I have a very fast cable connection at home, and I have a very fast T3 line at work. Streaming Media doesn't work so well at either place. Its frustrating, tedious and annoying. I haven't clicked on a media clip in at least 6 months. I cant even imagine how bad it is for folks using analog modems.
The bigger issue is, IMHO, the issue of focus. To beat Microsoft, IMHO, don't get into a war over features. They can churn out features faster than anyone. Look at the software we have as a result. What Linux should be concerning itself with is superior stability with less features...initially. Tackle the features that actually have to get done later, after a need has been established, relying on your reputation as superior software craftpeople. Nobody has ever beat Microsoft going toe to to on features. Its a a distraction at best.
I must commend the author on personalizing the original post.
You should consider putting a house there, that was a really nice view, and whoever the woman in the picture is, she has a very nice smile.
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I thought there was one on Long island! I was looking for others in NY but didn't realize Upton was the one.
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In a previous life I was a meteorology graduate from Rutgers University (1988). While its nice that they have a bigger and better computer, unless and until thay have better input/initialization data to feed it, I can't see how the forecasts will get any better.
Twice a day (0Z and 12 Z) the main prediction models are initialized with data from all over the world. Not only surface data, but "upper air" data as well. Upper air data come from sparsely located stations that actually have the ability to send up and record data from weather balloons.
To give you an idea of how sparse these stations are, near my house in New Jersey (USA), the closest upper air observation sites are from nearby: Albany NY Pittsburgh, PA Wallops Island Virgina.
Every gridpoint in between, no matter how many there are, is interpolated/guessed at as initialization for the various numerical models that depend on that data.
So while they might have the ability to have more gridpoints, and they can have the capability of modeling the interactions between more gridpoints, the initialization data is still the same. It seems to me that they also need to spend more money on getting more data.
I remember the Olympics in Atlanta. IBM setup a very sophisticated weather observing system that allowed the NWS to predict weather at each individual venue. They were able to do this because they had upper air data every 10 or so miles a *few* (i.e. more than twice) times each day.
The current models of choice at the NWS are the ETA and AVN. The NGM is an older model they still run and is referenced in many of their discussions. They run it as an internal consistency check to make sure the other models did't get caught in a chaos loop somewhere.
Given an open source list, how would a communuity decide what stays and what goes?
Does a community necessarily have the time to figure this out?
Can a standard open source list of sites actually be developed and who would be in charge of adding/deleting from this list? In what timeframe?
I find the idea very intriguing but I just don't know how practical it might be. It certainly would be alot easier for a group of concerned parents to, as a group, monitor the internet rather than a small company with very limited (comparitively speaking) resources.
I think there is a school of thinking out there that would argue that *because* of the deal between AOL and Time Warner, DOJ shuldn't really come down to hard on MS. The thinking being that the past is the past, but the future is the future and there not being such a lock on information/entertainment anymore etc.....
Its an absolute shame that stuff like this gets front page status on/.
I mean is/. all about "emerging sexuality"? What does this have to do with Linux? Is Linux all about "emerging sexuality"? Is/. turning into some sort of political statement?
This will be the death of telecommuting. Air pollution will never come under control as businesses will not put up with this sort of thing (they will, in effect, have to furnish two offices per person). I do not need the government, or anyone from my company, in my basement telling me what is safe and what is not! Talk about privacy!! The quote I thought was very ironic was "OSHA officials said they aren't particularly concerned about the state of an employee's home outside the designated work site. "An employer is responsible for ensuring that its employees have a safe and healthful workplace, not a safe and healthful home," the advisory letter said." So if my home is in disrepair, but my workspace is OK then they will "allow" me to work there? How nice of them. What if they don't like where your workspace is and the company refuses to make it come up to arbitrary code? Do I lose my job? Our (American for those of you not in the states) government is getting way to big and way to intrusive. This is utterly amazing.
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Stuff didn't break because it was mostly fixed.
I would like to thank all who worked on Y2k stuff. It wasn't glamorous. It wasn't fun. It was important.
I know someone who has a "Free PC" and the Free internet service that comes with it (granted only a 56K connection).
I must also say that it is working nicely. They have been surfing the net for almost three months and I haven't received a single "help" call from them. They can care less about the advertisements that ring their desktop. They need the 'net to get crucial medical information about spina bifida since their youngest daughter was born with it. The information they have discovered, and the support they found, has made an immeasurable difference in their daughter's life..literally.
If it works...this type of stuff is very good for folks who cannot afford it otherwise. Getting people on the net is a "good thing", even if you have to beg borrow and steal to do so.
"getting frisked always makes me feel like a bad guy on COPS"
Well getting blown up feels worse. Being stuck as a hostage on a place also sucks (just ask the guy who was stabbed on the plane in India because he had the nerve to take off his blindfold).
