I also can see this technology being used in chipset/semiconductors - not on the ground, but for things like the space shuttle, ISS, etc. Reason being is that if unlike current semiconductors which would fairly easilly get fried by radiation, etc, this could help replace the old chipsets on the shuttle with newer, more efficient stuff...
I think the point of this is not so much for people that already have a solution like MS Office, but those who are stuck using Wordpad and Paint when they want to learn desktop publishing, etc. It gets them to realize "Hey, there's something else out there besides the $300 USD per license MS Office? Wow, this means I can actually write those english papers now..." - If the Linux and FLOSS communities are lucky, this will get people to think - oh I need a cheap as possible beige-box pc - now I can do it legally instead of having to pirate MS Windows for a basic, dirt poor school...
You must not yet have had the good fortune of a machine running Beryl or Compiz themes - many of them not only look akin to Vista, but you can tweak them into new themes to suit your tastes...
The bad thing is, it's been on and off getting video drivers and XGL up properly...
thats what microphones are for - and if you're rich and really wanna go for it, I'm sure you could have something like a Bluetooth mic implanted/drilled into one of your teeth (takes Bluetooth to a whole new level - just paint the tooth blue now)...
I've got the same card in my Compaq laptop (granted that's Fedora, not Ubuntu) and not only can I not get the GL effects to work (I keep hearing the open source drivers work fantastic, yet I haven't got a clue where to get em) - but at least 50% to 75% of the time I boot (dual boot between FC6 and WinXP Pro) the GDM/KDM/???DM and the Xorg server totally screw up, leaving my screen looking like "nails on a chalkboard"
I know there's quite a few differences between the Debian based Ubuntu and FC, but if you or anybody else could tell me where to get these mysterious opensource ATI drivers, it'd be great...
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IIRC, there was a "legal" way to have OSX86 run on white-box machines, except it involved disabling the GUI entirely, so you would just as well be running any other Unix terminal...
because thats the popular hardware emulated using virtual machine environments - thats not the real hardware, its just what cpuz is seeing from the vm software's emulated bios/etc...
NO NO NO, this merger will make it either Internet2.5 or 3.0. And what does that make "the *other* new Internet" (the one about 4 days ago with Stanford guys doing the "Clean Slate" approach) - does this merger make that project Internet4.0? If thats the case, I'll just wait for Internet360 - cuz everybody knows that'll be like 120 times better than Internet3...
yes, the people who upgraded his invention of the net to use *BOTH* trucks *AND* tubes - all so that they can file a new patent and bring on the lawsuits down on Gore for the patent they filed 5 minutes from now...
yes, but even on something like Mac OS 10, which is touted as the supreme champion of simplicity and interoperability of programs, I doubt there is even this kind of functionality...
not that I read TFA, but I'm guessing they are attempting to replace the semiconductor transistors with ones made of light - that is, I suppose it would be something akin to replacing copper wire with fiber optic...
I call bs - you shouldn't have to buy a certain brand laptop or through a reseller that configures it - it is Canonical and Linux driver dev's problems if Ubuntu doesn't get a critical peice of hardware working - ok, WiFi isn't life or death, but sure as hell will make or break my moving to Ubuntu (or any other distro for that matter) and my sticking with Windows...
umm... firefox lets you specify where downloads go too...
Windows is under "Tools>Options" and *nix is under "Edit>Preferences" from there its under the main tab, in the "Downloads" section, and "Save files to"
yes, its close to zero cost when you buy the software in store, but its still subscription based, which is where they get you - its like a subsidized cell phone from a major carrier - sure, the phone is zero cost or 50 bucks off, but you've still got to pay for airtime minutes...
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that doesn't mean it's not a solution to a problem that doesn't yet exist
I'm not really sure, and depending on how vicious this is, but sometimes maybe 2 wrongs do make a right... For those of you who haven't seen the movie "Swordfish" they pretty much use terrorism to dissuade other terrorist actions. Perhaps this type of virus/worm/etc could be a good thing for us, that for most virus/worm/spam creators it will become such a pain in the ass to wreak their havoc, it won't be worth it for them (would you keep intentionally making/distributing virus/etc if it meant you got DDoS'ed so hard your server melts every month, costing you money on hardware?)
But then again, perhaps 2 wrongs don't make a right...
thats what modules are for - they don't actually get compiled in, and allow for a - well, more modular way of including drivers. use the distro's update/install mechanism "apt-get/yum/yast/etc kmod-some_odd_driver"
I didn't see any mention of it in the article, and I don't feel like digging 'round the net to check, but who's guessing this is basically a vm or wraps a vm around the app?
But doesn't Solaris have the option to turn telnet, ssh, etc on/off when you install the system? Unless somebody else installed your Solaris for you, why would it be left on?
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I also can see this technology being used in chipset/semiconductors - not on the ground, but for things like the space shuttle, ISS, etc. Reason being is that if unlike current semiconductors which would fairly easilly get fried by radiation, etc, this could help replace the old chipsets on the shuttle with newer, more efficient stuff...
