It should have (depending on the kind of hardware, you have (out of the box):
1. Backup, very similar to Time Machine, with the added advantage that you can actual performed a backup not only locally, but remotely or in the cloud (Ubuntu One)> Extremely easy to configure
2. Ubuntu One is very similar to iCloud, as it even synchronize with your phone.
3. Unity is getting more and more similar to OS X
4. You can pay for support.
No, she wouldn't have been. However that kind of assumption is somehow inappropriate for someone that is in charge of science research policy making. It shows the lack of competence or care (whatever you think it's more important). While we do not require that anybody need to know that neutrinos travel through matter (although we could make a better effort in trying to teach that), it's expected that scientific accuracy, competence and correct insight to be of the person in charge of deciding what and what not makes sense in Italian scientific research. If the concept of particle traveling through matter is too difficult for her to grasp, she should step down and leave to the job to people maybe less attractive (the main reason she's there) but more competent.
As an Italian speaker I can confirm that there is no mistranslation. She really said a tunnel was in place and Italy contributed the money to build it....
Don't consider, disciplines, but topics. If you are interested in fuel cells (or solar) go after the curricula that allows you to learn and experience that topic. Choose to work in research group that deal with these topics. Get your hands dirty. I have had environmental science majors in my group here at MIT that work on solar PV to get experience on them. I tend to hire undergrads that shows that they are flexible in thinking rather than focus on "what's the curriculum that is provided". If you follow this track, you will find that all disciplines matter little, what matters is your ability to shape what you want to do and focus your educational effort in seeking the best courses that allow you to do that.
In the specifics, as things get smaller (even before going nanoscale), mechanics have to deal with electronics and chemistry. EE courses will give you a boost in ways to optimize mechanical process at the microscale. Besides, given your interest in alternative energy sources, it will provide a way to design the electronics that can control and optimize your fuel cells. Chemical Engineering courses would help too, in this regards.
And while you're at it, take classes in communication. As we say: "science (and tech) badly communicated, is science (and tech) not done".
Acer, really? The company that so much invested in what came before the tablets (the netbooks, that is), now is stating something that is yet to be demonstrated. I mean, really? It sound like a kid that got his toy stolen by a smarter kid and as an answer he says: "well, that toy won't last, there are better ones out there". Netbooks were a half-cooked idea, portable as tablets, underpowered PCs but not as convenient (and let's face it, not as appealing to use). It was obvious when tablets (namely when the iPad) came around, the netbooks were dead. For Acer to say now that the same would happen to the tablet is not only presumptuous, but in fact all to be demonstrated. And even more, to say that what's coming after is a win8 tablet? The tablet's killer is a PC? That to me looks only like wishful thinking. But as it looks now, that's really not going to happen.
If you do a similar comparison to computer coding, your argument is similar to saying that a mature, stable program needs less patches (mutations) and bug fixing to work, while a less mature products will require more patches. However, even for stable programs, that do their thing well, there is always space for subtle improvements (a refined interface, a new feature, support for new architectures). I think the same applies for living organism. Your definition of healthiness may not necessarily include the subtle mutations that further improve on the original. For example, again just as in computer coding, as hardware evolves, you won't need to support old and unused hardware features, and so you remove it. The same for evolved organisms: that's probably why we lost the tail and most of our fur. On the other hand, the needs of the current world to multitask and new uses for hands and brains dictated by technology, may be also influence the mutations that take place. 60 mutations isn't all that much, after all.
That's the gods' work in action. How do you think gods actually direct their "intelligent" action? They cherry pick on DNA, selecting what mutations needs to take place. Simple enough.
Although it's Slashdot and you can't never expect an accurate summary, I don't even know where to start with this one. First, the vote was not on "halting the production of energy from atomic power generation.". The vote was on stopping any new construction of nuclear powerplants. Italy already voted 25 years ago to stop using nuclear, and it never used it ever since. Second, "is it wise to hold majority opinion so high that it slows down progress?". Provide any sort of support to your baseless statement about progress. Show how this vote will slow down progress. Because you can't. All indicators seem to point in a completely different direction. Because nuclear energy in Italy has been absent since the last 25 years, with no know-how, the new plants would had to be acquired from French companies. The push for renewable that this referendum will lead to, actually stimulates the local economy, further and further local research. It is an incentive, from the people to the government to act accordingly. Besides, again because Italy dismissed nuclear long ago, the energy market in Italy would not already rely on that "missing energy". In other words the situation is very different than Germany, that has a significant portion of energy produced by nuclear. If you really want report news, next time do it in an informed and impartial way.
