It can be the same OS Install CD, but they should have different install options. For example, when you install Red Hat it asks you if this is a server, workstation, etc...
By doing the process above you could install something something very stripped down; then load the other modules on top of that to suit your needs.
As long as the OS itself stays open, I'm happy. I'm fine with using proprietary software as long as it will run on the OS of my choosing. By keeping the OS open, others can write software for it without any of the disadvantages of a closed OS.
When you say "If I want to play games, I'll get a console" you are basically saying if I want to run my closed source software, I'll run it on my proprietary device. Why not run it all on the same platform?
It doesn't have to be GPS only. Look at Google maps for mobile phones....it can approximate your position without a GPS, just using the cell towers. I have had it get my position within 300 meters before. Not super accurate, but better than nothing.
Why not do a complete rewrite, break compatibility, then build in something like VMWare fusion for compatibility mode:
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
Your 56k modem is so slow because it is trying to fit into that 4 kHz. The frequency it is operating at does not necessarily relate to the speed it is operating at.
If the line has a lot of noise, the modem is going to have to re-transmit a lot of data, so you will get lowers speeds.
If you have a broader band of frequencies to work with you will be more likely to find a frequency with less interference and you will have a bigger pipe to try to push your data through.
Think of a water pipe with obstructions. If you have a tiny pipe with a rock in it you won't get much water through. If you have a bunch of those water pipes with rocks in them you still won't get much through, but you will get more than before.
Now think of each of those pipes as 1 khz of bandwidth....if you double the number of pipes you increase the amount of available throughput by a similar (Not necessarily equal) amount....However, There are other factors that can also effect it, such as line attenuation and filters.
In summary, you have made an assumption that since you don't get 56k out of your modem, you are not using all your available frequencies, which is not necessarily correct....you may just have interference or attenuation....both of which would be somewhat remedied by more available frequencies.
Patents are here to allow the inventor to have a temporary monopoly on their idea as to give them enough time to make money on it.
If no one can make any money, why should a company innovate? The system breaks down when patent trolls manage to get stupid patents pushed through the system....or patents that probably should have expired....or overly broad patents.
If one has to worry about selling their new innovation because their afraid that it might infringe on some unknown patents, that stifles innovation. Saying that things have been fine for the last 200 years so why change it is an example of complacency and lack of innovation.
Personally I think the idea of the hand print on the laptop is an interesting idea, and assuming there is no prior inventor, they should hold the patent on this....but I don't know if they should hold the patent for 20 years...
See the link below for some information on patents:
http://www.library.gatech.edu/search_locate/techres/patentfacts.htm
What else would you expect?
more seriously though...could install it in your car and use it for a nav system. A PIII laptop should not have a problem running map software with a GPS and maybe playing MP3's at the same time.
You could get one of the in-dash touch screens for $300 and then hide the laptop under the seat
Despite advances in [Water Purification], by the year [2075], experts believe that we will still be worse of in terms of [fried chicken], requiring drastic measures to reduce [Cow Emissions].
I work at a law firm where half the people have a Judicial Doctorate....most of them wouldn't be able to tell the difference....why would someone with a random masters degree be any better?
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It can be the same OS Install CD, but they should have different install options. For example, when you install Red Hat it asks you if this is a server, workstation, etc... By doing the process above you could install something something very stripped down; then load the other modules on top of that to suit your needs.
Thats a little like Digg: http://digg.com/
eight cows!
As long as the OS itself stays open, I'm happy. I'm fine with using proprietary software as long as it will run on the OS of my choosing. By keeping the OS open, others can write software for it without any of the disadvantages of a closed OS. When you say "If I want to play games, I'll get a console" you are basically saying if I want to run my closed source software, I'll run it on my proprietary device. Why not run it all on the same platform?
We have had a bit of a slow down, but going from 1 TB to 1.5 TB is a pretty big jump all in one step.
this is why you have to buy them in pairs...either for a raid or for a backup
well, at least after they miniaturize it.
It doesn't have to be GPS only. Look at Google maps for mobile phones....it can approximate your position without a GPS, just using the cell towers. I have had it get my position within 300 meters before. Not super accurate, but better than nothing.
Why not do a complete rewrite, break compatibility, then build in something like VMWare fusion for compatibility mode: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
if this smug cloud mixes with the one over San Francisco, were looking at a smug storm of epic proportions! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smug_Alert!
Watch out for the hippie jam festival...nothing is worse than that... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hippie,_Die
that just doesn't sound all that geeky...
isn't that what the article said is happening?
Wouldn't the wires end up wicking the heat into the probe since the heat outside the craft would be greater than the heat inside the craft?
someone should start spoofing MPAA machines of sharing music and RIAA machines of sharing movies...that should make for some fireworks!
Will they accept my World of Warcraft currency?
Your 56k modem is so slow because it is trying to fit into that 4 kHz. The frequency it is operating at does not necessarily relate to the speed it is operating at.
If the line has a lot of noise, the modem is going to have to re-transmit a lot of data, so you will get lowers speeds.
If you have a broader band of frequencies to work with you will be more likely to find a frequency with less interference and you will have a bigger pipe to try to push your data through.
Think of a water pipe with obstructions. If you have a tiny pipe with a rock in it you won't get much water through. If you have a bunch of those water pipes with rocks in them you still won't get much through, but you will get more than before. Now think of each of those pipes as 1 khz of bandwidth....if you double the number of pipes you increase the amount of available throughput by a similar (Not necessarily equal) amount....However, There are other factors that can also effect it, such as line attenuation and filters. In summary, you have made an assumption that since you don't get 56k out of your modem, you are not using all your available frequencies, which is not necessarily correct....you may just have interference or attenuation....both of which would be somewhat remedied by more available frequencies.
a hysterical mac fan looks like a shadow with white headphones....then the walls turn neon colors.
Patents are here to allow the inventor to have a temporary monopoly on their idea as to give them enough time to make money on it.
If no one can make any money, why should a company innovate? The system breaks down when patent trolls manage to get stupid patents pushed through the system....or patents that probably should have expired....or overly broad patents.
If one has to worry about selling their new innovation because their afraid that it might infringe on some unknown patents, that stifles innovation. Saying that things have been fine for the last 200 years so why change it is an example of complacency and lack of innovation. Personally I think the idea of the hand print on the laptop is an interesting idea, and assuming there is no prior inventor, they should hold the patent on this....but I don't know if they should hold the patent for 20 years... See the link below for some information on patents: http://www.library.gatech.edu/search_locate/techres/patentfacts.htm
Does this mean that the environment is the next one to strike it rich?
What else would you expect? more seriously though...could install it in your car and use it for a nav system. A PIII laptop should not have a problem running map software with a GPS and maybe playing MP3's at the same time. You could get one of the in-dash touch screens for $300 and then hide the laptop under the seat
Despite advances in [Water Purification], by the year [2075], experts believe that we will still be worse of in terms of [fried chicken], requiring drastic measures to reduce [Cow Emissions].
Soylent fuel....thats a good way to go green :)
I work at a law firm where half the people have a Judicial Doctorate....most of them wouldn't be able to tell the difference....why would someone with a random masters degree be any better?