Hey nice sig man !
For the ones who never heard about the genius from Belgium called Noel Godin, the man responsible of bakery crime on Bill Gates, I urge you to go to his official web site : www.gloupgloup.com.
Those guys are looking for team members in the US and Europe, so go and join the bakery alliance !
It had to be said, although it's completely off-topic.
Yet Another Free OS ? Well kind of, as there are already
quite a few existing already, looks like the guy has fun developping it so that's cool, but I don't think he expects much from this.
As was noted by someone, he doesn't seem to ask for help either, so I think that sums it up quite well.
There's a nice piece of software called GotchaNow that I use at home. It allows you to track any change in the picture recorded by a video camera and take some actions if an intrusion is detected (you can run programs, call a pager,...).
I've been using it for a while, and I'm really happy with it ; there's a new version that works with multipls cameras too. Now the problem is that it runs on Windows, so the solution may be to build a waterproof PC-104 system with a video capture module such as this one and plug it to some sort of radio-transmitter or cellphone.
As processing the video captures requires quite some power, you won't be able to use the lower-end PC-104 CPU modules unfortunately, but you must be able to make a system for a reasonnable price.
I've used Boa Constructor to build some prototypes, while I have a few crashes from time to time in frame design mode, it's great to build a quick GUI in no time.
- Wing IDE , commercial.
And that's why OSX is based on FreeBSD then, genius ! Microsoft may be an evil company, but Apple is definitely a stupid one. Well guess that's why they're dying, you get what you deserve after all.
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You're the fool in that story man, I'm not talking about a crappy tool like resedit, where's the shell in there ? SMB ? What are you talking about ? There are some C compilers for Mac OS, so yeah there is SMB working, so what, that got nothing to do with the subject, oh well never mind.
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Amen, brother ! I too have quite a few PCs and would need a very good reason to switch to another platform when I got much software and hardware already. Like many other PC users, I would have bought a Next if Jobs hadn't been so stupid to make it die, just because it was a wonderful machine with great development tools. However OSX is not attractive enough to me to decide to buy a Mac : Linux supports all my hardware, has a great interface (Gnome), plenty of applications available (and Kylix looks very promising too), and maybe even more important, I can CUSTOMIZE my system the way I want to, I really hate not being able to do what I want, the way Mac OS was designed (may be good for kids or people who don't want to know how computers work, but that's definitely not for the majority of/. users I guess).
Apple is basically dying, and the only thing to stop it would be to cut the crap and think of the huge majority of computer users, that is, PC users, and make some software/hardware available for them. I work for a major software company, and there's not a single Mac here, everybody would talk about Macs as a big farce. Until Apple stops jerking off on their blue translucid plastic, I don't see how the situation would be different but I wish them good luck.
I went on their site, on the Mir page I read :
The End Is Mir - 3/21/01
On the same page :
Warning: Mir is approaching re-entry day. The closer to the re-entry burn the more rapidly our data will become inaccurate. This system is not designed for Re-entry tracking. At some point, we will just stop tracking.
Well, that doesn't sound either real-time or accurate to me, thanks for the link anyway.
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Well, sorry to this NZOOM article, of the 136 tons of the space station, an estimated 20 to 25 tons are expected to hit earth, the rest will burn into the atmosphere.
Now I don't know about the heads of chihuaha in your place, but in mine they hardly weigh 25 tons!;)
Yeah, which in plain English means you may see that thing in stores in 2 years, if you ever see it.
Apparently there are still people on Slashdot unaware of the MS vaporware policy : let's create an imaginary product to focus the attention on us.
What are you talking about ? Of course Sun is a hardware & Software company, just have a look at their website and you'll understand, they are all there : workstations, servers, network hardware Solaris, Java,... How do you call this ?
Then, what you meant maybe was the difference in markets, Apple is rather for people who don't know much about computers or who don't want to know how it works, when Sun hardware & software is not targetted at all at plug-n'-play kiddies.
Completly right, WebStart supports applications and applets, however both run OUTSIDE the browser, I don't see any way to use it inside the browser, too bad.
Thanks for the link, however I don't really see how you can create UIs easily with Quicktime, I guess it's the same problem as Flash, you have to make you own UI components (fields, tables,...) by hand, which is kind of expensive in terms development time.
You're right, there are quite a few other languages available you can use to produce Java Bytecode, such as Scheme, Eiffel or Lisp (more here).
However, having a VM run inside the browser (with the Java plugin or not), consumes much resources and the startup time is a little long (several seconds on even a decent computer).
That's right, I don't really mind about what language to use, it could either be Python or Flash script, but it should be lightweigtht, portable and ideally should come with a bunch of standard "advanced" components (formatting fields, tables, trees,...).
I know it's tough requirements, but there must be a damn product/project down here that meets them, isn't it ?
Good point. The application should be useable from IE & Netscape, however we need a "advanced" UI components (formatted fields,...) and be able to communicate with a remote database server. Javascript is nice, but it doesn't offer many UI components, and there are quite a few portability issues, as you pointed out. If only it was Python instead...
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Hey nice sig man !
For the ones who never heard about the genius from Belgium called Noel Godin, the man responsible of bakery crime on Bill Gates, I urge you to go to his official web site :
www.gloupgloup.com.
Those guys are looking for team members in the US and Europe, so go and join the bakery alliance !
It had to be said, although it's completely off-topic.
I'm sure some silly kids wanted to get the source code of the hosted projects !
