Pretty nifty story behind the open-sourcing. I wonder how many other applications have received this sort of treatment and how many more wait in anticipation for freedom.
Since the underwater robot relies on a source of electricity, why not help it out by generating some electricity with the salt water it's submerged in? I don't know how much salt is contained in the water at those depths, but salt water batteries aren't huge, are completely passive and require little to no maintenance.
They have a broader set of ordinances mandating fibre to the home, and business-- all with nearby access to the National Lamba Rail.
That's interesting, in an ironic way. I live in Lafayette, Louisiana and attend the University of Louisiana, which just so happens to be hopping onboard the Lambda Rail soon!
On another note, this is both a good and bad thing. The fiber will go down every street, but it is only run to those homes that subscribe to the service, which is not quite what they were spinning. The Lafayette Consolidated Government is gambling on enough homes subscribing to cover the cost, otherwise the Lafayette Utilities System, who the loan is taken out against, will have to pay up, probably by raising the price of water or electricity. And even if they do get enough subscribers, Cox and Bellsouth may have to raise their prices to make up for losses, which is not a good thing.
I remember some time ago, hearing about the LUS planning on offering a cable internet service, but then that law got passed allowing cable companies to not share their coax. What a shame, I really would have liked for the competition to bring prices down.
Am I the only person that still uses the hunt and peck method of typing? Since most of my typing is done while programming, I don't need to type very fast, and reaching some keys like |, -, =, and + are difficult while touch typing. It also doesn't help that I've broken most of my fingers at least once, and my pinky fingers aren't straight:)
Of course, I do have the problem of not seeing what I'm typing as I'm typing it, but I get between 60-80 words per minute hunt and pecking. I can do 30 words per minute touch typing, but only if the text doesn't include hard to reach characters.
With all that said, I don't get RSI, and I can slouch all I want when I type, but I don't get any of the advantages of touch typing, like being able to look away from the keyboard while typing. Of course, not being able to look away from the keyboard doesn't affect me while programming, since the code comes from my head, and not off a piece of paper.
So, if you're like me, and can afford to type slowly, then try going to hunt and peck for a while.
I would totally play a game where you're the Old Testament God! Imagine all the cool stuff you get to do! You get to wipe out the entire populace of a planet, flood said planet, burn whole cities to the ground, and annoy a bunch of egyptians with plagues! It would be similar to SimCity, Civilization, and Fable:)
Seriously, who considers $35 to be cheap? The game better be damned good for me to pay $35 when there are tons of $20 and $15 titles that would be just as much fun. And if these are games that have already sold enough to reach "platinum", I'd expect a drop in price at least this much.
But I should quit complaining, considering the next generation conosoles' games are going to cost an arm and a leg.
From the article: "It is therefore no wonder that - in their advice lay before us the rule of nature in obtaining the great secret both for medicine & transmutation. And if I may have the liberty of expression give me leave to assert as my opinion that it is effectual in all the three kingdoms & from every species may be produced when the modus is rightly understood: only mineralls produce minerals & sic de calmis. But the hidden secret modus is Clissus Paracelsi wch is nothing else but the separation of the principles thris purification & reunion in a fusible & penetrating fixity."
Is it just me, or does that snippet of manuscript read like spam to you guys?
Long live Beastie! I love that little guy, and all the little beasties that once comprised the NetBSD logo. So, I propose a new logo: a simple one color silhouette of Beastie's face. Or maybe something to do with the pitchfork, kinda like what NetBSD did with their flag. Unfortunately, my GIMP skills are somewhat lacking, and even a simple logo is beyond my abilities.
And have you noticed that programmers seem to be curiously obsessed with certain animals? You know, llamas, badgers (because they run Linux, of course), wombats, grues, dragons (the compiler book). Did O'Reilly start the fad with their books on computers and technology, or are they simply followers?
You make a good point, though I must say that my present life isn't too far from what my childhood was. I'm concerned that kids today are too dependant on technology. Take away the cell phones, iPods, and game consoles, and what are kids left doing? Nothing. I find that very sad. Maybe they just need more exposure to that "other" stuff that parents and friends aren't providing anymore.
Dude, the IBM Thinkpads are some of the most Linux/*BSD supported laptops out there. Not to mention IBM's huge Linux campaign right now. Either way, yours was only a mediocre troll.
