What Albany runs:
The operating system is Ubuntu, a popular version of Linux, itself one of the best-known examples of open source software. The school uses Open Office which can read and edit files from the familiar commercial applications. Computers are loaded with video editing software, CAD programmes, web design tools, composition software, project management programmes and more, all downloaded at no cost from the internet. Mark says there is little that is not available. However, email and document management tools are provided by Google. They are freeware but not open source. The school intranet uses Moodle, a learning management system used in over 50,000 locations globally including a fair number of New Zealand schools. Two further pieces of open source software were developed in New Zealand. Albany students and teachers have electronic portfolios made with Mahara, a system collaboratively made by several tertiary institutions and launched in 2006. The school library catalogue uses Koha, first developed for Horowhenua libraries and now in use internationally. Mark says the school has paid a programmer to add additional features like a book rating tool for students to express their opinion.
âoeThen we will gift that back to the Koha community. The more people like us who contribute to it, the better it will be.â
Questions I've been asked as a New Zealander while living in the USA: (you decide if they're dumb)
Q1: So, seeing as the seasons are different does that mean you celebrate Christmas in July? A:Yes, the New Zealand Jesus was born on July 25th at a surf club.
Do you guys celebrate thanksgiving in New Zealand?
A: Yeah, but we have to import the Indians and Pilgrims and it's in May due to the seasons. Luckily Christmas is a few weeks later so we can go to her family's house for one and mine for the other.
Do you celebrate the 4th of July in New Zealand.
A: We are a commonwealth country - the independence of the USA was essentially an act of Treason. So no. Why do you ask?
Cougar: "Hey, you have an accent, where are you from?"
Russ1337: "I'm from New Zealand"
Cougar: "Cool!,"
Russ1337: "Do you know where New Zealand is?"
Cougar: "um, no. I'm not very good at history"
Russ1337:"..... you mean...... geography......"
Cougar: "Exactly!"
The FAA approach to aircraft software is loosely as follows (refer FAR 25.1309 as a starting point):
- When building the aircraft, as part of a wider safety program a System Safety Assessment is carried out on the system in question - This may be in accordance with SAE ARP 4754
- The SSA determines the required 'Design Assurance Level' of the system in question. - i.e a 'fly-by-wire' flight control is likely level A, and an inflight entertainment system might be level E.
- The system is then built, and the software developed using a suitable software lifecycle process (such as IEEE 12207).
- The Software is developed against an 'Assurance Standard' - most likely DO-178B. This requires various things to happen depending on the 'Level' of assurance required. If it is level A software (i.e for a flight control system), then there are lots of development and test requirements required (e.g full high-level requirement trace to low level requirements to hardware, with independence. - and full code coverage with testing of all inputs and outputs in every iteration). For something like an in flight entertainment (Level E), there are very little code / test requirements (to meet FAA regs - not passenger satisfaction!)
The FAA credit the (quite robust when followed) DO-178B process as the reason for so few software related accidents. Many examples of aircraft accidents the media attribute to 'software fault' is usually a hardware error providing incorrect input. - or a result of poor requirement definition up front.... (such as software had no requirement to disregard erroneous Angle of Attack data, causing severe pitch problems in an airbus.)
If you get into it, the FAA regulations around software are pretty safe. If you're in doubt, contact your local D.E.R.
Or, since we don't know the state of the core developer, perhaps we should be interested in what they did with the other 13.5% of him and the other 13.5% of her.
Or something. It's a little late in the day for me to be recalling Schroedinger.
If you get into the whole thought process of the developer being a "him and a her at the same time" you'll possibly end up thinking they're from Thailand.
If you decide against, let Magacorp know immediately. Then get back to work, pronto. Looking back, second thoughts and re-negotiations are distractions, too. Let Megacorp know that your decision is final.
And get working on market share fast. If megacorp is Google, they have a history of copying what they don't buy.
the funny thing is..... SCO is like a zombie. Just when you think it's dead, a hand reaches from under the bed and grabs your leg.
It'll take a shotgun to the face to get rid of SCO. (a.k.a buy the trademark and all SCO's IP and release it all under creative commons / GPL / public domain....)
