Man, US Telco's really have their customers by the balls. Double dipping and then some! I can't recall a time where in Australia you had to pay to receive, I do recall not being able to send via prepaid, but that was introduced about 12 months after prepaid sims became available.
I really wonder exactly how suitable these *alternatives* are. The OLPC project has been working on this solution for a while now, perfecting it to be perfectly suitable and capable for the needs of the under privileged children of the world. I really doubt even a cheaply released product from M$ is going to be capable and as well tested to be suitable in these countries.
It appears Intel has supplied a faster processor, but at what cost? It comes with a far more powerful 6 cell Li-ion battery and only lasts 4-hours (which alot of small portables claim and never reach) and no way to charge without an external electricity source. This machine is a last minute "oh crap" they've managed to produce a low cost laptop for developing countries, we'd better do something fast! It doesn't appear to come with the vast amount of targeted education software the OLPC does and no mesh networking.
So let me see, Intel + M$ supply cheap laptops for developing nations and when they receive them... well they can boot it up... write stuff in notepad and let me see... do bugger all else!
Where as if you read the software list that comes with the OLPC it is specifically designed for the developing nations and comes with software to suit.
And what application do you use to do this, I would be interested to know. (looking for options in that department to better support my company on a whole).
I wonder if they have heard of Zenworks Patch Management... An easy way to keep all your deployed applications up to date! I can't wait to implement it, will save us a lot of work!
I was poking around hoping to have a look see for myself, release candidates are available, but the link that digg posted is wrong, It points to the RC not the beta and browsing to the beta directory sends you here:
Everything about Santa is about a Jolly 'Ho Ho Ho' and gifts for the children. Yes some children get scared, but it is by no help moly coddling them, help them with that fear (maybe don't throw them at santa, show them there is no reason to be scared). Otherwise yes we will grow up with a society of 'pussies' to scared to face anything.
Fear is natural, consuming fear is not.
Oh and fears of offending women? Fuck off, it's all about context. If your wearing fish nets, short skirt, high heels and standing on a corner along Greeve's St. Fitzroy (known prostitution area in melbourne) maybe you deserve to called a Ho, but I highly doubt a mother, that's grown up with the spirit of christmas taking their child to visit a jolly santa is going to be offended.
Before we start, yes I could install *insert zip program here*, but it has been handy having the native ability on machine your repairing and would prefer not to install unnecessary software on.
Back to my point, Vista off the bat is painfully slow to unzip files. The last 20 MB file I unzipped on a Vista box, it actually took less time for me to copy the file off onto my memory stick, unzip it on my lower spec'd T60 and copy it back onto my memory stick across to the Vista machine. What the hell is with that?
I'm pretty sure I've seen on some technology shows they have on TV that this has been in development or at least around for a while. No surprises that the Japanese have it in place already, it seems there culture isn't so against change and new ideas. Unlike most western societies.
Actually for an extra $98 you can get vista home basic instead... I've seen Vista Home Basic run poorly on much higher spec'd machines than this, hate to think what it would run like *shudders*
I'm guessing you are doing this using the win32 codec plugins for mplayer. Whilst quite a feasible way of getting it to work (one I use myself), it's not technically legit. It doesn't quite fit the Free/Open Source ideals and also does nothing to rid the world of DRM.
Vista is killing hard drives... I don't mean to sound like a troll here, but watching the HDD activity of a Vista notebook (It had 2GB of ram, so should be plenty!), compared to WinXP and Ubuntu, I can tell you which OS pulses the HDD more. I would argue that it is just as bad as Frequent load cycles (which are set by drive manufacturers not the OS, just like most things, MS just ignore and do there own thing anyway) and solely at the Whim of the OS Manufacturer
Say what you will, but my general advice to people is to increase their RAM so that there HDD life is extended, but with Vista it doesn't matter how much ram you've got, hard drive activity is constant.
I find charge cycling very helpful in these circumstances. And discharging dead flat like Ni-Cad's either. I find the Li-Ion Batteries I've had to last quite a long time. Just so long as I've kept a good charging routine. Memoryless my ass, like most things, treat them right and they'll last you ages. (the occasional dud still happens).
