How come, we don't even code no more, And you don't even work no more We don't barely use your stuff at all and I don't even feel the same love when we debug no more And I heard it through Slashdot..we ain't even beefin now After all the years we ignored you...ain't no way no how This software can't be true We developers...ain't a IDE changed...unless its you!
Ok...so there's a my song. Where do I get my free competing software?
Languages die out because they change. No one speaks Latin any more because we needed to communicate more information in fewer syllables, so we now have English and a bunch of other languages. Granted, we still see Latin roots in many English words, but we also see words that have no real basis.
Same thing with assembly language...unless you're programming device drivers, you have almost no need to go back to it because C++ and other languages supercede it. Sure, you see some of the assembly language roots, but assembly has largely "died out" for modern software development.
So long as Delphi produces higher and higher level programming languages, they're a contender, and they'll only die out when people stop using it.
Instead of just giving them a Linux CD, a real friend/family member would give a whole new (or used) computer with Linux already installed. Given the cost of buying a copy of Windows XP, it's not likely they'll try and convert it. Even if they don't use it right away, tell them they can just use it as a backup alternative when their regular computer doesn't want to work right or gets taken down by the latest virus.
Of course, they'll probably want access to all the stuff on their original computer eventually, but to do your standard ebay bidding in those last 10 seconds, all you need is that interet connection.
Sounds like a good stocking stuffer to me.
I completely agree. Needless to say I was shocked when my Mom called me just to ask if I had "heard about that new browser called Firefox". That was the moment when I realized how much PR the 1.0 release was getting...
You need no transmission because of the extended speed range of electric motors. There is what is called a constant power curve for electric motors, where the product of the torque and speed (=power) is constant, and it basically amounts to reducing the torque to achieve higher speeds than the "rated speed". The rated speed is simply the maximum speed at which you can still get maximum torque. Up until that speed, you can get rated (maximum) torque. It's this high torque at low speed that makes electric motors so attractive for automotive applications.
Typically this extended speed range goes hand in hand with what's call field weakening and/or changing the air gap distance. I'm not sure which method exactly this vehicle uses, but I would hope it's the air gap size, because after a bit of field weakening you can start to demagnetize your permanent magnets. Assuming magnets are used. For all I know, this car could run off an induction motor or a switched reluctance motor.
Also, something I'd like to point out...I don't think automakers are ignoring this guy because it's too much of a disruptive technology...rather, it's too expensive. To have the batteries/ultracapacitors to put out that kind of power is going to cost or weigh a heck of a lot, no matter how you cut it. Plus, when you look at the energy needed to go 200 miles...you've got high power (expensive) and high energy (expensive) and low weight (expensive) and you get a REALLY expensive car. I've built lightweight solar cars (approx ~800 lbs) and those things can only go maybe 150 miles or so on battery power alone, with poor acceleration at that, all for Lithium Ion batteries that cost in the neighborhood of $10,000.
All it takes is a leader...if I had more time, I'd take an ordinary string of bulbs, convert it to a LED system, and submit it for the front page of Slashdot before people start setting up their Christmas trees.
Geez, this is like taking the wind out of the hackers' sails. I mean, if it's already got Linux on it, what are they gonna do? Any takers for being the first to put a Microsoft OS on one of these?
First things first, they need more descriptive names. What's that mouse-like thing in the corner? A chimera. What's that pig in the pen? A chimera. And the sheep?
Pretty soon some arcane naming convention will evolve, and a college-level genetic engineering will be much like organic chemistry with its names oxy-lacto-3-alpha-nano-5-methane.
A few years back, I had to replace my motherboard, etc. to get a game to work right (kinda sad, really, but it's true). Instead of buying top-of-the line new stuff, I just talked to a buddy of mine who is a big time computer gamer who upgrades his stuff like once ever six months. So, since it was his upgrade time, I inherited much of his "outdated" stuff for a pretty low price.
Unfortunately, a "Dragon Orb" fan is used to cool the CPU, and boy, it is quite loud. I can hear it several rooms away, and I get lots of questions like "Why is your computer so loud?" I think the bottom line is because it's cheaper, but I like to tell people it's because it's better, and they usually believe me because the same theory generally applies to cars. At any rate, one of the fans quit working some time ago, and so I was glad I had a backup, but I'll be up the creek without a paddle if the one in there now quits working.