That's the thing about Windows that really shines through in the ads - "Lauren" is the Windows version of "hot". You could do better, but you just don't feel like putting in the effort.
I was trying to think of how that analogy would extend to other OS's....
The Mac is some really really hot chick, but you need a Ferrari, a house in the Hamptons and tennis club membership.
Linux is like a chick from former soviet eastern Europe. You can get 'average' really easily, and if you work really hard you'll find something really stunning. Not much money outlay, but you'll have to spend time learning to communicate..... oh, and you don't want an old one....
The "dumb pipes" analogy doesn't work terribly well.
In the case of terrestrial phone and data lines, capacity can be improved either by improving bandwidth along existing lines, or installing additional lines.
In the case of cellular, this isn't so easy. The amount of usable EM spectrum is finite, and most speed improvements using the already-allocated frequencies will either break compatibility with existing devices, or require a reallocation of the spectrum. Improvements are possible, though they're much more difficult to implement.
A WiFi access point with lots of clients connected tends to be quite slow, regardless of the speed of the WAN that it's connected to. Cell towers operate on that same principle.
I understand what you are saying, but you didn't refute the "dumb pipes analogy", you just mentioned the difficulty with various types and speeds of pipe.
Wi-fi, WAN, G3, are all just 'dumb pipes' using different portions of the EM spectrum allowing them slightly different characteristics such as range and bandwidth, but they are still 'dumb'.
The GP argues "Offering unlimited data plans is a really major step that fundamentally changes the way people use data on their phones. In time, that will become cheaper, mobile devices will become more ubiquitous and cheaper, and that's when I think you'll start to see more "dumb pipe" type plans being offerred."
And I agree, the RF services the telco's provide will one day end up as transports for internet traffic - 'dumb pipes'.
Why should you indefinitely? 5 years should be enough to capitalize and come up with something new to sell.
What if, like many creative people, you struggle in obscurity for years before gaining a reputation?
When you get your big break and your work finally has some real dollar value, should large corporates be entitled to move in and use your work for free?
I'd argue that the likleyhood of living in obscurity is lessened by shorter copyright. I.e your early work is set free, thus making you easier to be 'discovered'. This is backed up by the increase in exposure of artists who give away their work - actually builds them a fan base.
I've just been checking out the New Zealand Recording Industry Association website hoping to find some images that they are unlikely to own. I'd go so far as to spend hours searching for their owner and press them to inform the RIANZ ISP to have them cut off.
I aggree.
It is also about soverignty. Sweden is its own nation with its own laws. Any accomodation of US law into swedish laws erodes that soverignty.
Sweden is within its rights to rule which ever way it pleases.
If i understand correctly , the problem is the some students cheat by copying over the tests and homework.
All the teacher has to do is give different tests and homework for each class. How hard can that be ? My teachers always worked this way.
I must have been lucky. The teachers at my school spent the entire year preparing my class for the exams. They taught us how to figure out how to answer the questions, and about the topic! They loved it when we wrote down the notes so we could follow up after class and review what they had told us.
So in order to be a "visionary", I merely have to decide what consumers might want (not that hard being one yourself), and then ask people smarter than yourself to make it happen with no actual technical insight on how to make it happen yourself?
Did the king that asked for pyramids know how to build them?
(I guess in that case you'd need to define the Consumer)
As a New Zealander living in Texas I've been asked a few dumb questions:
Q:Do you have Thanksgiving in New Zealand?
A: No. The lack of pilgrims and Indians prevented us from doing so, plus our summer harvest would have been in March.
Q: Do you celebrate 4th of July in New Zealand?
A: No. We are a Commonwealth Country who has an allegiance to the Queen.
Q: So, because your seasons are different, you must have Christmas in July?
A: You are an idiot.
Slashdot Mirror
it's still good for the CV.....
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleId=7839
woops. No 's': Austin Meyer
http://www.fidelityflight.com/newdefense.htm
The flight simulator pictured was built for the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a P-3 Orion Flight Training Device.