I have seen in many case that while IT departments do not offer official support, they themselves provide link to either internal community based support or provide resources. So, you should look into that, and if none exists, I am sure you can work with a Linux user group at your University. They MUST know...
Really, it must be humor http://media.thinq.co.uk/photos/skypefirked_big650.jpg : the net is down, but "good news" according to skype is that you can still download and USE skype. They don't say how I am going to be able to use it if the net is down. Are they making fun of us? Seems like.
Skipping it can be just fine if someone has the right idea and the capabilities to transform into a product. However, because it is a mean to an end, it can provide knowledge and inspiration to achieve the same goals. I see a very demagogic move here, that doesn't take into account the numbers. The very few that made it without college cannot be compared to the thousands that did it BECAUSE of college. Besides, I have seen many of the startups that Peter Thief is sponsoring, and while there are good ideas flowing, most of them work in a completely disoriented, uncoordinated way. These companies (I cannot name them) are run by people that do not possess the rigour and the focus that will ultimately lead them to fail. The same lack of rigour and focus were the same reason for them to drop out from college. Furthermore, while you can easily establish a software company with no training (in fact training may be going against you), I just don't see how you can do it in the bio- or nano-tech, with completely no exposure to basic concepts or science and technology.
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Don't you think Phoronix didn't do it? All it got as a response was silence.
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Make sure you don't switch to Fedora or Mint, because they use the same kernel.
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As I said above it's not about laptops but servers too. Imagine a server farm with it, and this spike in consumption... Not nice.
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This is a very good point! It's not just laptops/mobile. It's servers too. Consider the effort Google is putting into power savings, and how much of a blow the new kernel could be for their effort...
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The problem is not JUST about who's affected. I bet that wouldn't be for a vocal contribution from Phoronix, the bug would have stayed there further. The problem is with QA. Pushing patches that do not take into consideration all factors (including power consumption) is simply irresponsible. It's like presenting a new car model with a 30% worse mileage, but "it's better". Would you buy it?
Ubuntu 11.04
Fedora 15 (to be released next week)
Mint (also to be releasedvery soon)
Considering this is a bug that affects mostly consumers, these distros are among the most used ones with consumers.If you really want to have bleeding edge, than say so, don't hide behind a "stable" release that is not.
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Well, I will give them time. The point though remains: For the user this is a major step back, that should be a game stopper. The bug got into the system two releases back, and wouldn't be for Phoronix, it would pass unnoticed. This is what I mean by QA. Making sure that patches actually have no major regressions. If they do they should not belong to the main tree, but remain in stage until fixed. Instead, and in the meantime, the kernel evolves, and it becomes more difficult to identify, untangle and correct the regression.
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Considering how vocal Linus has been in some very technical issues in the past, I am appalled to see how underplayed the power consumption issue has been. It's a *major* issue, 30% more power consumption is a deal breaker for many users. And instead, what do we see from the kernel list: Nothing. The regressions that lead to these came in since kernel 2.6.38, and they went by in 39. At this point, I seriously doubt about the QA going on at kernel level. For example do they keep track of these kind of regressions in first place? It seems that Phoronix is doing the admirable job, but it seems it's going completely unheard.
I am hopeful that 2.6.40 will fix this mess.
Let me understand: MacOSX is faulted. OK, personal opinion. The author was given a choice of a thinkpad, running windows. As I understand it from a clearly delirious post, the advantage of using windows resides in the ability to test sites with IE. Other than that, what exactly is a thinkpad providing you with? You will most likely end up running some flavour of Linux, virtualized? Or possibly running cygwin? I doubt it.
I see a win-win situation with OSX: You can virtualize WIndows and Linux, for each specific purpose, AND at the same time you can have a testing platform on OSX. Besides, as many before me stated, deployment and development aren't the same thing.
Not a very objective piece, IMHO.
For open source software that is easy, since bugs reports and their gravity is usually available. For proprietary software, that is definitively not the case. I guess the certification should rely on independent reports (Secunia?). Furthermore, should not just the number of bugs, but the promptness in fixing them be considered? Finally, should design choice being considered too? For example, buggy third party software that also affects your main system should be penalised against systems where a more integrated software distribution system and more secure design choices (UNIX).