In Australia, it wasn't long ago that the Minister for Communications (Helen Coonan) said that 256Kb was fast enough for the average user. This maybe so for someone just doing a bit of email, but it is not for anyone doing business. I live in a state capital and one of our offices has 2 choices, Dialup or ISDN. You say, what about wireless? Unfortunately wireless broadband in Australia is prohibitively expensive, which would drive the costs of that office from several hundred (yes several hundred for Business Grade isdn at speeds of 128Kb) to several thousand, which can't be justified for 2 users.
I have also recently moved, about 7k's further from the city as the crow flys, and now I am reduced to 2 ADSL2+ providers, IInet and Optus, who charge a lot of money for very little access.
IInet - $99.95 for 10 Gig Peak/20 Gig Off peak capped @ 64Kb access
Optus - $109.95 for 30Gig Capped @ 128Kb access
So I've settled for an ADSL1 8Mb plan. Not _technically_ as fast as the ADSL2+ 24Mb I had before, but I actually get similar, if not fast speeds than before. I am now further from the exchange then I was before as well. Yes there could be line problems or wiring in the house, which indeed most likely is the case, as everytime we had a decent amount of rain the internet would slow right down or stop completely. (Don't think it was the house).
We also have DODO claiming free broadband, which is free to connect, only if you bundle with their phone service. And you get charged for all downloads with a max cost of 29.95 after reaching 150Mb, at which point you get shaped back 64Kb. Unfortunately all details are relatively well hidden, so the average person can quite easily be fooled by the marketing. Sure so be it, that's there own fault, but unfortunately the level of non tech people is higher then the level of tech people by a dramatic amount, so more people get fooled into it, forcing other market players to introduce similar schemes and pricing to compete, overall having a negative impact on pricing and availability on the whole.
The big thing is that there needs to some sort of regulation that takes the obscurity and ability to hide details in the fine print, because I myself sometimes find it difficult to find the information that proves that Plan X from provider Y is really too good to be true.
I'm guessing you don't understand the Ubuntu numbering system, unlike *insert some over marketed product here* they are not trying to get with hey look version X has arrived, oooo it's a new big clean number, guess it must be better.
7.10 simply stands for the 10 month, 2007, it's release date. There most likely won't be a 8.00, as there isn't a release due till 8.04 (april 2008).
I myself have been enjoying the development of Ubuntu since 5.10, Have never looked back. I even play games under Linux! And more often than not, things just work. Rarely do I have to hack something up to make it work. But I'm glad the freedom is available if I don't like the way something works, I can just change it to suit myself.
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Running dual screen quite peachy here. Intrigued to see how much easier 7.10 will be compared to 7.04. As with every update I've installed, things just seem easier and easier!
But wouldn't the real solution be to train government employees in the arcane art of not installing P2P applications on government computers in the first place? Or does that just make too much sense to be effective?
Wouldn't the real solution be better control of government systems, specially ones containing sensitive material. Staff are never going to fully understand the risks, they have been conditioned to the no thinking click next, next, next way of doing things. They are never going to be fully aware that they just shared the entire governments sensitive data to the rest of the world.
A clueless Admin hosting something maybe. But by default install of Desktop Linux those services that can be cracked if not correctly setup are not running. A defualt install of Desktop Linux is far more secure and safe then the default install of Windows.
I have been an Admin for several iterations of Netware and now OES1. I am keen to see the direction of where OES is headed and what sort of benefits this will have.
I admit it is far harder to setup correctly, but once it's done, it's done! And Active directory... if anyone thinks it's easier then eDirectory, they obviously haven't really worked with both.
Like many things M$, It's only better the M$ way because most people don't know any better.
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"I'll be patient, and remember my history." And so will I, Millennium Edition anybody? *shudders*
Intel GMA 950 with Beryl = Pretty AND fast!
Man, US Telco's really have their customers by the balls. Double dipping and then some! I can't recall a time where in Australia you had to pay to receive, I do recall not being able to send via prepaid, but that was introduced about 12 months after prepaid sims became available.
