The paper does exist. There are periodic stories from it in the South China Morning Post in HK. It is, of course, a propaganda tool. Recently, they had some pictures of mobilization of troops towards Tiawan, in an identifiable location with identifiable weapons.
They leak enough information to cause a bit of a stir. In the taiwan incident, the center of the missiles were covered, so specific identification of the type of missiles could not be made.
China is flexing their muscles. They wouldn't give up too much information for someone to be able to creat a counter-offensive, but they have objectives. (Like influencing the outcome of the Tiawan election, and becoming recognized as a superpower.)
The world is safe for another five years. If they are up to anything now, it is preparing to recapture some of their lost states, without the intervention of the US.
Wouldn't a better use of effort be to build a good set of HTML, HTTP, etc. libraries, rather than all the browsers? Shouldn't it be as trivial to build a browser from these libraries as it is in VB?
I am not a big C/C++ programmer, but if the tools were readily available to create a purpose-built, intrinsically standards-compliant browser, things like making a gnome or KDE version (with the added benefits of those desktop environments) become a project in user interface, not the W3C standards. It would also seem easier to update the system when new standards are created.
I would appreciate it if someone "educated" me on why this approach isn't taken.
Ummm... after yesterday(?)'s news about RHAT licensing BSafe, I think i have a little different read on this one.
RHAT now owns the GPL'd compiler, and can create a closed-source version of the compiler and associated tools, right? (Please correct me on this if i misunderstand!)
Sounds good for the stockholders, but a little questionable for the open source (free beer) community.
> Message from: Rome > January 18, 1 B.C. > > Dear Cassius, > > Are you still working on the Y zero K problem? This change > from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven`t > much time left. I don`t know how people will cope with working > the wrong way around. Having been working happily downwards > forever, now we have to start thinking upwards. You would think > that someone would have thought of it earlier and not left it > to us to sort out at the last minute. > > I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was livid that Julius > hadn`t done something about it when he was sorting out the > calendar. He said he could see why Brutus turned nasty. > We called in the consulting astrologers, but they simply said > that continuing downwards using minus BC won`t work. As usual, > the consultants charged a fortune for doing nothing useful. > As for myself, I just can`t see the sand in an hourglass > flowing upwards. > > We have heard that there are 3 wise guys in the east working > on the problem, but unfortunately they won`t arrive till it`s > all over. Some say the world will cease to exist at the moment > of transition. Anyway we are continuing to work on this blasted > Y zero K problem and I will send you a parchment if anything > further develops. > > Plutonius.
Not to support the panic, but it doesn't really take that much to cause a major disruption to the power grid. Fortunately for the US, it is winter time, the demand is fairly low, and most of the power on the grid in the winter is hydro. If there is a catostrophic failure, localized oil-fired plants can handle most of the load.
But, even a blip at midnight cause for alarm. 5 Minutes can cause a lot of panic... not to mention systems that can't handle a reboot at midnight.
When you buy a DVD, what rights do you have? I remember with VHS, you are permitted the license to view the movie in a non-commercial setting, but you are denied the rights to copy, sell tickets, or distribute in any other way the material.
It would appear as though the studios have limited this right; with the regional settings, and by preventing someone from making a display engine. If they have gone back on these rights, return the discs, and don't buy any new ones. DIVIX it.
How closely does AutoLisp resemble common lisp, though?
BTW, if it isn't 110% compatible, it isn't worth looking at for a real "CAD shop." Visio made an attempt in last year (or so), and really wasn't able to get much done... even with advertising 100% compatibility.
(The ARX extensions are where the future is in AutoCad, though; you can't create custom objects with Lisp.)
Well, i have to disagree a little bit. Scheduling isn't the advantage, but... wouldn't it be nice if that damn bell on the microwave only went off for the person that cared... wherever they were?
For the coffee... wouldn't it be nice to start it from your PDA, and when you get to the machine, it is ready?