It runs x-plane. Austin Meyers (the author of x-plane) worked with Fidelity Flight Simulation to add unique features required.
I was the acceptance test engineer.
There are no dumb questions.
Questions I've been asked as a New Zealander while living in the USA: (you decide if they're dumb)
Q1: So, seeing as the seasons are different does that mean you celebrate Christmas in July?
A:Yes, the New Zealand Jesus was born on July 25th at a surf club.
Do you guys celebrate thanksgiving in New Zealand?
A: Yeah, but we have to import the Indians and Pilgrims and it's in May due to the seasons. Luckily Christmas is a few weeks later so we can go to her family's house for one and mine for the other.
Do you celebrate the 4th of July in New Zealand.
A: We are a commonwealth country - the independence of the USA was essentially an act of Treason. So no. Why do you ask?
Cougar: "Hey, you have an accent, where are you from?"
Russ1337: "I'm from New Zealand"
Cougar: "Cool!,"
Russ1337: "Do you know where New Zealand is?"
Cougar: "um, no. I'm not very good at history"
Russ1337:"..... you mean...... geography......"
Cougar: "Exactly!"
My current role is verifying compliance of DO-178B artefact's... I hear you.
The FAA approach to aircraft software is loosely as follows (refer FAR 25.1309 as a starting point):
- When building the aircraft, as part of a wider safety program a System Safety Assessment is carried out on the system in question - This may be in accordance with SAE ARP 4754
- The SSA determines the required 'Design Assurance Level' of the system in question. - i.e a 'fly-by-wire' flight control is likely level A, and an inflight entertainment system might be level E.
- The system is then built, and the software developed using a suitable software lifecycle process (such as IEEE 12207).
- The Software is developed against an 'Assurance Standard' - most likely DO-178B. This requires various things to happen depending on the 'Level' of assurance required. If it is level A software (i.e for a flight control system), then there are lots of development and test requirements required (e.g full high-level requirement trace to low level requirements to hardware, with independence. - and full code coverage with testing of all inputs and outputs in every iteration). For something like an in flight entertainment (Level E), there are very little code / test requirements (to meet FAA regs - not passenger satisfaction!)
The FAA credit the (quite robust when followed) DO-178B process as the reason for so few software related accidents. Many examples of aircraft accidents the media attribute to 'software fault' is usually a hardware error providing incorrect input. - or a result of poor requirement definition up front.... (such as software had no requirement to disregard erroneous Angle of Attack data, causing severe pitch problems in an airbus.)
If you get into it, the FAA regulations around software are pretty safe. If you're in doubt, contact your local D.E.R.
Or, since we don't know the state of the core developer, perhaps we should be interested in what they did with the other 13.5% of him and the other 13.5% of her. Or something. It's a little late in the day for me to be recalling Schroedinger.
If you get into the whole thought process of the developer being a "him and a her at the same time" you'll possibly end up thinking they're from Thailand.
The Cooking Channel!!??.. heck and I thought it was difficult playing Gran Turismo while driving.
You send them a DMCA takedown notice to stop them using your intellectual property of course!
You make sure the passphrase is lyrics to a popular song... and have the RIAA take them to court for typing out those lyrics.
If you decide against, let Magacorp know immediately. Then get back to work, pronto. Looking back, second thoughts and re-negotiations are distractions, too. Let Megacorp know that your decision is final.
And get working on market share fast. If megacorp is Google, they have a history of copying what they don't buy.
the funny thing is..... SCO is like a zombie. Just when you think it's dead, a hand reaches from under the bed and grabs your leg.
It'll take a shotgun to the face to get rid of SCO. (a.k.a buy the trademark and all SCO's IP and release it all under creative commons / GPL / public domain....)
I'd drill out the camera, then use epoxy (mixed with the same color paint as the laptop) to fill it in. Sand with 'wet&dry', then polish.
That's the thing about Windows that really shines through in the ads - "Lauren" is the Windows version of "hot". You could do better, but you just don't feel like putting in the effort.
I was trying to think of how that analogy would extend to other OS's....
.... oh, and you don't want an old one....