All that to basically say, yeah, I can't wait until I get a quiter computer someday. Maybe I'll be able to both work AND hear myself think...
Well now, that all depends on how you define efficient. Some people would say efficient means compact code...others might say efficient code is written quickly. I mean, an efficient worker does a lot of work in a little time, would not the same standard apply for a software/OS developer?
I AM HAPPY TO WRITE AND SEND THIS MESSAGE TO YOU. AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS MESSAGE WOULD COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BUT I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER IT AS A CALL FROM A FAMILY IN DARE NEED AND GIVE IT URGENT CONSIDERATION. MY NAME IS MR marvin, A CITIZEN OF MARS AND THE SON OF LATE DR. FIDELIS GUBWANO WHO BEFORE HIS DEATH WAS THE MANAGER OF MARTIAN FINANCIAL TRUST CORPORATION (M.F.T.C). UPON HIS DEATH HE $60,000,000 (SIXTY MILLION U.S. DOLLARS) IN A THE OLYMPUS MONS BRANCH OF THE MARTIAN PLANETARY BANKING SYSTEM. I BELIEVE YOU TO BE AN HONEST AND TRUSTWORTY CITIZEN AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING ME IN REMOVING THE MONEY FROM THIS ACCOUNT.
Well, I'll be looking for the future headline: SkyWeb vehicle OS replaced with Linux
That, and there will of course be someone who figures out how to tamper with the safety controls, adds a remote throttle, and has a high-performance SkyWeb vehicle. Then we'll see illegal SkyWeb races at night when there's no traffic in the ghetto parts of town, and of course the videos posted online showing just how fast someone got their SkyWeb to run.
I for one am looking forward to the future. By the way, has anyone done this with a Segway yet (that is, Segway races or a high-performance Segway)?
Sometimes all this stuff makes me wonder if it's really worth it. People know that the game is good, but making it a hassle to play seems a bit like bad business. If someone really wants something, they'll find a way to get it. For a few people, this means hacking and cracking till the sun goes down. However, for the large majority of thrill-seekers out there, $40 is not a big deal...that's the equvalent of maybe 5 movie tickets nowdays. Is it worth alienating 50% of your customers to eliminate 5% to 10% of the freeloaders?
It may be better to simply use religion as a model...if people like their religion and stuff like that, they give money to support it. The proliferation of all these different denominations speaks volumes that this business model must work. If people really like the games, they know that the games cannot be developed without money, so why not let the users support it. It might be worth mentioning that Linus and others developing Linux (a free product) aren't starving (that I know of), and if they were, I'm certain that they could rememdy that problem real quick with the user base they have... I think I read something like that for Wikipedia...they needed some money, simply asked their users, and voila, they got money.
This could open up a lot of problems for people who like to put aftermarket stuff on their vehicle, particulaly when it changes the volume and mass of the vehicle. The car has to somehow be made aware of such changed...if someone lowers their suspension, they can't handle as potholes as well anymore. If someone turns a regular truck into a monster truck, you've got a lot more height and width to your car. Even simply adding a trailer can cause problems...the truck would need to handle corners differently, it would need nigher clearances, etc.
There are simply too many ways that human error can mess things up. It's the same reason that computers fail so often yet we still fly on airplanes...airplanes are relatively static systems. Personal computers on the othter hand are customizable, meaning that there can be program conflicts or even program errors.
Why stop with people? You can use your car to ship items if you know you the trip takes X hours and you don't need the car for Y hours, where X=Y. Depending on the gas prices and range, it may be cheaper and faster than a commercial service. So long FedEx, so long UPS.
Slashdot Mirror
(based on "How Come" by D12)
How come, we don't even code no more,
And you don't even work no more
We don't barely use your stuff at all
and I don't even feel the same love when we debug no more
And I heard it through Slashdot..we ain't even beefin now
After all the years we ignored you...ain't no way no how
This software can't be true
We developers...ain't a IDE changed...unless its you!
Ok...so there's a my song. Where do I get my free competing software?
Beware the IDEs of March...
Microsoft is neither micro, nor is it soft.
Mod up.
Visual Studio and mono(poly) products?
It's because we all hate Microsoft and their monopoly. Delphi is not made by Microsoft, thus making it better than Visual Studio, etc.
At least, that's the general idea I've gotten from reading a few months worth of material on Slashdot.