Armchair-- that one is useful... interactive entertainment... ease you back... as the show starts, push you forward for the commercials... At least, knowing when you had a bad day and automatically giving you a massage? (check the stock prices?)
Lufa sponge... well... knowing when you need a new one? OK, that is a stretch.
It is only a toy if it isn't easy (automatic might be a better choice of words). If you need an RJ45 for everything in the home, and enough hub ports to go along with it. If the communication is wireless, or over the power lines, it isn't that big of an issue.
Compaq service director Pathy Pathmanaban confirmed that 45 per cent of all customers had now either deployed Linux or used the operating system for a pilot project.
So much opportunity... and they can loose money, too!
But, unfortunately, the NetWinder doesn't have a cool cobalt box... and hasn't been developed much in the past two years. Sad... great concept, dead before its time.
A customer subscribing to Microsofts volume Open Level B license, for example, deploying 10 Windows 2000 servers with 100 PCs would pay an upgrade price of $22,800; $17,500 for the desktops, $3,700 for the servers, and $1,600 for the client access licenses.
...umm, first off, 1 server for every 10 clients?! The TCO equation goes out the the window on this... Not included are the extra licenses for the internet package (whatever), exchange...
But, $230 for each employee isn't too bad; but, wait, there is also Office... It seems like it is starting to hit that magic 2% of salary if you include EVERYTHING... and that is just your microsoft tax!!!
I have had to wait about 30 minutes for a full reboot once, on a similar setup. The exchange database had gotten corrupt and filled up the entire (9GB) hard drive.
How many users? 12! Just Exchange 5.5 and File/print services! (How many servers / user/service?!)
Sure, the cases can handle shock, but... RUNNING?! I can't imagine that the drive head wouldn't damage the platter with a good jolt, as it was running!!!
Maybe i am just out of touch... miracles of modern technology and all...
It's funny... color seems like such a gimmick feature; a g-shock case, waterproof, and a screen that you can read from multiple angles would seem like more valuable improvements.
But, of course this destroys the built-in obsolescencethat we have grown to expect! They would actually require revolutionary features to make the upgrade worthwile... like packet cellular...
The cable companies haven't exactly "cultivated" their resource. They spent as little money as possible on it, and made every effort to prevent competition. (Read: DSS and local stations)
They did not invest money over time to develop their infrastructure, and continued to charge more money over time for reduced services.
Their lack of efficiency and the guarantee of a monopoly provided no incentive to innovate the services or to provide improved content as their subscription base improved.
Once built, their infrastructure had tremendous opportunities, but it has taken them 15 years to really do anything digital.
Incompetence aside, they should not be able to control content.
But, of course, the bottom line is practicality. They will have to have cache servers all over the place, so the equipment setup makes it easy to "control" the content...
----- The only hope is wireless broadband. Lower infrastructure costs, ease of deployment, ease of expansion/upgrade. -----
Because as a PERSON, he is to bright, and his expectations are extremely high of everyone around him. I'd hate to have to be the janitor that cleans his office... i'm not sure what i could do to "think outside of the box."
He is more of a visionary than most in the industry, and that is intimidating. Fact of Life.
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Does the palm have the protocol stack to talk to cell phones?
The paper does exist. There are periodic stories from it in the South China Morning Post in HK. It is, of course, a propaganda tool. Recently, they had some pictures of mobilization of troops towards Tiawan, in an identifiable location with identifiable weapons.
They leak enough information to cause a bit of a stir. In the taiwan incident, the center of the missiles were covered, so specific identification of the type of missiles could not be made.
China is flexing their muscles. They wouldn't give up too much information for someone to be able to creat a counter-offensive, but they have objectives. (Like influencing the outcome of the Tiawan election, and becoming recognized as a superpower.)
The world is safe for another five years. If they are up to anything now, it is preparing to recapture some of their lost states, without the intervention of the US.
Wouldn't a better use of effort be to build a good set of HTML, HTTP, etc. libraries, rather than all the browsers? Shouldn't it be as trivial to build a browser from these libraries as it is in VB?