I think the point of this is not so much for people that already have a solution like MS Office, but those who are stuck using Wordpad and Paint when they want to learn desktop publishing, etc. It gets them to realize "Hey, there's something else out there besides the $300 USD per license MS Office? Wow, this means I can actually write those english papers now..." - If the Linux and FLOSS communities are lucky, this will get people to think - oh I need a cheap as possible beige-box pc - now I can do it legally instead of having to pirate MS Windows for a basic, dirt poor school...
You must not yet have had the good fortune of a machine running Beryl or Compiz themes - many of them not only look akin to Vista, but you can tweak them into new themes to suit your tastes...
The bad thing is, it's been on and off getting video drivers and XGL up properly...
thats what microphones are for - and if you're rich and really wanna go for it, I'm sure you could have something like a Bluetooth mic implanted/drilled into one of your teeth (takes Bluetooth to a whole new level - just paint the tooth blue now)...
I've got the same card in my Compaq laptop (granted that's Fedora, not Ubuntu) and not only can I not get the GL effects to work (I keep hearing the open source drivers work fantastic, yet I haven't got a clue where to get em) - but at least 50% to 75% of the time I boot (dual boot between FC6 and WinXP Pro) the GDM/KDM/???DM and the Xorg server totally screw up, leaving my screen looking like "nails on a chalkboard"
I know there's quite a few differences between the Debian based Ubuntu and FC, but if you or anybody else could tell me where to get these mysterious opensource ATI drivers, it'd be great...
IIRC, there was a "legal" way to have OSX86 run on white-box machines, except it involved disabling the GUI entirely, so you would just as well be running any other Unix terminal...
because thats the popular hardware emulated using virtual machine environments - thats not the real hardware, its just what cpuz is seeing from the vm software's emulated bios/etc...
NO NO NO, this merger will make it either Internet2.5 or 3.0. And what does that make "the *other* new Internet" (the one about 4 days ago with Stanford guys doing the "Clean Slate" approach) - does this merger make that project Internet4.0? If thats the case, I'll just wait for Internet360 - cuz everybody knows that'll be like 120 times better than Internet3...
yes, the people who upgraded his invention of the net to use *BOTH* trucks *AND* tubes - all so that they can file a new patent and bring on the lawsuits down on Gore for the patent they filed 5 minutes from now...
yes, but even on something like Mac OS 10, which is touted as the supreme champion of simplicity and interoperability of programs, I doubt there is even this kind of functionality...
actually, I thought your post was being sarcastic...
not that I read TFA, but I'm guessing they are attempting to replace the semiconductor transistors with ones made of light - that is, I suppose it would be something akin to replacing copper wire with fiber optic...
I call bs - you shouldn't have to buy a certain brand laptop or through a reseller that configures it - it is Canonical and Linux driver dev's problems if Ubuntu doesn't get a critical peice of hardware working - ok, WiFi isn't life or death, but sure as hell will make or break my moving to Ubuntu (or any other distro for that matter) and my sticking with Windows...
Windows is under "Tools>Options" and *nix is under "Edit>Preferences" from there its under the main tab, in the "Downloads" section, and "Save files to"
wouldnt it be paranoia?
yes, its close to zero cost when you buy the software in store, but its still subscription based, which is where they get you - its like a subsidized cell phone from a major carrier - sure, the phone is zero cost or 50 bucks off, but you've still got to pay for airtime minutes...
that doesn't mean it's not a solution to a problem that doesn't yet exist
yes but how many average joe's that can barely use Windows are going to know how to use latex, even know what it is, or even know what Linux is?
I think he meant it as a play on what they said - that MS Corp isn't an issue... but thats just the way I read it...
I'm not really sure, and depending on how vicious this is, but sometimes maybe 2 wrongs do make a right... For those of you who haven't seen the movie "Swordfish" they pretty much use terrorism to dissuade other terrorist actions. Perhaps this type of virus/worm/etc could be a good thing for us, that for most virus/worm/spam creators it will become such a pain in the ass to wreak their havoc, it won't be worth it for them (would you keep intentionally making/distributing virus/etc if it meant you got DDoS'ed so hard your server melts every month, costing you money on hardware?)
But then again, perhaps 2 wrongs don't make a right...
thats what modules are for - they don't actually get compiled in, and allow for a - well, more modular way of including drivers. use the distro's update/install mechanism "apt-get/yum/yast/etc kmod-some_odd_driver"
ah, it was only for a few apps - I'd misunderstood and thought it was to allow people to run more than just corporate office suites...
I didn't see any mention of it in the article, and I don't feel like digging 'round the net to check, but who's guessing this is basically a vm or wraps a vm around the app?
But doesn't Solaris have the option to turn telnet, ssh, etc on/off when you install the system? Unless somebody else installed your Solaris for you, why would it be left on?