They fail to mention how many government servers have been running linux behind-the-scenes for years. Changes are, at least a handful. I realize the excitement of this is in bringing Linux to the desktop, but people aren't always aware of its presence, even when quietly surrounded by it. Now I don't have any facts on Munich's server architecture, so I could very well be wrong.
Snarkiness aside, I think this is a cool project. It'll be interesting to see who else follows Munich's lead, and what ol' Ballmer aims to do about it. Maybe he'll chuck a chair (doh.. there's that snarkiness again... time for me to creep back into my hidey hole).
It would also allow you to only have male or female cattle, since cloning would obviously dictate gender: if you're farming for dairy, you only produce females (heifers), for meat you only produce calves.
Since when is being a calf a gender? Those female heifers going to be born full grown?
I use MySpace for the same reason - contact with a whole group of people in one place. I created a MySpace account before moving out of state, as an easy way for many of my friends and I to stay in touch. As a side effect, I ended up reconnecting with a significant number of people from school, many of whom I had not seen or spoken to since we graduated. While there are many things left to be desired about many social networking sites like MySpace, they certainly have their use if you have any desire to reconnect with old faces.
There does not exist a human organization in which everyone is equal (though some groups try to pretend).
This is simply not true. I used to live in a housing co-op (and yes, we were a legitimate non-profit business), and the organization was such that everyone was equal. Everyone had a voice and a vote. Nothing was settled until consensus was reached (75% of the group had to agree). The only way anyone's say was limited was if they chose to not participate.
How long until come company gets hold of this and start analyzing driving habits and sending SMS ads to peoples' phones?
OTOH, when traveling, I can't say it wouldn't be nice if I received a TXT message letting me know to detour before getting stuck in a traffic jam as a result of an accident. But only at the user's request.
I also don't like the idea that I'm walking around with homing beacon in my pocket.
Back when the lay-offs first started following the AOL-TW merger, many of us knew what it spelled. A looooooong slow death of the behemouth. Some people stayed on as long as they could, some people waited knowing at that at least they might get decent severence, some people are still clinging to their positions and justifying their existance. And some, like myself, got out while the getting was good.
To all those who are still there, save yourself. To all my fellow refugees, I hope you are enjoying sleeping better at night. I know I sure am.
Unless I read the article wrong, it sounds like the complex is providing the broadband access. If that is in fact the case, then is it really too much to ask that residents who choose to setup wireless secure those connections.
I think I would be more apt to call "Foul!" if they were requiring it on people's personal broadband connections, but since the actual bandwidth is owned by Canoa Ranch, then they can technically make whatever rules about it they want.
Is it just me or does it seem that goal #2 is a bit excessive. Knowing the distance between the Earth and the moon to the point of a millimeter.. Exactly what does that gain us in, say, accuracy of experiements, etc.?
This is especially true as more and more aspects of business become directly tied to technology. As e-commerce continues to grow, along with using things like electronic inventory tracking, etc. the need to understand both business and technology continues to rise. And this doesn't just mean that IT folks need to know more business, it's that business folks need to understand IT better as well.
While this isn't a completely new concept, it definitely is something that is beginning to matter more than in recent history. With business and IT integrated, it moves business forward into new models that actually work WITH the technology, as opposed to having unrealistic expectations.
Generally, when I have high accountability information that I need to research, I am probably not searcing the web (this is subject to obvious exceptions, including (but not limited to): comparing information from web-based vendors or getting info from an online respository of journal articles (usually through a university library)).
I'm glad at least someone around here is making some sense...
Now if only more people had an IPOV (informed point of view) like this, then we'd really be getting somewhere
Its not 3 million that goes into their own pocket. While a 3 million dollar research budget is a nice chunk of change for a project, its not like it goes into the researcher's personal account or can be used for personal gain. Grant funds are closely watched as to what is charged to them. Illegitimate spending from grant money is another great way to lose funding.
Besides, after getting caught, any remaining money left in that budget would be confiscated as well. Plus, this probably means the end of his career, especially considering he'll never eligable for future grants. NOT worth it IMHO (especially as someone who has spent time as a researcher).
I was curious about this as well. Can someone explain to me how this even got accepted as a patent? How is this really something that they can claim a patent on?
I would really like to know, since this is not really one of my strong areas of knowledge.
What we really need here is a proverbial SPAM filter on lawsuits for things like this. It is no wonder that people and/or companies with valid claims tend to hesitate to take their claims to court, knowing that this kind of hogwash is bogging down the system.
Seems like Firestar's time could be better spent actually developing something new, instead of sitting around waiting for an excuse to sue in order to generate some cashflow.
While I totally understand the point you are making, from the sound of things, if you are purposely sharing your bandwidth, than it will not go unnoticed if someone is sucking up a large amount of it. Hosting or distributing pornography (or videos of any type, etc., etc.,...) would most certainly be noticeable.
While that doesn't mean that those sharing their bandwidth *couldn't* get screwed over by it, it seems like those who are aware of what they are doing are generally smart enough to keep an eye on it.
As for Joe Public, maybe the public service campaign will help educate them, or they will suddenly go into creepy knee-jerk panic mode (like so many brain-washed Americans love to do), or they won't do a damn thing because they still don't understand or care.
Just my $.02.
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They fail to mention how many government servers have been running linux behind-the-scenes for years. Changes are, at least a handful. I realize the excitement of this is in bringing Linux to the desktop, but people aren't always aware of its presence, even when quietly surrounded by it. Now I don't have any facts on Munich's server architecture, so I could very well be wrong.