I am not a big C/C++ programmer, but if the tools were readily available to create a purpose-built, intrinsically standards-compliant browser, things like making a gnome or KDE version (with the added benefits of those desktop environments) become a project in user interface, not the W3C standards. It would also seem easier to update the system when new standards are created.
I would appreciate it if someone "educated" me on why this approach isn't taken.
What Linux really needs is something standards compliant, fast, reliable, and easy to use... even for windows users!
One of the best uses for "desktop" linux is internet kiosks. Even that is disappearing!
I really hope mozilla can make it work... otherwise Linux as we know it doesn't have a chance on the desktop!
Ummm... after yesterday(?)'s news about RHAT licensing BSafe, I think i have a little different read on this one.
RHAT now owns the GPL'd compiler, and can create a closed-source version of the compiler and associated tools, right? (Please correct me on this if i misunderstand!)
Sounds good for the stockholders, but a little questionable for the open source (free beer) community.
> Message from: Rome
> January 18, 1 B.C.
>
> Dear Cassius,
>
> Are you still working on the Y zero K problem? This change
> from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven`t
> much time left. I don`t know how people will cope with working
> the wrong way around. Having been working happily downwards
> forever, now we have to start thinking upwards. You would think
> that someone would have thought of it earlier and not left it
> to us to sort out at the last minute.
>
> I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was livid that Julius
> hadn`t done something about it when he was sorting out the
> calendar. He said he could see why Brutus turned nasty.
> We called in the consulting astrologers, but they simply said
> that continuing downwards using minus BC won`t work. As usual,
> the consultants charged a fortune for doing nothing useful.
> As for myself, I just can`t see the sand in an hourglass
> flowing upwards.
>
> We have heard that there are 3 wise guys in the east working
> on the problem, but unfortunately they won`t arrive till it`s
> all over. Some say the world will cease to exist at the moment
> of transition. Anyway we are continuing to work on this blasted
> Y zero K problem and I will send you a parchment if anything
> further develops.
>
> Plutonius.
Not to support the panic, but it doesn't really take that much to cause a major disruption to the power grid. Fortunately for the US, it is winter time, the demand is fairly low, and most of the power on the grid in the winter is hydro. If there is a catostrophic failure, localized oil-fired plants can handle most of the load.
But, even a blip at midnight cause for alarm. 5 Minutes can cause a lot of panic... not to mention systems that can't handle a reboot at midnight.
When you buy a DVD, what rights do you have? I remember with VHS, you are permitted the license to view the movie in a non-commercial setting, but you are denied the rights to copy, sell tickets, or distribute in any other way the material.
It would appear as though the studios have limited this right; with the regional settings, and by preventing someone from making a display engine. If they have gone back on these rights, return the discs, and don't buy any new ones. DIVIX it.
How closely does AutoLisp resemble common lisp, though?
BTW, if it isn't 110% compatible, it isn't worth looking at for a real "CAD shop." Visio made an attempt in last year (or so), and really wasn't able to get much done... even with advertising 100% compatibility.
(The ARX extensions are where the future is in AutoCad, though; you can't create custom objects with Lisp.)
Well, i have to disagree a little bit. Scheduling isn't the advantage, but... wouldn't it be nice if that damn bell on the microwave only went off for the person that cared... wherever they were?
For the coffee... wouldn't it be nice to start it from your PDA, and when you get to the machine, it is ready?
Armchair-- that one is useful... interactive entertainment... ease you back... as the show starts, push you forward for the commercials... At least, knowing when you had a bad day and automatically giving you a massage? (check the stock prices?)
Lufa sponge... well... knowing when you need a new one? OK, that is a stretch.
It is only a toy if it isn't easy (automatic might be a better choice of words). If you need an RJ45 for everything in the home, and enough hub ports to go along with it. If the communication is wireless, or over the power lines, it isn't that big of an issue.