You should definitely hold off on introducing all the crazy technology to your kids until they've done some growing up. I loved the days when all I cared about was running around outside in the woods. Anyway, kids that young only use computers to play games, I find. Get them a Nintendo (the original) and introduce them to computers when they want to know more about technology, and not games.
First post?
First of all, what is it with all you "now we can have drivers ported!" people?
Whoa, calm down big fella. I was just saying that I hope drivers that are available on Linux and *BSD but aren't available on Solaris would be easily ported, if licenses allowed. That's all. That would sure reduce the amount of time it took to get everything working correctly on my laptop, like the Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 mini pci card. I'm not saying that just because it's "Open" it'll be easier now. I'm saying that hopefully now that it's easier to get Solaris up and running more developers will want to play with it.
This was just the thing I needed to convince me to try Open Solaris. Hopefully porting drivers from Linux and the *BSD's to Open Solaris won't prove too difficult.
I cannot believe how retarded I am! I totally forgot that wires and interconnections are just conductive metal: metals such as copper which as an element therefore the smallest copper wire would be just one atom thick. Oy, the poster that talked about the gold dust got my brain in the right gear. But it would still be pretty cool if these transistors were contained *within* whatever was carrying the electrons.
Whoops, I read the title as "Single Atom Transistor a Reality." Still, how much larger are the these transistors than carbon nanotubes? If they were smaller than a nanotube, wouldn't it be cool to have the transistors *in* the wires?
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Nice Andrew S. Tanenbaum reference.
What obscure hardware configurations have you managed to get Windows running on?
iMac with an Intel Core Duo 2?
Would you be upset if I called the Revolution's funky new controller a "Nintildo", cunningly combining the words Nintendo and dildo?
Note: Not a fanboy, don't hate the Revolution, please don't hate me.
Pretty nifty story behind the open-sourcing. I wonder how many other applications have received this sort of treatment and how many more wait in anticipation for freedom.
First post?
That sounds about right where I wor...
Hold on, I just got an IM.
Since the underwater robot relies on a source of electricity, why not help it out by generating some electricity with the salt water it's submerged in? I don't know how much salt is contained in the water at those depths, but salt water batteries aren't huge, are completely passive and require little to no maintenance.
They have a broader set of ordinances mandating fibre to the home, and business-- all with nearby access to the National Lamba Rail.
That's interesting, in an ironic way. I live in Lafayette, Louisiana and attend the University of Louisiana, which just so happens to be hopping onboard the Lambda Rail soon!
On another note, this is both a good and bad thing. The fiber will go down every street, but it is only run to those homes that subscribe to the service, which is not quite what they were spinning. The Lafayette Consolidated Government is gambling on enough homes subscribing to cover the cost, otherwise the Lafayette Utilities System, who the loan is taken out against, will have to pay up, probably by raising the price of water or electricity. And even if they do get enough subscribers, Cox and Bellsouth may have to raise their prices to make up for losses, which is not a good thing.
I remember some time ago, hearing about the LUS planning on offering a cable internet service, but then that law got passed allowing cable companies to not share their coax. What a shame, I really would have liked for the competition to bring prices down.
Am I the only person that still uses the hunt and peck method of typing? Since most of my typing is done while programming, I don't need to type very fast, and reaching some keys like |, -, =, and + are difficult while touch typing. It also doesn't help that I've broken most of my fingers at least once, and my pinky fingers aren't straight :)
Of course, I do have the problem of not seeing what I'm typing as I'm typing it, but I get between 60-80 words per minute hunt and pecking. I can do 30 words per minute touch typing, but only if the text doesn't include hard to reach characters.
With all that said, I don't get RSI, and I can slouch all I want when I type, but I don't get any of the advantages of touch typing, like being able to look away from the keyboard while typing. Of course, not being able to look away from the keyboard doesn't affect me while programming, since the code comes from my head, and not off a piece of paper.
So, if you're like me, and can afford to type slowly, then try going to hunt and peck for a while.