I am a Microsoft certified Solutions Developer with a MS in Computer Science and over 10 years experience programming various systems...including Linux....for departmental/group solutions. I don't write kernels or compilers for a living. I write stuff that makes business more effiecient.
It is my humble opinion that Linux is missing 2 things:
1) A "standard" component architecture. Specifically a component arhitecture to define business objects. MS has COM, *nix is fragmented around various implementations of Corba and the closed source Java. MS's success can partially be attributed to their focus. Everything, *everything*, they produce is based on COM. I can write a component in whatever language and have it run equally well in VB, server side script, in Office etc...
2) Tools and a development environment to access coporate databases. Data is the life blood of business. MS makes it easy for developers to get at databases. Linux does not. Not surprisingly MS has made COM objects to access all sorts of databases (I am not talking about the silly data control here either).
Without these two pieces, business programming in Linux is a pain compared to MS. I would hazard a guess that 90% of the software that is written in the world can be classified as "business" software. I define "businness" software that solves problems at a departmental or group level. If you want world domination, go after the 90% of the market and the remaining 10% will follow.
I was merely wondering/speculating if Compaq had created a version of their compiler for the Linux Intel platform and if they were under some sort of weird obligation not to release it. A post further down this list from Steve Lionel from Compaq gives their reasons for releasing an Alpha version and not an Intel. He confirmed there is nothing subliminal going on.
I use the Compaq Visual Fortran (for Windows) a fair amount at work and I found it to be a solid product.
Steve, Thanks for the information. I am a big fan of Compaq Visual Fortran on Intel. I wish Compaq alot of success in selling the Alpha hardware vis a vis Linux and Fortran.
I wonder if Compaq is afraid to release it for Intel. I use it on the Intel platform and found it to be a solid product. I know there was an agreement with MS some years ago (MS sold them Powerstation). I cant help but wonder if Compaq is dancing around MS on this one, or worse, they are contractually obligated to create a Windows only compiler for Intel platforms.
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Who's paying the legal bills?
Is there a legal fund we can contribute to?
I Only Look at Playboy for the Articles....obviously :)
I have a very fast cable connection at home, and I have a very fast T3 line at work. Streaming Media doesn't work so well at either place. Its frustrating, tedious and annoying. I haven't clicked on a media clip in at least 6 months. I cant even imagine how bad it is for folks using analog modems.
The bigger issue is, IMHO, the issue of focus. To beat Microsoft, IMHO, don't get into a war over features. They can churn out features faster than anyone. Look at the software we have as a result. What Linux should be concerning itself with is superior stability with less features...initially. Tackle the features that actually have to get done later, after a need has been established, relying on your reputation as superior software craftpeople. Nobody has ever beat Microsoft going toe to to on features. Its a a distraction at best.
Is there a legal fund yet? I got 20 bucks in my pocket that is headed north if someone can setup a legal fund.
I know I know offtopic but......
I must commend the author on personalizing the original post.
You should consider putting a house there, that was a really nice view, and whoever the woman in the picture is, she has a very nice smile.
I thought there was one on Long island! I was looking for others in NY but didn't realize Upton was the one.
In a previous life I was a meteorology graduate from Rutgers University (1988). While its nice that they have a bigger and better computer, unless and until thay have better input/initialization data to feed it, I can't see how the forecasts will get any better.
Twice a day (0Z and 12 Z) the main prediction models are initialized with data from all over the world. Not only surface data, but "upper air" data as well. Upper air data come from sparsely located stations that actually have the ability to send up and record data from weather balloons.
To give you an idea of how sparse these stations are, near my house in New Jersey (USA), the closest upper air observation sites are from nearby:
Albany NY
Pittsburgh, PA
Wallops Island Virgina.
Every gridpoint in between, no matter how many there are, is interpolated/guessed at as initialization for the various numerical models that depend on that data.
Click here for a complete list of NWS stations that are included in the national upper air data collection network .
So while they might have the ability to have more gridpoints, and they can have the capability of modeling the interactions between more gridpoints, the initialization data is still the same. It seems to me that they also need to spend more money on getting more data.
I remember the Olympics in Atlanta. IBM setup a very sophisticated weather observing system that allowed the NWS to predict weather at each individual venue. They were able to do this because they had upper air data every 10 or so miles a *few* (i.e. more than twice) times each day.
Click here if you would like to see the current output of these models. This will lead to a whole set of links for the various models. Some sites are better than others (the Unisys site and the Uinversity of Wisconsin site are the best.
The current models of choice at the NWS are the ETA and AVN. The NGM is an older model they still run and is referenced in many of their discussions. They run it as an internal consistency check to make sure the other models did't get caught in a chaos loop somewhere.
In general, Usenet is way to cluttered and meaningless anymore, even without Spam.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/356529.asp
Given an open source list, how would a communuity decide what stays and what goes?
Does a community necessarily have the time to figure this out?