But, of course, I am a nerd and proud of it.
So, when is /. going to get Yahooed?
:)
Compaq service director Pathy Pathmanaban confirmed that 45 per cent of all customers had now either deployed Linux or used the operating system for a pilot project.
You know... i love netscape. I really do. But, i hate it when it crashes my )(*&^ OS at work (NT... no choice...) as i go to /.
Sad thing is... it hasn't gotten better in the year+ of updates!
Not only that... they own what, 25% of Rebel.com.
So much opportunity... and they can loose money, too!
But, unfortunately, the NetWinder doesn't have a cool cobalt box... and hasn't been developed much in the past two years. Sad... great concept, dead before its time.
(yes, i do own stock in 'em)
I believe the correct term would be picoSoft's :)
A customer subscribing to Microsofts volume Open Level B license, for example, deploying 10 Windows 2000 servers with 100 PCs would pay an upgrade price of $22,800; $17,500 for the desktops, $3,700 for the servers, and $1,600 for the client access licenses.
...umm, first off, 1 server for every 10 clients?! The TCO equation goes out the the window on this... Not included are the extra licenses for the internet package (whatever), exchange...
But, $230 for each employee isn't too bad; but, wait, there is also Office... It seems like it is starting to hit that magic 2% of salary if you include EVERYTHING... and that is just your microsoft tax!!!
Wow. Be afraid!
(or not)
NetWare 3 or 4?
3 was terrible... but 4 came back up in a minute or two on large volumes!
You could easily have that on a good old fsck...
It's just about the misfortune of rebooting your machine enough that it forces a complete check... or a crash.
NT is worse... but Linux still is not nearly as good as (even) NetWare 4!
I have had to wait about 30 minutes for a full reboot once, on a similar setup. The exchange database had gotten corrupt and filled up the entire (9GB) hard drive.
How many users? 12! Just Exchange 5.5 and File/print services! (How many servers / user/service?!)
Quality products from a quality company...
Isn't that what they are worried about... the commoditization of the music industry? That's why SDMI is trying to make electronic music such a pain...
Sure, the cases can handle shock, but... RUNNING?! I can't imagine that the drive head wouldn't damage the platter with a good jolt, as it was running!!!
Maybe i am just out of touch... miracles of modern technology and all...
It's funny... color seems like such a gimmick feature; a g-shock case, waterproof, and a screen that you can read from multiple angles would seem like more valuable improvements.
But, of course this destroys the built-in obsolescencethat we have grown to expect! They would actually require revolutionary features to make the upgrade worthwile... like packet cellular...
Oh well... they'll figure it out sooner or later.
The cable companies haven't exactly "cultivated" their resource. They spent as little money as possible on it, and made every effort to prevent competition. (Read: DSS and local stations)
They did not invest money over time to develop their infrastructure, and continued to charge more money over time for reduced services.
Their lack of efficiency and the guarantee of a monopoly provided no incentive to innovate the services or to provide improved content as their subscription base improved.
Once built, their infrastructure had tremendous opportunities, but it has taken them 15 years to really do anything digital.
Incompetence aside, they should not be able to control content.
But, of course, the bottom line is practicality. They will have to have cache servers all over the place, so the equipment setup makes it easy to "control" the content...
-----
The only hope is wireless broadband. Lower infrastructure costs, ease of deployment, ease of expansion/upgrade.
-----
Because as a PERSON, he is to bright, and his expectations are extremely high of everyone around him. I'd hate to have to be the janitor that cleans his office... i'm not sure what i could do to "think outside of the box."
He is more of a visionary than most in the industry, and that is intimidating. Fact of Life.
...and Linux advocacy (here) is about Linux-on-the-Desktop.
Humm... if it became more expensive to produce faster chips, wouldn't you want to use them only where you REALLY needed them? (read: big servers)
The desktop is dying... and MS knows it! But, we sit and try and compete with what MS has already done...
...ok, enough ranting.