Which will be the ARM-based netbooks/laptops, just around the corner. Think about it: ARM offers power _and_ great battery life _and_ a super cheap price. What's not to like for the general consumer?
But Microsoft can't compete here with XP, Vista, or 7 - as all the applications that tie people to Windows currently are compiled for x86! Even if they did release an OS for ARM, they'd have to differentiate it enough so the general consumer could understand why they can't install Spore or TurboTax or whatever on their shiny new Windows laptop. More than likely they'd end up releasing some rushed version of Windows CE.
Now compare that with Ubuntu, for example, which has a fully-supported ARM distribution, and works extremely well on low-powered netbooks (the netbook distro is a bit of a work-in-progress, but using the regular desktop version is solid.) It would be pretty hilarious to see Microsoft trying to force a netbook WinCE instead down manufacturer's throats, unless they spent a lot of time to polish it, which they don't have.
Hopefully this will be the final tipping point in realizing that the general consumer doesn't need to pay Microsoft to have a usable computer. Again, no turnips, and as a plus computing as a whole moves forward!
#10 - The ability for 3rd parties to create their own packages that have the same advantages as being in the repository. For example, I currently download xyz from SourceForge as a.deb, and have it install. Great. Why not provide some notification of a new version, like a link to an RSS feed inside the package file that is checked on every apt-get update? Why not list it in synaptic, adept, yumex, etc.? Also, make it easy for the developer.
#11 - The ability to have a user install their own package easily and transparently, under their home-dir (not applicable to all packages, of course.) Then, when that package is installed on the base system, it should also remove the user package and symlinks (/home/user/bin.) It's not cool to need root to run yum or apt, or require sudo privs when I just want to get something simple. This is especially important in a multi-user system.
Just as long as you're not desperate enough to go hunting with a rifle.:)
My friends stayed out for the PS3/Wii preorders at Toys 'R Us and it got pretty hectic. Makes for an interesting story when they come back bruised and bleeding...
Anyways, I thought the next PS3 shipment is going to be in like 6 months, so good luck with your long wait if your lucky stars aren't aligned right that day.
Or maybe it's everyone's favorite... WGA! I guess someone found out how to get to the hole that turns off a working copy. This could be scary indeed...
But you cannot _speak_ to them, which is the real news. You can still chat using the Google Talk servers through gaim (which is what I do currently, see this article for setup information.)
Lack of built-in VoIP was the only thing keeping me from seriously considering buying one of these cool little devices, as well as lack of a built-in keyboard, until it was pointed out that a bluetooth keyboard would work. This would be a very handy device to have, if not only for random web-browsing in-between classes and such, checking email, etc.
Any university complying with these bs "complaints" has to have the stupidest administration ever, and any claims made by the RIAA are now utterly specious.
Keep in mind these letters were sent to the Presidents of the universities, NOT to the IT/network department. This pressure from above (who may not entirely understand the situation) forces the network admins to do something about it, even given the legal gray area of snooping on campus networks.
The IT/network department may condone filesharing internally to a point, as it would significantly reduce the load on the external Internet pipes (as well as the fact that BitTorrent can open an insane # of connections that quickly saturates a link.) Also, do not forget the cost of deploying such network-based p2p control devices like the ones suggested in the article and the impact they may have on normal traffic, as well as the cost of performing an audit of the computers on campus to determine the actual extent of "infringement." These things are generally not in the budget for an IT department, so IMO the **AA may have to push extremely hard to get any action done.
The optimized p2p app is a great idea, and is very similar to one I've been rolling around in my head to solve this problem after the DC++ hub at UT (2 years, 500+ users) was shut down. Also, the Hub admins were also looking into developing a bandwidth-sharing app similar to the one you suggested, since most users paid for 4GB/week of bandwidth ($20/month, uploads count double) and did not use it all. Even an internal BT tracker that prioritizes the on-campus peers over others would have helped immensely for popular files, as most users would end up being kicked onto a "second class" rate-limited network (to about modem speed) for the remainder of the week when they exhausted their allocation.
However, as the poster above stated, the trump card is the VLAN routing option. I have heard that at some campuses they simply block all connections with other residential users. This basically forces the users to go outside the LAN to get anything, p2p or otherwise, which administrators can currently control using bandwidth allocations by the physical port. This nullifies the use of a higher-speed on-campus LAN to share files (where bandwidth is essentially infinite.) Obviously it would take some pretty insane pleading from the **AA to get this sort of lockdown to come into existence, but the admins will always own the network.