Languages die out because they change. No one speaks Latin any more because we needed to communicate more information in fewer syllables, so we now have English and a bunch of other languages. Granted, we still see Latin roots in many English words, but we also see words that have no real basis.
Same thing with assembly language...unless you're programming device drivers, you have almost no need to go back to it because C++ and other languages supercede it. Sure, you see some of the assembly language roots, but assembly has largely "died out" for modern software development.
So long as Delphi produces higher and higher level programming languages, they're a contender, and they'll only die out when people stop using it.
Instead of just giving them a Linux CD, a real friend/family member would give a whole new (or used) computer with Linux already installed. Given the cost of buying a copy of Windows XP, it's not likely they'll try and convert it. Even if they don't use it right away, tell them they can just use it as a backup alternative when their regular computer doesn't want to work right or gets taken down by the latest virus. Of course, they'll probably want access to all the stuff on their original computer eventually, but to do your standard ebay bidding in those last 10 seconds, all you need is that interet connection. Sounds like a good stocking stuffer to me.
For that matter, you can make one of those flat escalator thingys or a highway out of that stuff...now that'd be pretty cool. Might tickle though
I completely agree. Needless to say I was shocked when my Mom called me just to ask if I had "heard about that new browser called Firefox". That was the moment when I realized how much PR the 1.0 release was getting...
You need no transmission because of the extended speed range of electric motors. There is what is called a constant power curve for electric motors, where the product of the torque and speed (=power) is constant, and it basically amounts to reducing the torque to achieve higher speeds than the "rated speed". The rated speed is simply the maximum speed at which you can still get maximum torque. Up until that speed, you can get rated (maximum) torque. It's this high torque at low speed that makes electric motors so attractive for automotive applications.
Typically this extended speed range goes hand in hand with what's call field weakening and/or changing the air gap distance. I'm not sure which method exactly this vehicle uses, but I would hope it's the air gap size, because after a bit of field weakening you can start to demagnetize your permanent magnets. Assuming magnets are used. For all I know, this car could run off an induction motor or a switched reluctance motor.
Also, something I'd like to point out...I don't think automakers are ignoring this guy because it's too much of a disruptive technology...rather, it's too expensive. To have the batteries/ultracapacitors to put out that kind of power is going to cost or weigh a heck of a lot, no matter how you cut it. Plus, when you look at the energy needed to go 200 miles...you've got high power (expensive) and high energy (expensive) and low weight (expensive) and you get a REALLY expensive car. I've built lightweight solar cars (approx ~800 lbs) and those things can only go maybe 150 miles or so on battery power alone, with poor acceleration at that, all for Lithium Ion batteries that cost in the neighborhood of $10,000.
Just my $0.02
All it takes is a leader...if I had more time, I'd take an ordinary string of bulbs, convert it to a LED system, and submit it for the front page of Slashdot before people start setting up their Christmas trees.
Normally it takes 2, but since we were all born knowing how to count in binary, it normally takes more like 10.
Geez, this is like taking the wind out of the hackers' sails. I mean, if it's already got Linux on it, what are they gonna do? Any takers for being the first to put a Microsoft OS on one of these?
First things first, they need more descriptive names. What's that mouse-like thing in the corner? A chimera. What's that pig in the pen? A chimera. And the sheep?
Pretty soon some arcane naming convention will evolve, and a college-level genetic engineering will be much like organic chemistry with its names oxy-lacto-3-alpha-nano-5-methane.
A few years back, I had to replace my motherboard, etc. to get a game to work right (kinda sad, really, but it's true). Instead of buying top-of-the line new stuff, I just talked to a buddy of mine who is a big time computer gamer who upgrades his stuff like once ever six months. So, since it was his upgrade time, I inherited much of his "outdated" stuff for a pretty low price.
Unfortunately, a "Dragon Orb" fan is used to cool the CPU, and boy, it is quite loud. I can hear it several rooms away, and I get lots of questions like "Why is your computer so loud?" I think the bottom line is because it's cheaper, but I like to tell people it's because it's better, and they usually believe me because the same theory generally applies to cars. At any rate, one of the fans quit working some time ago, and so I was glad I had a backup, but I'll be up the creek without a paddle if the one in there now quits working.
All that to basically say, yeah, I can't wait until I get a quiter computer someday. Maybe I'll be able to both work AND hear myself think...