Can a standard open source list of sites actually be developed and who would be in charge of adding/deleting from this list? In what timeframe?
I find the idea very intriguing but I just don't know how practical it might be. It certainly would be alot easier for a group of concerned parents to, as a group, monitor the internet rather than a small company with very limited (comparitively speaking) resources.
I think there is a school of thinking out there that would argue that *because* of the deal between AOL and Time Warner, DOJ shuldn't really come down to hard on MS. The thinking being that the past is the past, but the future is the future and there not being such a lock on information/entertainment anymore etc.....
I did so. I didn't even realize 1/2 that stuff even existed. Thanks.
Its an absolute shame that stuff like this gets front page status on /.
/. all about "emerging sexuality"? What does this have to do with Linux? Is Linux all about "emerging sexuality"? Is /. turning into some sort of political statement?
I mean is
Give me a break.
This will be the death of telecommuting. Air pollution will never come under control as businesses will not put up with this sort of thing (they will, in effect, have to furnish two offices per person). I do not need the government, or anyone from my company, in my basement telling me what is safe and what is not! Talk about privacy!! The quote I thought was very ironic was "OSHA officials said they aren't particularly concerned about the state of an employee's home outside the designated work site. "An employer is responsible for ensuring that its employees have a safe and healthful workplace, not a safe and healthful home," the advisory letter said." So if my home is in disrepair, but my workspace is OK then they will "allow" me to work there? How nice of them. What if they don't like where your workspace is and the company refuses to make it come up to arbitrary code? Do I lose my job? Our (American for those of you not in the states) government is getting way to big and way to intrusive. This is utterly amazing.
Stuff didn't break because it was mostly fixed.
I would like to thank all who worked on Y2k stuff. It wasn't glamorous. It wasn't fun. It was important.
I know someone who has a "Free PC" and the Free internet service that comes with it (granted only a 56K connection).
I must also say that it is working nicely. They have been surfing the net for almost three months and I haven't received a single "help" call from them. They can care less about the advertisements that ring their desktop. They need the 'net to get crucial medical information about spina bifida since their youngest daughter was born with it. The information they have discovered, and the support they found, has made an immeasurable difference in their daughter's life..literally.
If it works...this type of stuff is very good for folks who cannot afford it otherwise. Getting people on the net is a "good thing", even if you have to beg borrow and steal to do so.
Well then you have the choice of not flying.
I am glad they have these extra security things in this day and age.
"getting frisked always makes me feel like a bad guy on COPS"
Well getting blown up feels worse.
Being stuck as a hostage on a place also sucks (just ask the guy who was stabbed on the plane in India because he had the nerve to take off his blindfold).
I am a Microsoft certified Solutions Developer with a MS in Computer Science and over 10 years experience programming various systems...including Linux....for departmental/group solutions. I don't write kernels or compilers for a living. I write stuff that makes business more effiecient.
It is my humble opinion that Linux is missing 2 things:
1) A "standard" component architecture. Specifically a component arhitecture to define business objects. MS has COM, *nix is fragmented around various implementations of Corba and the closed source Java. MS's success can partially be attributed to their focus. Everything, *everything*, they produce is based on COM. I can write a component in whatever language and have it run equally well in VB, server side script, in Office etc...
2) Tools and a development environment to access coporate databases. Data is the life blood of business. MS makes it easy for developers to get at databases. Linux does not. Not surprisingly MS has made COM objects to access all sorts of databases (I am not talking about the silly data control here either).
Without these two pieces, business programming in Linux is a pain compared to MS. I would hazard a guess that 90% of the software that is written in the world can be classified as "business" software. I define "businness" software that solves problems at a departmental or group level. If you want world domination, go after the 90% of the market and the remaining 10% will follow.
Its so nice *not* to be told "Happy Holidays" (how boring). Merry Christmas to all.
I was merely wondering/speculating if Compaq had created a version of their compiler for the Linux Intel platform and if they were under some sort of weird obligation not to release it. A post further down this list from Steve Lionel from Compaq gives their reasons for releasing an Alpha version and not an Intel. He confirmed there is nothing subliminal going on.
I use the Compaq Visual Fortran (for Windows) a fair amount at work and I found it to be a solid product.
That is all I was trying to say.
Steve, Thanks for the information. I am a big fan of Compaq Visual Fortran on Intel. I wish Compaq alot of success in selling the Alpha hardware vis a vis Linux and Fortran.
I wonder if Compaq is afraid to release it for Intel. I use it on the Intel platform and found it to be a solid product. I know there was an agreement with MS some years ago (MS sold them Powerstation). I cant help but wonder if Compaq is dancing around MS on this one, or worse, they are contractually obligated to create a Windows only compiler for Intel platforms.
Duh. I guess he will want some sort of funding from the National Endowment For The Arts or something.
People want pictures now? I want to see a picture of this guy when he's 50.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991208S0022