In the meantime, it has come down to more rogue DC++ hubs being set up randomly and it spreading again via word of mouth, the easiest option for those admins (and possibly users) that make the choice to come under direct fire from ITS and **AA.
The link for the project page goes to a wiki page with not too much information. Not to sound too much like a slashvertisement, I'm sure they would want you to also link to this page, containing more information:
You're right. After RingTFA, it also includes a software package for viewing the images, where you can input the two points and their distance and it will give you the scale of what you are looking at. Enormously complex, indeed.
Whether or not this deserved to be on the front page is another issue. Hey, its a Roland Piquepaille story, so why not?
Out of curiosity I did a search on that seemingly random string of numbers you quoted as your patent #, and there's actually a huge number of hits, most notably http://www.4815162342.com/ (about the numbers appearing in Lost.)
So, intended or unintended, it was certainly interesting.
You're right, sorry...
I was just trying to point out Gizmo Project as a solution since I was suprised it wasn't mentioned earlier. Seems like I read through your post a bit too hastily:-P
No, Asterisk is NOT for home users, as stated in above posts. What you are looking for is Gizmo Project which is really looking great. Plus you can call other sip networks! It provides all of the same functionality of Skype AND the network is open so you are not locked into using a company that makes stupid moves such as these. Try it out.
I'm wondering if BMW is actually at fault here, or if they were using a Search Engine Optimization company to try to boost their ranking, or at least employing the same techniques? Redirect pages to give different results based on whether its Google looking at your page or a user is certainly something that needs to be stopped, and drastic measures may be the only possible way to fix this problem (besides acquiring a huge range of IPs or having the Google Toolbar be more intrusive.)
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Which will be the ARM-based netbooks/laptops, just around the corner. Think about it: ARM offers power _and_ great battery life _and_ a super cheap price. What's not to like for the general consumer?
But Microsoft can't compete here with XP, Vista, or 7 - as all the applications that tie people to Windows currently are compiled for x86! Even if they did release an OS for ARM, they'd have to differentiate it enough so the general consumer could understand why they can't install Spore or TurboTax or whatever on their shiny new Windows laptop. More than likely they'd end up releasing some rushed version of Windows CE.
Now compare that with Ubuntu, for example, which has a fully-supported ARM distribution, and works extremely well on low-powered netbooks (the netbook distro is a bit of a work-in-progress, but using the regular desktop version is solid.) It would be pretty hilarious to see Microsoft trying to force a netbook WinCE instead down manufacturer's throats, unless they spent a lot of time to polish it, which they don't have.
Hopefully this will be the final tipping point in realizing that the general consumer doesn't need to pay Microsoft to have a usable computer. Again, no turnips, and as a plus computing as a whole moves forward!
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stupid mod system and the double clicking mouse! undoing mod.
#10 - The ability for 3rd parties to create their own packages that have the same advantages as being in the repository. For example, I currently download xyz from SourceForge as a .deb, and have it install. Great. Why not provide some notification of a new version, like a link to an RSS feed inside the package file that is checked on every apt-get update? Why not list it in synaptic, adept, yumex, etc.? Also, make it easy for the developer.
#11 - The ability to have a user install their own package easily and transparently, under their home-dir (not applicable to all packages, of course.) Then, when that package is installed on the base system, it should also remove the user package and symlinks (/home/user/bin.) It's not cool to need root to run yum or apt, or require sudo privs when I just want to get something simple. This is especially important in a multi-user system.
Just some additional thoughts.
Don't worry, you can always get a MacBook without Vista installed.
Hopefully we've slowed its inevitable takeover of the race by giving it an extremely macho name. I for one welcome our fluffy cloudware overlords.
Just as long as you're not desperate enough to go hunting with a rifle. :)
My friends stayed out for the PS3/Wii preorders at Toys 'R Us and it got pretty hectic. Makes for an interesting story when they come back bruised and bleeding...
Anyways, I thought the next PS3 shipment is going to be in like 6 months, so good luck with your long wait if your lucky stars aren't aligned right that day.
there's no trend here. windows searches are decreasing also.
Or maybe it's everyone's favorite... WGA! I guess someone found out how to get to the hole that turns off a working copy. This could be scary indeed...
But you cannot _speak_ to them, which is the real news. You can still chat using the Google Talk servers through gaim (which is what I do currently, see this article for setup information.)
