I only see ethanol being used and developed as long as gasoline powered cars are dominant. If we see a major switch to alternative energy sources like electric or hydrogen then I think ethanol will go the way of the dodo bird. It seems like more of a patch solution than an alternative solution.
Any bets on how long befor Apple serves more tunes than McDonalds served Big Macs? Half a billion is a pretty respectable number, and I wonder what the initial corporate expectations were when iTunes launched. I bet they would have been happy with 50 million by now.
The fact of the matter is that both of these cater to different users with different tastes, and it is better to have both developed than one version that tries to be everything to everyone.
I agree completely. A number of companies have excellent R&D labs but what goes into production is often a small fraction of what was invented there. Also alot of the research is "guided" toward profitable results.
The key with innovation is that it usually doesn't come directly from companies, but rather academic and research based groups. Large companies merely buy and build upon interesting research work in order to create large profits.
The real problem with mission-critical systems is that they need some sort of accountability. With Windows, you have a large accountable orginization. With linux you have a web of developers. Even if linux is 10 times better, it is still a harder sell because of the accountability. Especially if the system at all deals with public safety, the system needs to be signed off on by professional Engineers (hence more accountability)
Intel has beginning making a number of bad choices like this lately. They need to focus what got them where they are - providing quality processors. Too much attention is being put into small niche additions like this.
Personally, I have seen quite a bit of nanotech at various research and academic institutions. Right now it isn't huge, and there isn't alot at undergraduate levels, but the graduate/post-doc research is very active.
It shows what an automated land we live in when even the hackers are automating their attacks. The problem with this is that every compromised machine will in turn compromise more, making it very hard to stop.
Although it is clearly not fingerprints now, it makes me think like this is just a lead-up to actual fingerprinting. They get everyone use to the idea of biometrics at the park, well at the same time trying to keep privacy advocates slightly less angry.
The only issue here is if the momentum will keep going strong, or will they lose focus or face obstacles? One of their main advantages is security, but with popularity comes more people trying to penetrate security.
I don't think it is right for any site to get hacked, MS or otherwise. Although I do believe patching is of paramount importance, I do feel bad for the people who have to clean up the mess after these attacks.
It is unfortunate of the timeslt, Fridays at 10:00 is not always the best time because people tend to go out more on Fridays. Then again, other shows like Numb3rs have proven that they can get great ratings on Friday nights.
This is just them desperately trying to hold onto their useless lawsuits as long as possible. I'm sure it is not just one engineer, but rather nearly every employee who knows attacking linux is nothing more than a money grab.
This seems like a way people going to promote certain types of monitors by providing video. For example, a very popular video site might be payed by a monitor company so that only there type of monitor is deamed suitable enough, thereby making the millions of site users want to switch monitors.
This has bad news written all over it. These companies are going to try and use their size to push their technologies on everyone else. This will result in systems that are beneficial for Yahoo and Microsoft, but that don't adress the needs of everyone else. If something like this is done, it should be done internationally by a group of companies and individuals from a variety of backgrounds.
OS2's loss is linux's gain. Is anyone really suprised with this? I think we have all seen this coming for quite some time, and it was more a matter of "when" than "if".
So 519 million users, each getting 10 spam messages a day....6 billion spam at the very least. 519 million users, and 519 billion pornographic web sites
I just hope it ends up living up to expectations on release. Games that have loyal fans often set unrealistic and unobtainable goals and in the end the fans get upset because of unpromised features or they don't think the new one is as good as the original.
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The real problem with this type of work is when software is used to match mugshots to actual pictures and video. Even leading researchers are still having a very difficult time doing this. I think the government should be focusing more on advancing the work of these researchers than on gathering more data.
If you ask me, I prefer the good old fashion keyboards with no special buttons, lights, whistles or what-not. Those keyboards seem like they would be fun until the lights stop working.
"problems providing IT support to finicky Sun engineers (who sometimes demand Indian help desk support knows kernel details)"
Engineers making outlandish requests is as common as Microsoft making buggy products. Good enginners and famous rock stars both need to be a little weird to be succesful.
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I only see ethanol being used and developed as long as gasoline powered cars are dominant. If we see a major switch to alternative energy sources like electric or hydrogen then I think ethanol will go the way of the dodo bird. It seems like more of a patch solution than an alternative solution.