As was noted by someone, he doesn't seem to ask for help either, so I think that sums it up quite well.
Still, this is nice but I'm not sure it's stuff that matters© that much. Oh well...
You may not be aware of them, but there are quite a few Japanese slashdotters here, but we hide ourselves behind .com domains!
Renowned American company, with business open anywhere in the world, you might even choose to work in Moscow or Peking if you like !
As is the English of many native speakers posting here, sad to say, but especially from the US.
So what's next one ? PCs ? Sugar ? Beer packs ? Give us a break, nobody cares about such bullshit, future will prove you wrong man.
What about raising some funds to sue the moron and give Mike some good lawyers ?
I've been using it for a while, and I'm really happy with it ; there's a new version that works with multipls cameras too.
Now the problem is that it runs on Windows, so the solution may be to build a waterproof PC-104 system with a video capture module such as this one and plug it to some sort of radio-transmitter or cellphone.
As processing the video captures requires quite some power, you won't be able to use the lower-end PC-104 CPU modules unfortunately, but you must be able to make a system for a reasonnable price.
I'm sort of know Perl...
Yeah, but you should learn English instead.
- Boa Constructor, free, still in alpha but pretty neat.
- BlackAdder, Commercial, still in beta.
I've used Boa Constructor to build some prototypes, while I have a few crashes from time to time in frame design mode, it's great to build a quick GUI in no time. - Wing IDE , commercial.
And that's why OSX is based on FreeBSD then, genius ! Microsoft may be an evil company, but Apple is definitely a stupid one. Well guess that's why they're dying, you get what you deserve after all.
You're the fool in that story man, I'm not talking about a crappy tool like resedit, where's the shell in there ? SMB ? What are you talking about ? There are some C compilers for Mac OS, so yeah there is SMB working, so what, that got nothing to do with the subject, oh well never mind.
Amen, brother ! I too have quite a few PCs and would need a very good reason to switch to another platform when I got much software and hardware already. Like many other PC users, I would have bought a Next if Jobs hadn't been so stupid to make it die, just because it was a wonderful machine with great development tools. However OSX is not attractive enough to me to decide to buy a Mac : Linux supports all my hardware, has a great interface (Gnome), plenty of applications available (and Kylix looks very promising too), and maybe even more important, I can CUSTOMIZE my system the way I want to, I really hate not being able to do what I want, the way Mac OS was designed (may be good for kids or people who don't want to know how computers work, but that's definitely not for the majority of /. users I guess).
Apple is basically dying, and the only thing to stop it would be to cut the crap and think of the huge majority of computer users, that is, PC users, and make some software/hardware available for them. I work for a major software company, and there's not a single Mac here, everybody would talk about Macs as a big farce. Until Apple stops jerking off on their blue translucid plastic, I don't see how the situation would be different but I wish them good luck.
Realtime, you said ?
I went on their site, on the Mir page I read :
The End Is Mir - 3/21/01
On the same page :
Warning: Mir is approaching re-entry day. The closer to the re-entry burn the more rapidly our data will become inaccurate. This system is not designed for Re-entry tracking. At some point, we will just stop tracking.
Well, that doesn't sound either real-time or accurate to me, thanks for the link anyway.
Well, sorry to this NZOOM article, of the 136 tons of the space station, an estimated 20 to 25 tons are expected to hit earth, the rest will burn into the atmosphere. ;)
Now I don't know about the heads of chihuaha in your place, but in mine they hardly weigh 25 tons!
You should be happy with your local Slashdot server, why view such a thing remotely ?
Yeah, which in plain English means you may see that thing in stores in 2 years, if you ever see it. Apparently there are still people on Slashdot unaware of the MS vaporware policy : let's create an imaginary product to focus the attention on us.
Freenet is a great idea, and with a client like Espra it will kick ass for sure !
Darn, you must be really good to have found the free downloadable version when it's supposed to be released only later this year ! ;)
What are you talking about ? Of course Sun is a hardware & Software company, just have a look at their website and you'll understand, they are all there : workstations, servers, network hardware Solaris, Java,... How do you call this ?
Then, what you meant maybe was the difference in markets, Apple is rather for people who don't know much about computers or who don't want to know how it works, when Sun hardware & software is not targetted at all at plug-n'-play kiddies.
Completly right, WebStart supports applications and applets, however both run OUTSIDE the browser, I don't see any way to use it inside the browser, too bad.
Thanks for the link, however I don't really see how you can create UIs easily with Quicktime, I guess it's the same problem as Flash, you have to make you own UI components (fields, tables, ...) by hand, which is kind of expensive in terms development time.
You're right, there are quite a few other languages available you can use to produce Java Bytecode, such as Scheme, Eiffel or Lisp (more here).
However, having a VM run inside the browser (with the Java plugin or not), consumes much resources and the startup time is a little long (several seconds on even a decent computer).
That's right, I don't really mind about what language to use, it could either be Python or Flash script, but it should be lightweigtht, portable and ideally should come with a bunch of standard "advanced" components (formatting fields, tables, trees,...).
I know it's tough requirements, but there must be a damn product/project down here that meets them, isn't it ?
Good point. The application should be useable from IE & Netscape, however we need a "advanced" UI components (formatted fields, ...) and be able to communicate with a remote database server. Javascript is nice, but it doesn't offer many UI components, and there are quite a few portability issues, as you pointed out. If only it was Python instead...