Lack of built-in VoIP was the only thing keeping me from seriously considering buying one of these cool little devices, as well as lack of a built-in keyboard, until it was pointed out that a bluetooth keyboard would work. This would be a very handy device to have, if not only for random web-browsing in-between classes and such, checking email, etc.
Oops, I mean UI, it's a console app.
Or rtorrent with screen, for a nicer GUI.
It truly was. Never forget.
April 21, 2006 @ 11:59:00 PM
Keep in mind these letters were sent to the Presidents of the universities, NOT to the IT/network department. This pressure from above (who may not entirely understand the situation) forces the network admins to do something about it, even given the legal gray area of snooping on campus networks.
The IT/network department may condone filesharing internally to a point, as it would significantly reduce the load on the external Internet pipes (as well as the fact that BitTorrent can open an insane # of connections that quickly saturates a link.) Also, do not forget the cost of deploying such network-based p2p control devices like the ones suggested in the article and the impact they may have on normal traffic, as well as the cost of performing an audit of the computers on campus to determine the actual extent of "infringement." These things are generally not in the budget for an IT department, so IMO the **AA may have to push extremely hard to get any action done.
The optimized p2p app is a great idea, and is very similar to one I've been rolling around in my head to solve this problem after the DC++ hub at UT (2 years, 500+ users) was shut down. Also, the Hub admins were also looking into developing a bandwidth-sharing app similar to the one you suggested, since most users paid for 4GB/week of bandwidth ($20/month, uploads count double) and did not use it all. Even an internal BT tracker that prioritizes the on-campus peers over others would have helped immensely for popular files, as most users would end up being kicked onto a "second class" rate-limited network (to about modem speed) for the remainder of the week when they exhausted their allocation.
However, as the poster above stated, the trump card is the VLAN routing option. I have heard that at some campuses they simply block all connections with other residential users. This basically forces the users to go outside the LAN to get anything, p2p or otherwise, which administrators can currently control using bandwidth allocations by the physical port. This nullifies the use of a higher-speed on-campus LAN to share files (where bandwidth is essentially infinite.) Obviously it would take some pretty insane pleading from the **AA to get this sort of lockdown to come into existence, but the admins will always own the network.
In the meantime, it has come down to more rogue DC++ hubs being set up randomly and it spreading again via word of mouth, the easiest option for those admins (and possibly users) that make the choice to come under direct fire from ITS and **AA.
I think it's just having an Out-of-Order Experience...
The link for the project page goes to a wiki page with not too much information. Not to sound too much like a slashvertisement, I'm sure they would want you to also link to this page, containing more information:
http://www.eiffel.com/products/studio/
Also there should be a PDF warning on the ECMA standards link, just a thought.
You're right. After RingTFA, it also includes a software package for viewing the images, where you can input the two points and their distance and it will give you the scale of what you are looking at. Enormously complex, indeed.
Whether or not this deserved to be on the front page is another issue. Hey, its a Roland Piquepaille story, so why not?
Out of curiosity I did a search on that seemingly random string of numbers you quoted as your patent #, and there's actually a huge number of hits, most notably http://www.4815162342.com/ (about the numbers appearing in Lost.)
So, intended or unintended, it was certainly interesting.
Assuming your average patty weighs about 1kg, that would be:
E = 1kg * c^2, or 9 x 10^16 J.
So, converted efficiently, you could power the world for a year on 5300 kg of shit. (annual world energy usage = 4.75x10^20 J)
Maybe he should work on the mass->energy conversion problem instead.
You might want to try http://www.koders.com/, you can search by license. Plus, its free.
You're right, sorry... I was just trying to point out Gizmo Project as a solution since I was suprised it wasn't mentioned earlier. Seems like I read through your post a bit too hastily :-P
No, Asterisk is NOT for home users, as stated in above posts. What you are looking for is Gizmo Project which is really looking great. Plus you can call other sip networks! It provides all of the same functionality of Skype AND the network is open so you are not locked into using a company that makes stupid moves such as these. Try it out.
I'm wondering if BMW is actually at fault here, or if they were using a Search Engine Optimization company to try to boost their ranking, or at least employing the same techniques? Redirect pages to give different results based on whether its Google looking at your page or a user is certainly something that needs to be stopped, and drastic measures may be the only possible way to fix this problem (besides acquiring a huge range of IPs or having the Google Toolbar be more intrusive.)