As usual, the idea is nice, its efficiency depends on its implementation
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It should have (depending on the kind of hardware, you have (out of the box): 1. Backup, very similar to Time Machine, with the added advantage that you can actual performed a backup not only locally, but remotely or in the cloud (Ubuntu One)> Extremely easy to configure 2. Ubuntu One is very similar to iCloud, as it even synchronize with your phone. 3. Unity is getting more and more similar to OS X 4. You can pay for support.
If you have sharing enabled, you might be able to connect via SSH and install a script that activates the camera...
... I know it's too late for you now. But, you should consider prey project. It does now what you are asking.
... for some it was never conceived!
No, she wouldn't have been. However that kind of assumption is somehow inappropriate for someone that is in charge of science research policy making. It shows the lack of competence or care (whatever you think it's more important). While we do not require that anybody need to know that neutrinos travel through matter (although we could make a better effort in trying to teach that), it's expected that scientific accuracy, competence and correct insight to be of the person in charge of deciding what and what not makes sense in Italian scientific research. If the concept of particle traveling through matter is too difficult for her to grasp, she should step down and leave to the job to people maybe less attractive (the main reason she's there) but more competent.
As an Italian speaker I can confirm that there is no mistranslation. She really said a tunnel was in place and Italy contributed the money to build it....
Don't consider, disciplines, but topics. If you are interested in fuel cells (or solar) go after the curricula that allows you to learn and experience that topic. Choose to work in research group that deal with these topics. Get your hands dirty. I have had environmental science majors in my group here at MIT that work on solar PV to get experience on them. I tend to hire undergrads that shows that they are flexible in thinking rather than focus on "what's the curriculum that is provided". If you follow this track, you will find that all disciplines matter little, what matters is your ability to shape what you want to do and focus your educational effort in seeking the best courses that allow you to do that. In the specifics, as things get smaller (even before going nanoscale), mechanics have to deal with electronics and chemistry. EE courses will give you a boost in ways to optimize mechanical process at the microscale. Besides, given your interest in alternative energy sources, it will provide a way to design the electronics that can control and optimize your fuel cells. Chemical Engineering courses would help too, in this regards. And while you're at it, take classes in communication. As we say: "science (and tech) badly communicated, is science (and tech) not done".
Acer, really? The company that so much invested in what came before the tablets (the netbooks, that is), now is stating something that is yet to be demonstrated. I mean, really? It sound like a kid that got his toy stolen by a smarter kid and as an answer he says: "well, that toy won't last, there are better ones out there". Netbooks were a half-cooked idea, portable as tablets, underpowered PCs but not as convenient (and let's face it, not as appealing to use). It was obvious when tablets (namely when the iPad) came around, the netbooks were dead. For Acer to say now that the same would happen to the tablet is not only presumptuous, but in fact all to be demonstrated. And even more, to say that what's coming after is a win8 tablet? The tablet's killer is a PC? That to me looks only like wishful thinking. But as it looks now, that's really not going to happen.
If you do a similar comparison to computer coding, your argument is similar to saying that a mature, stable program needs less patches (mutations) and bug fixing to work, while a less mature products will require more patches. However, even for stable programs, that do their thing well, there is always space for subtle improvements (a refined interface, a new feature, support for new architectures). I think the same applies for living organism. Your definition of healthiness may not necessarily include the subtle mutations that further improve on the original. For example, again just as in computer coding, as hardware evolves, you won't need to support old and unused hardware features, and so you remove it. The same for evolved organisms: that's probably why we lost the tail and most of our fur. On the other hand, the needs of the current world to multitask and new uses for hands and brains dictated by technology, may be also influence the mutations that take place. 60 mutations isn't all that much, after all.
That's the gods' work in action. How do you think gods actually direct their "intelligent" action? They cherry pick on DNA, selecting what mutations needs to take place. Simple enough.
Although it's Slashdot and you can't never expect an accurate summary, I don't even know where to start with this one. First, the vote was not on "halting the production of energy from atomic power generation.". The vote was on stopping any new construction of nuclear powerplants. Italy already voted 25 years ago to stop using nuclear, and it never used it ever since. Second, "is it wise to hold majority opinion so high that it slows down progress?". Provide any sort of support to your baseless statement about progress. Show how this vote will slow down progress. Because you can't. All indicators seem to point in a completely different direction. Because nuclear energy in Italy has been absent since the last 25 years, with no know-how, the new plants would had to be acquired from French companies. The push for renewable that this referendum will lead to, actually stimulates the local economy, further and further local research. It is an incentive, from the people to the government to act accordingly. Besides, again because Italy dismissed nuclear long ago, the energy market in Italy would not already rely on that "missing energy". In other words the situation is very different than Germany, that has a significant portion of energy produced by nuclear. If you really want report news, next time do it in an informed and impartial way.
