It would be nice if the developers are working along a path with modest but useful goals. It would be great if Windows-only drivers for various devices would run under Darwine. Such drivers would require less than the full Windows-emulated environment and probably no GUI stuff. So, it would be a more modest amount of work, yet still be of significant use. I also think they are not speed critical (most of the time).
Now, if this concept of having the sender do something is changed into having the sender do useful (Folding at home or another distributed computing project), it would be a nice twist.
Having read TFA, I noticed that the two sails were deployed at heights of only 122 km and 169 km altitude. Which means they'll probably be orbiting the earth (or with not enough tangential speed, they dropped down). But are they making it to another planet or (a couple more slashdot stories later) to the stars? I think it will take many rounds before they can leave the earth's gravity, stop circling around the earth, and be on their way. And how many other satelites will they mop up on their ascent to higher orbit? Questions, questions...
Bert Who is probably posting this too late to get a response
Experts said to bake it in an oven? I'd think that would help to lose all the interesting gasses and info on their composition. I'd say put it in a moisture-tight plastic bag and in the freezer)
"Why Science does every corner of the planet have a belief about dragons of all various sizes, yet man was 62 million years to late for Dinosaures?"
Well, suppose you live in a country and find skulls and bones of animals which you haven't seen before. You'd give it a name - say dragon - and fill in the missing details yourself. And you start talking about it to other people, which is how your "knowledge" spreads. Funny, that may be just like how religions could be born. People tell stories here in the Netherlands about a guy who could walk on water in another country.
Did you know that the Chinese word for dragon and dinosaur is the same?
This is already patentatble in Europe, and there is little problem with that. The effect of the program on the process of making steel ensures this. IAPA (I am a patent attorney).
To flourish, we need free use of standards, so everyone can build a better Word. Software patents would be bad for the economy. Plus, it may take a page to write down an algorithm, but to get a somewhat bug-free program, it will take almost as long as the original developers. So, the patent wouldn't give that much help. If there are software patents, the source code should be included. That will be somewhat of a counter force.
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It would be nice if the developers are working along a path with modest but useful goals. It would be great if Windows-only drivers for various devices would run under Darwine. Such drivers would require less than the full Windows-emulated environment and probably no GUI stuff. So, it would be a more modest amount of work, yet still be of significant use. I also think they are not speed critical (most of the time).
Bert
Now, if this concept of having the sender do something is changed into having the sender do useful (Folding at home or another distributed computing project), it would be a nice twist.
Bert
Having read TFA, I noticed that the two sails were deployed at heights of only 122 km and 169 km altitude. Which means they'll probably be orbiting the earth (or with not enough tangential speed, they dropped down). But are they making it to another planet or (a couple more slashdot stories later) to the stars? I think it will take many rounds before they can leave the earth's gravity, stop circling around the earth, and be on their way. And how many other satelites will they mop up on their ascent to higher orbit? Questions, questions...
Bert
Who is probably posting this too late to get a response
Hi,
Don't understand what's so funny about this number.
Bert
They'll shoot right over us! The country is too small.
Bert
Experts said to bake it in an oven? I'd think that would help to lose all the interesting gasses and info on their composition. I'd say put it in a moisture-tight plastic bag and in the freezer)
Bert
"Why Science does every corner of the planet have a belief about dragons of all various sizes, yet man was 62 million years to late for Dinosaures?"
Well, suppose you live in a country and find skulls and bones of animals which you haven't seen before. You'd give it a name - say dragon - and fill in the missing details yourself. And you start talking about it to other people, which is how your "knowledge" spreads. Funny, that may be just like how religions could be born. People tell stories here in the Netherlands about a guy who could walk on water in another country.
Did you know that the Chinese word for dragon and dinosaur is the same?
Bert
Hi,
This is already patentatble in Europe, and there is little problem with that. The effect of the program on the process of making steel ensures this. IAPA (I am a patent attorney).
To flourish, we need free use of standards, so everyone can build a better Word. Software patents would be bad for the economy. Plus, it may take a page to write down an algorithm, but to get a somewhat bug-free program, it will take almost as long as the original developers. So, the patent wouldn't give that much help. If there are software patents, the source code should be included. That will be somewhat of a counter force.
Yours,
Bert