Damn, that's really cool. Now anyone can become a 1337 a7ar1 h4x0r. :)
I would totally play a game where you're the Old Testament God! Imagine all the cool stuff you get to do! You get to wipe out the entire populace of a planet, flood said planet, burn whole cities to the ground, and annoy a bunch of egyptians with plagues! It would be similar to SimCity, Civilization, and Fable :)
Seriously, who considers $35 to be cheap? The game better be damned good for me to pay $35 when there are tons of $20 and $15 titles that would be just as much fun. And if these are games that have already sold enough to reach "platinum", I'd expect a drop in price at least this much.
But I should quit complaining, considering the next generation conosoles' games are going to cost an arm and a leg.
From the article:
"It is therefore no wonder that - in their advice lay before us the rule of nature in obtaining the great secret both for medicine & transmutation. And if I may have the liberty of expression give me leave to assert as my opinion that it is effectual in all the three kingdoms & from every species may be produced when the modus is rightly understood: only mineralls produce minerals & sic de calmis. But the hidden secret modus is Clissus Paracelsi wch is nothing else but the separation of the principles thris purification & reunion in a fusible & penetrating fixity."
Is it just me, or does that snippet of manuscript read like spam to you guys?
Long live Beastie! I love that little guy, and all the little beasties that once comprised the NetBSD logo. So, I propose a new logo: a simple one color silhouette of Beastie's face. Or maybe something to do with the pitchfork, kinda like what NetBSD did with their flag. Unfortunately, my GIMP skills are somewhat lacking, and even a simple logo is beyond my abilities.
Is that a llama in one of the Krita screenshots?
And have you noticed that programmers seem to be curiously obsessed with certain animals? You know, llamas, badgers (because they run Linux, of course), wombats, grues, dragons (the compiler book). Did O'Reilly start the fad with their books on computers and technology, or are they simply followers?
You make a good point, though I must say that my present life isn't too far from what my childhood was. I'm concerned that kids today are too dependant on technology. Take away the cell phones, iPods, and game consoles, and what are kids left doing? Nothing. I find that very sad. Maybe they just need more exposure to that "other" stuff that parents and friends aren't providing anymore.
This news of IBM's entrance to this market is more noteworthy for its tardiness...
Hoohah, that's where you're wrong! IBM has had a tablet PC for a while, and it was pretty damn cool. Check it out here: IBM Transnote.
They also had the 730T, which was a monochrome 486 deal if I remember correctly, and the 7592, but I can't seem to find a good link to spec's.
Dude, the IBM Thinkpads are some of the most Linux/*BSD supported laptops out there. Not to mention IBM's huge Linux campaign right now. Either way, yours was only a mediocre troll.
You should definitely hold off on introducing all the crazy technology to your kids until they've done some growing up. I loved the days when all I cared about was running around outside in the woods. Anyway, kids that young only use computers to play games, I find. Get them a Nintendo (the original) and introduce them to computers when they want to know more about technology, and not games. First post?
First of all, what is it with all you "now we can have drivers ported!" people?
Whoa, calm down big fella. I was just saying that I hope drivers that are available on Linux and *BSD but aren't available on Solaris would be easily ported, if licenses allowed. That's all. That would sure reduce the amount of time it took to get everything working correctly on my laptop, like the Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 mini pci card. I'm not saying that just because it's "Open" it'll be easier now. I'm saying that hopefully now that it's easier to get Solaris up and running more developers will want to play with it.
I am a dishwasher, you insensitive clod!
(it pays for me to go to college where I'm a computer science major. There, back on topic.)
I am dishwasher you insensitive clod!
(It pays for college, computer science major, now I'm not offtopic.)
This was just the thing I needed to convince me to try Open Solaris. Hopefully porting drivers from Linux and the *BSD's to Open Solaris won't prove too difficult.
Woot! The whole world? Nude beaches of Spain, here I come!
I cannot believe how retarded I am! I totally forgot that wires and interconnections are just conductive metal: metals such as copper which as an element therefore the smallest copper wire would be just one atom thick. Oy, the poster that talked about the gold dust got my brain in the right gear. But it would still be pretty cool if these transistors were contained *within* whatever was carrying the electrons.
Whoops, I read the title as "Single Atom Transistor a Reality." Still, how much larger are the these transistors than carbon nanotubes? If they were smaller than a nanotube, wouldn't it be cool to have the transistors *in* the wires?