The Mac is some really really hot chick, but you need a Ferrari, a house in the Hamptons and tennis club membership.
Linux is like a chick from former soviet eastern Europe. You can get 'average' really easily, and if you work really hard you'll find something really stunning. Not much money outlay, but you'll have to spend time learning to communicate.
... able to say "we mean no harm" in fourhundred and twenty six different languages,
Actually, the iTranslate application just presents the following dialogue:
Speak Louder. If that doesn't work, they are probably al qaeda.
The "dumb pipes" analogy doesn't work terribly well.
In the case of terrestrial phone and data lines, capacity can be improved either by improving bandwidth along existing lines, or installing additional lines.
In the case of cellular, this isn't so easy. The amount of usable EM spectrum is finite, and most speed improvements using the already-allocated frequencies will either break compatibility with existing devices, or require a reallocation of the spectrum. Improvements are possible, though they're much more difficult to implement.
A WiFi access point with lots of clients connected tends to be quite slow, regardless of the speed of the WAN that it's connected to. Cell towers operate on that same principle.
I understand what you are saying, but you didn't refute the "dumb pipes analogy", you just mentioned the difficulty with various types and speeds of pipe.
Wi-fi, WAN, G3, are all just 'dumb pipes' using different portions of the EM spectrum allowing them slightly different characteristics such as range and bandwidth, but they are still 'dumb'.
The GP argues "Offering unlimited data plans is a really major step that fundamentally changes the way people use data on their phones. In time, that will become cheaper, mobile devices will become more ubiquitous and cheaper, and that's when I think you'll start to see more "dumb pipe" type plans being offerred."
And I agree, the RF services the telco's provide will one day end up as transports for internet traffic - 'dumb pipes'.
What if, like many creative people, you struggle in obscurity for years before gaining a reputation?
When you get your big break and your work finally has some real dollar value, should large corporates be entitled to move in and use your work for free?
I'd argue that the likleyhood of living in obscurity is lessened by shorter copyright. I.e your early work is set free, thus making you easier to be 'discovered'. This is backed up by the increase in exposure of artists who give away their work - actually builds them a fan base.
anyone know how I can grep torrent trackers to find what is being shared from here?:
IP address: 202.41.139.3
Host name: www.rianz.org.nz
Alias:
www.rianz.org.nz
202.41.139.3 is from New Zealand(NZ) in region Oceana
I've just been checking out the New Zealand Recording Industry Association website hoping to find some images that they are unlikely to own. I'd go so far as to spend hours searching for their owner and press them to inform the RIANZ ISP to have them cut off.
I aggree. It is also about soverignty. Sweden is its own nation with its own laws. Any accomodation of US law into swedish laws erodes that soverignty.
Sweden is within its rights to rule which ever way it pleases.
I was thinking of an 8-port Belkin powerstrip full of these.
in a beowulf cluster.....
If i understand correctly , the problem is the some students cheat by copying over the tests and homework.
All the teacher has to do is give different tests and homework for each class. How hard can that be ? My teachers always worked this way.
I must have been lucky. The teachers at my school spent the entire year preparing my class for the exams. They taught us how to figure out how to answer the questions, and about the topic! They loved it when we wrote down the notes so we could follow up after class and review what they had told us.
So in order to be a "visionary", I merely have to decide what consumers might want (not that hard being one yourself), and then ask people smarter than yourself to make it happen with no actual technical insight on how to make it happen yourself?
Did the king that asked for pyramids know how to build them?
(I guess in that case you'd need to define the Consumer)
'We're still doing what we always did, which is to provide software for pianos that play themselves.
Piano Porn?
As a New Zealander living in Texas I've been asked a few dumb questions:
Q:Do you have Thanksgiving in New Zealand?
A: No. The lack of pilgrims and Indians prevented us from doing so, plus our summer harvest would have been in March.
Q: Do you celebrate 4th of July in New Zealand?
A: No. We are a Commonwealth Country who has an allegiance to the Queen.
Q: So, because your seasons are different, you must have Christmas in July?
A: You are an idiot.