Snarkiness aside, I think this is a cool project. It'll be interesting to see who else follows Munich's lead, and what ol' Ballmer aims to do about it. Maybe he'll chuck a chair (doh.. there's that snarkiness again... time for me to creep back into my hidey hole).
All your news are belong to us.
Bah! I'm blind! Perhaps that site exists to give people eye disorders...
Since when is being a calf a gender? Those female heifers going to be born full grown?
All your (data)base are belong to us!
I use MySpace for the same reason - contact with a whole group of people in one place. I created a MySpace account before moving out of state, as an easy way for many of my friends and I to stay in touch. As a side effect, I ended up reconnecting with a significant number of people from school, many of whom I had not seen or spoken to since we graduated. While there are many things left to be desired about many social networking sites like MySpace, they certainly have their use if you have any desire to reconnect with old faces.
This is simply not true. I used to live in a housing co-op (and yes, we were a legitimate non-profit business), and the organization was such that everyone was equal. Everyone had a voice and a vote. Nothing was settled until consensus was reached (75% of the group had to agree). The only way anyone's say was limited was if they chose to not participate.
How long until come company gets hold of this and start analyzing driving habits and sending SMS ads to peoples' phones?
OTOH, when traveling, I can't say it wouldn't be nice if I received a TXT message letting me know to detour before getting stuck in a traffic jam as a result of an accident. But only at the user's request.
I also don't like the idea that I'm walking around with homing beacon in my pocket.
All your phone are belong to us.
Does this remind anyone else of the garden gnomes that get snagged and photographed around the world?
Back when the lay-offs first started following the AOL-TW merger, many of us knew what it spelled. A looooooong slow death of the behemouth. Some people stayed on as long as they could, some people waited knowing at that at least they might get decent severence, some people are still clinging to their positions and justifying their existance. And some, like myself, got out while the getting was good.
To all those who are still there, save yourself. To all my fellow refugees, I hope you are enjoying sleeping better at night. I know I sure am.
The next sequel to come out... "Snakes on a shuttle!"
Husband replacement?
Unless I read the article wrong, it sounds like the complex is providing the broadband access. If that is in fact the case, then is it really too much to ask that residents who choose to setup wireless secure those connections.
I think I would be more apt to call "Foul!" if they were requiring it on people's personal broadband connections, but since the actual bandwidth is owned by Canoa Ranch, then they can technically make whatever rules about it they want.
Is it just me or does it seem that goal #2 is a bit excessive. Knowing the distance between the Earth and the moon to the point of a millimeter.. Exactly what does that gain us in, say, accuracy of experiements, etc.?
This is especially true as more and more aspects of business become directly tied to technology. As e-commerce continues to grow, along with using things like electronic inventory tracking, etc. the need to understand both business and technology continues to rise. And this doesn't just mean that IT folks need to know more business, it's that business folks need to understand IT better as well.
While this isn't a completely new concept, it definitely is something that is beginning to matter more than in recent history. With business and IT integrated, it moves business forward into new models that actually work WITH the technology, as opposed to having unrealistic expectations.
Generally, when I have high accountability information that I need to research, I am probably not searcing the web (this is subject to obvious exceptions, including (but not limited to): comparing information from web-based vendors or getting info from an online respository of journal articles (usually through a university library)).
I'm glad at least someone around here is making some sense...
Now if only more people had an IPOV (informed point of view) like this, then we'd really be getting somewhere
Is it time to welcome our new super-chicken overlords?
I believe this would fall under "blocking out the moon"
Its not 3 million that goes into their own pocket. While a 3 million dollar research budget is a nice chunk of change for a project, its not like it goes into the researcher's personal account or can be used for personal gain. Grant funds are closely watched as to what is charged to them. Illegitimate spending from grant money is another great way to lose funding.
Besides, after getting caught, any remaining money left in that budget would be confiscated as well. Plus, this probably means the end of his career, especially considering he'll never eligable for future grants. NOT worth it IMHO (especially as someone who has spent time as a researcher).
I was curious about this as well. Can someone explain to me how this even got accepted as a patent? How is this really something that they can claim a patent on?
I would really like to know, since this is not really one of my strong areas of knowledge.
What we really need here is a proverbial SPAM filter on lawsuits for things like this. It is no wonder that people and/or companies with valid claims tend to hesitate to take their claims to court, knowing that this kind of hogwash is bogging down the system.
Seems like Firestar's time could be better spent actually developing something new, instead of sitting around waiting for an excuse to sue in order to generate some cashflow.
You could always snag the IE Tab extention for FF. Saved my sanity when I was doing web design and needed cross-browser compatibility.
Woo! I knew all that origami that I learned while bored doing tech support would come in handy some day!
While I totally understand the point you are making, from the sound of things, if you are purposely sharing your bandwidth, than it will not go unnoticed if someone is sucking up a large amount of it. Hosting or distributing pornography (or videos of any type, etc., etc.,...) would most certainly be noticeable.
While that doesn't mean that those sharing their bandwidth *couldn't* get screwed over by it, it seems like those who are aware of what they are doing are generally smart enough to keep an eye on it.
As for Joe Public, maybe the public service campaign will help educate them, or they will suddenly go into creepy knee-jerk panic mode (like so many brain-washed Americans love to do), or they won't do a damn thing because they still don't understand or care.
Just my $.02.