Any bets on how long befor Apple serves more tunes than McDonalds served Big Macs? Half a billion is a pretty respectable number, and I wonder what the initial corporate expectations were when iTunes launched. I bet they would have been happy with 50 million by now.
The fact of the matter is that both of these cater to different users with different tastes, and it is better to have both developed than one version that tries to be everything to everyone.
I agree completely. A number of companies have excellent R&D labs but what goes into production is often a small fraction of what was invented there. Also alot of the research is "guided" toward profitable results.
The key with innovation is that it usually doesn't come directly from companies, but rather academic and research based groups. Large companies merely buy and build upon interesting research work in order to create large profits.
The real problem with mission-critical systems is that they need some sort of accountability. With Windows, you have a large accountable orginization. With linux you have a web of developers. Even if linux is 10 times better, it is still a harder sell because of the accountability. Especially if the system at all deals with public safety, the system needs to be signed off on by professional Engineers (hence more accountability)
Intel has beginning making a number of bad choices like this lately. They need to focus what got them where they are - providing quality processors. Too much attention is being put into small niche additions like this.
Personally, I have seen quite a bit of nanotech at various research and academic institutions. Right now it isn't huge, and there isn't alot at undergraduate levels, but the graduate/post-doc research is very active.
It shows what an automated land we live in when even the hackers are automating their attacks. The problem with this is that every compromised machine will in turn compromise more, making it very hard to stop.
It must seem like a losing cause for all the patchers at Microsoft, every time they fix one hole 3 more pop up.
Although it is clearly not fingerprints now, it makes me think like this is just a lead-up to actual fingerprinting. They get everyone use to the idea of biometrics at the park, well at the same time trying to keep privacy advocates slightly less angry.
The only issue here is if the momentum will keep going strong, or will they lose focus or face obstacles? One of their main advantages is security, but with popularity comes more people trying to penetrate security.
I don't think it is right for any site to get hacked, MS or otherwise. Although I do believe patching is of paramount importance, I do feel bad for the people who have to clean up the mess after these attacks.
It's unfortunate when hard working people have this done to their site. It must test their resolve when they see people with no dignity do this.
It is unfortunate of the timeslt, Fridays at 10:00 is not always the best time because people tend to go out more on Fridays. Then again, other shows like Numb3rs have proven that they can get great ratings on Friday nights.
This is just them desperately trying to hold onto their useless lawsuits as long as possible. I'm sure it is not just one engineer, but rather nearly every employee who knows attacking linux is nothing more than a money grab.
This seems like a way people going to promote certain types of monitors by providing video. For example, a very popular video site might be payed by a monitor company so that only there type of monitor is deamed suitable enough, thereby making the millions of site users want to switch monitors.
This has bad news written all over it. These companies are going to try and use their size to push their technologies on everyone else. This will result in systems that are beneficial for Yahoo and Microsoft, but that don't adress the needs of everyone else. If something like this is done, it should be done internationally by a group of companies and individuals from a variety of backgrounds.
OS2's loss is linux's gain. Is anyone really suprised with this? I think we have all seen this coming for quite some time, and it was more a matter of "when" than "if".
So 519 million users, each getting 10 spam messages a day....6 billion spam at the very least. 519 million users, and 519 billion pornographic web sites
Do you think this is going to be more of a hit with kids, or adults who remember playing with transformers as kids?
I just hope it ends up living up to expectations on release. Games that have loyal fans often set unrealistic and unobtainable goals and in the end the fans get upset because of unpromised features or they don't think the new one is as good as the original.
The real problem with this type of work is when software is used to match mugshots to actual pictures and video. Even leading researchers are still having a very difficult time doing this. I think the government should be focusing more on advancing the work of these researchers than on gathering more data.
If you ask me, I prefer the good old fashion keyboards with no special buttons, lights, whistles or what-not. Those keyboards seem like they would be fun until the lights stop working.
"problems providing IT support to finicky Sun engineers (who sometimes demand Indian help desk support knows kernel details)"
Engineers making outlandish requests is as common as Microsoft making buggy products. Good enginners and famous rock stars both need to be a little weird to be succesful.