I have seen in many case that while IT departments do not offer official support, they themselves provide link to either internal community based support or provide resources. So, you should look into that, and if none exists, I am sure you can work with a Linux user group at your University. They MUST know...
Really, it must be humor http://media.thinq.co.uk/photos/skypefirked_big650.jpg : the net is down, but "good news" according to skype is that you can still download and USE skype. They don't say how I am going to be able to use it if the net is down. Are they making fun of us? Seems like.
Skipping it can be just fine if someone has the right idea and the capabilities to transform into a product. However, because it is a mean to an end, it can provide knowledge and inspiration to achieve the same goals. I see a very demagogic move here, that doesn't take into account the numbers. The very few that made it without college cannot be compared to the thousands that did it BECAUSE of college. Besides, I have seen many of the startups that Peter Thief is sponsoring, and while there are good ideas flowing, most of them work in a completely disoriented, uncoordinated way. These companies (I cannot name them) are run by people that do not possess the rigour and the focus that will ultimately lead them to fail. The same lack of rigour and focus were the same reason for them to drop out from college. Furthermore, while you can easily establish a software company with no training (in fact training may be going against you), I just don't see how you can do it in the bio- or nano-tech, with completely no exposure to basic concepts or science and technology.
Don't you think Phoronix didn't do it? All it got as a response was silence.
Make sure you don't switch to Fedora or Mint, because they use the same kernel.
As I said above it's not about laptops but servers too. Imagine a server farm with it, and this spike in consumption... Not nice.
This is a very good point! It's not just laptops/mobile. It's servers too. Consider the effort Google is putting into power savings, and how much of a blow the new kernel could be for their effort...
The problem is not JUST about who's affected. I bet that wouldn't be for a vocal contribution from Phoronix, the bug would have stayed there further. The problem is with QA. Pushing patches that do not take into consideration all factors (including power consumption) is simply irresponsible. It's like presenting a new car model with a 30% worse mileage, but "it's better". Would you buy it?
Let's see:
Ubuntu 11.04
Fedora 15 (to be released next week)
Mint (also to be releasedvery soon)
Considering this is a bug that affects mostly consumers, these distros are among the most used ones with consumers.If you really want to have bleeding edge, than say so, don't hide behind a "stable" release that is not.
Well, I will give them time. The point though remains: For the user this is a major step back, that should be a game stopper. The bug got into the system two releases back, and wouldn't be for Phoronix, it would pass unnoticed. This is what I mean by QA. Making sure that patches actually have no major regressions. If they do they should not belong to the main tree, but remain in stage until fixed. Instead, and in the meantime, the kernel evolves, and it becomes more difficult to identify, untangle and correct the regression.
Considering how vocal Linus has been in some very technical issues in the past, I am appalled to see how underplayed the power consumption issue has been. It's a *major* issue, 30% more power consumption is a deal breaker for many users. And instead, what do we see from the kernel list: Nothing. The regressions that lead to these came in since kernel 2.6.38, and they went by in 39. At this point, I seriously doubt about the QA going on at kernel level. For example do they keep track of these kind of regressions in first place? It seems that Phoronix is doing the admirable job, but it seems it's going completely unheard. I am hopeful that 2.6.40 will fix this mess.
http://www.foia.cia.gov/search.asp
Let me understand: MacOSX is faulted. OK, personal opinion. The author was given a choice of a thinkpad, running windows. As I understand it from a clearly delirious post, the advantage of using windows resides in the ability to test sites with IE. Other than that, what exactly is a thinkpad providing you with? You will most likely end up running some flavour of Linux, virtualized? Or possibly running cygwin? I doubt it. I see a win-win situation with OSX: You can virtualize WIndows and Linux, for each specific purpose, AND at the same time you can have a testing platform on OSX. Besides, as many before me stated, deployment and development aren't the same thing. Not a very objective piece, IMHO.
For open source software that is easy, since bugs reports and their gravity is usually available. For proprietary software, that is definitively not the case. I guess the certification should rely on independent reports (Secunia?). Furthermore, should not just the number of bugs, but the promptness in fixing them be considered? Finally, should design choice being considered too? For example, buggy third party software that also affects your main system should be penalised against systems where a more integrated software distribution system and more secure design choices (UNIX).
As usual, the idea is nice, its efficiency depends on its implementation