proceeded to walk under a ladder as he made his hasty escape.
Suspiciously just after the incident occured Darl McBride was spotted leaving the offices of SCO with tickets to a non-extraditionary country and an umbrella...
Obviously you've not read Terry Pratchett close enough to discover the very obvious truth that in fact the world is supported by four Elephants on the back Al-Tun the great turtle as he migrates through space in search of a mate.
It has given the physicists of discworld great concern whether or not Al-tun is male or female...
(This is all paraphrased from memory from the first book in the Discworld series which is utterly hillarious and anyone who has ever appreciated Douglas Adams should feel right at home with this other absudly wonderful british author.)
to practice how to land.
Now I certainly wish I could find the link but there was a study a number of years ago (in Napster heyday) that showed that those who were avid Music fans were still purchasing music.
Now myself (understanding personal experience is a flawed position in an argument) I purchase more music now than I ever have before.
Why? If I find an album I love on P2P, I go out and buy it. Why? Because I want to support GOOD musicians. Since Blex (anyone else get hooked because of that site?), Napster, etc I buy more CDs - but more importantly - I no longer buy CDs that I don't like.
Too many times myself, and others, have bought the latest CD of a band only to learn that the "single" i already hear on the radio is the only good track on the entire disc. Music distribution has given me the opportunity to truly and fairly evaluate the quality of an artists work.
I'm buying more music, maybe I'm an anomoly but I really and truly hope that people will support the musicians that they love, even if the system and its lords (RIAA) are far from perfect.
"I think I speak for all of us when I say that everyone at SCO who is involved with this nonsense, the world would be better off if they just upped and left the planet (voluntarily or by force, not picky)."
.... well maybe not SCO brand space travel (perhaps IBM)
I don't because I think i'd be willing to pay licensing fees for viable space travel
Who needs OFDM tomorrow when you already have KMFDM today!
" So if the kids are stuck in a power outage and need to leave a message for someone, how exactly do you propose they do it?
Use a mechanical typewriter?"
The point is not that children are incapable of "writing" they are simply not capable of "cursive script" this has no bearing on a child's ability to scratch help with coloured chalk on a sidewalk during a power outage or some other non-sense example.
And really the issue is - how important is it to be able to write cursively? I'd be happy knowing kids could write "clearly" (which many of my professors @ University are incapable of).
" /. story?
1. What are the performance stats of the cluster in the
320 MFlops on matrix ops. Not great, but they say it's capable of 900 if they can feed the VPU fast enough. They think they can use additional existing hardware in the CPU to increase memory performance."
If you re-read the article carefully that is the statistic for each PS2 not for the entire cluster.
I think you should perhaps look once again at the article. It clearly states that Microsoft will not be entering the handheld market as there is (paraphrased) "no link between success in the handheld market and success in the console market".
Nintendo's current dominance of the handheld market is considerable but that has not translated to dominance within the console market despite their recent attempts at games which allow the interaction of the GBA with the Gamecube.
Microsoft is making the right decision to continue their focus upon the console market. A split in the resources of the company could result in either the X-Box both "hypothetical handheld X" failing.
Once Microsoft has achieved a level of brand name familiarity and strength in the console market for a few years (and most likely atleast another console iteration) then at that point -- once entrenched and as a recognizable and respected console developer they could successfully launch a handheld device, Not before.
If you read the link you provided carefully you'll discover that.
"New CF -18 Hornets acquired in 1984, were equipped with conventional rockets and not nuclear missiles."
"Oh, really? Who'd you ask to learn this erroneous fact? Maybe your office uber geek or whoever fed you this line of crap can fix your mouse driver, but apparently he's a bit behind on the industry. You (or whoever you're parroting) obviously have no idea what you're talking about." "Get a clue or STFU"
F ebruary 2003 (1 year newer than your more recent article)
Ok I Did.
http://news.com.com/2100-1010-990662.html
HP and IBM each had a market share of 30 percent, or $1.5 billion in revenue, of the $5 billion worldwide Unix server market in the fourth quarter, research company IDC said. Unix specialist Sun had a market share of 28 percent, with $1.4 billion. Sun, though, remained the top Unix server seller for the entire year, with $6 billion of the $18.7 billion total market, IDC said.
I believe this would be a FISSION not FUSION reactor would it not?
A slight difference considering no fusion based power reactors exist in the world as nothing is able to currently contain the energy/heat from the process.
Actually about 7 years ago there was a film, only about 30 minutes long, where the entire Theatre was equipped with voting mechanisms and at certain key "plot points" the audience could vote on the next progression. Was interesting, not very good though. The choice was limited as to which actor would make the decision on how to go forward and you would choose the corresponding color to the color of their jacket iirc.
This remind anyone else of the book Contact? When Hadden developed a chip to block out certain unwanted television ads and programs and the television industry responded by circumventing his efforts and back and forth until Hadden won a court injunction against them.
(iirc)
Fiction meets reality.