Well now, that all depends on how you define efficient. Some people would say efficient means compact code...others might say efficient code is written quickly. I mean, an efficient worker does a lot of work in a little time, would not the same standard apply for a software/OS developer?
It's not slashdotted yet, it's just hosted from Mars is all...
I dunno, I think that program is actually best suited to the task of interplanetary exploration.
Also, you need a new compiler. The real reason for that error is because you need to follow up #include with a filename.
I was hoping for a less abstract reason, like an upcoming game, such as The Sims: Space Station or The Sims: Mars Rover.
Guess I'll have to scratch another one off my Christmas wish list...
Not gonna happen, for one big reason. I could just see the Slashdot headline:
Mars Rover HaX0r3d and OS replaced with Linux.
Shortly thereafter, Micro$oft claims that they can enforce patent infringement on Mars...
From Mr.Marvin
Olympus Mons Coast.
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
I AM HAPPY TO WRITE AND SEND THIS MESSAGE TO YOU.
AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS MESSAGE WOULD COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BUT I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER IT AS A CALL FROM A FAMILY IN DARE NEED AND GIVE IT URGENT CONSIDERATION. MY NAME IS MR marvin, A CITIZEN OF MARS AND THE SON OF LATE DR. FIDELIS GUBWANO WHO BEFORE HIS DEATH WAS THE MANAGER OF MARTIAN FINANCIAL TRUST CORPORATION (M.F.T.C). UPON HIS DEATH HE $60,000,000 (SIXTY MILLION U.S. DOLLARS) IN A THE OLYMPUS MONS BRANCH OF THE MARTIAN PLANETARY BANKING SYSTEM. I BELIEVE YOU TO BE AN HONEST AND TRUSTWORTY CITIZEN AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING ME IN REMOVING THE MONEY FROM THIS ACCOUNT.
Well, I'll be looking for the future headline: SkyWeb vehicle OS replaced with Linux
That, and there will of course be someone who figures out how to tamper with the safety controls, adds a remote throttle, and has a high-performance SkyWeb vehicle. Then we'll see illegal SkyWeb races at night when there's no traffic in the ghetto parts of town, and of course the videos posted online showing just how fast someone got their SkyWeb to run.
I for one am looking forward to the future. By the way, has anyone done this with a Segway yet (that is, Segway races or a high-performance Segway)?
Sometimes all this stuff makes me wonder if it's really worth it. People know that the game is good, but making it a hassle to play seems a bit like bad business. If someone really wants something, they'll find a way to get it. For a few people, this means hacking and cracking till the sun goes down. However, for the large majority of thrill-seekers out there, $40 is not a big deal...that's the equvalent of maybe 5 movie tickets nowdays. Is it worth alienating 50% of your customers to eliminate 5% to 10% of the freeloaders?
It may be better to simply use religion as a model...if people like their religion and stuff like that, they give money to support it. The proliferation of all these different denominations speaks volumes that this business model must work. If people really like the games, they know that the games cannot be developed without money, so why not let the users support it. It might be worth mentioning that Linus and others developing Linux (a free product) aren't starving (that I know of), and if they were, I'm certain that they could rememdy that problem real quick with the user base they have... I think I read something like that for Wikipedia...they needed some money, simply asked their users, and voila, they got money.
I dunno...maybe I'm just dreaming.
This could open up a lot of problems for people who like to put aftermarket stuff on their vehicle, particulaly when it changes the volume and mass of the vehicle. The car has to somehow be made aware of such changed...if someone lowers their suspension, they can't handle as potholes as well anymore. If someone turns a regular truck into a monster truck, you've got a lot more height and width to your car. Even simply adding a trailer can cause problems...the truck would need to handle corners differently, it would need nigher clearances, etc.
There are simply too many ways that human error can mess things up. It's the same reason that computers fail so often yet we still fly on airplanes...airplanes are relatively static systems. Personal computers on the othter hand are customizable, meaning that there can be program conflicts or even program errors.
Why stop with people? You can use your car to ship items if you know you the trip takes X hours and you don't need the car for Y hours, where X=Y. Depending on the gas prices and range, it may be cheaper and faster than a commercial service. So long FedEx, so long UPS.
Yeah, isn't porn supposed to be the industry that always "leads the way" and breaks new ground in the digital world?