I really wonder exactly how suitable these *alternatives* are. The OLPC project has been working on this solution for a while now, perfecting it to be perfectly suitable and capable for the needs of the under privileged children of the world. I really doubt even a cheaply released product from M$ is going to be capable and as well tested to be suitable in these countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XO-1_(laptop)#Hardware - OLPC Hardware Specs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmate_PC#Hardware - Classmate PC Hardware Specs
It appears Intel has supplied a faster processor, but at what cost? It comes with a far more powerful 6 cell Li-ion battery and only lasts 4-hours (which alot of small portables claim and never reach) and no way to charge without an external electricity source. This machine is a last minute "oh crap" they've managed to produce a low cost laptop for developing countries, we'd better do something fast! It doesn't appear to come with the vast amount of targeted education software the OLPC does and no mesh networking.
So let me see, Intel + M$ supply cheap laptops for developing nations and when they receive them... well they can boot it up... write stuff in notepad and let me see... do bugger all else!
Where as if you read the software list that comes with the OLPC it is specifically designed for the developing nations and comes with software to suit.
If I hadn't burnt my mod points earlier you'd definitely getting -1 troll. I'd recommend you actually read up about the license. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version_3
And what application do you use to do this, I would be interested to know. (looking for options in that department to better support my company on a whole).
I wonder if they have heard of Zenworks Patch Management... An easy way to keep all your deployed applications up to date! I can't wait to implement it, will save us a lot of work!
I was poking around hoping to have a look see for myself, release candidates are available, but the link that digg posted is wrong, It points to the RC not the beta and browsing to the beta directory sends you here:
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2007/11/07/were-happy-that-you-digg-us-but/
For 'ha ha ha' because fears the term Ho derogatory for woman and also may scare some children... WTF???
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22737250-5006301,00.html
Everything about Santa is about a Jolly 'Ho Ho Ho' and gifts for the children. Yes some children get scared, but it is by no help moly coddling them, help them with that fear (maybe don't throw them at santa, show them there is no reason to be scared). Otherwise yes we will grow up with a society of 'pussies' to scared to face anything.
Fear is natural, consuming fear is not.
Oh and fears of offending women? Fuck off, it's all about context. If your wearing fish nets, short skirt, high heels and standing on a corner along Greeve's St. Fitzroy (known prostitution area in melbourne) maybe you deserve to called a Ho, but I highly doubt a mother, that's grown up with the spirit of christmas taking their child to visit a jolly santa is going to be offended.
Before we start, yes I could install *insert zip program here*, but it has been handy having the native ability on machine your repairing and would prefer not to install unnecessary software on.
Back to my point, Vista off the bat is painfully slow to unzip files. The last 20 MB file I unzipped on a Vista box, it actually took less time for me to copy the file off onto my memory stick, unzip it on my lower spec'd T60 and copy it back onto my memory stick across to the Vista machine. What the hell is with that?
About 25! :P
I'm pretty sure I've seen on some technology shows they have on TV that this has been in development or at least around for a while. No surprises that the Japanese have it in place already, it seems there culture isn't so against change and new ideas. Unlike most western societies.
Actually for an extra $98 you can get vista home basic instead... I've seen Vista Home Basic run poorly on much higher spec'd machines than this, hate to think what it would run like *shudders*
I'm guessing you are doing this using the win32 codec plugins for mplayer. Whilst quite a feasible way of getting it to work (one I use myself), it's not technically legit. It doesn't quite fit the Free/Open Source ideals and also does nothing to rid the world of DRM.
Vista is killing hard drives... I don't mean to sound like a troll here, but watching the HDD activity of a Vista notebook (It had 2GB of ram, so should be plenty!), compared to WinXP and Ubuntu, I can tell you which OS pulses the HDD more. I would argue that it is just as bad as Frequent load cycles (which are set by drive manufacturers not the OS, just like most things, MS just ignore and do there own thing anyway) and solely at the Whim of the OS Manufacturer
Say what you will, but my general advice to people is to increase their RAM so that there HDD life is extended, but with Vista it doesn't matter how much ram you've got, hard drive activity is constant.
I find charge cycling very helpful in these circumstances. And discharging dead flat like Ni-Cad's either. I find the Li-Ion Batteries I've had to last quite a long time. Just so long as I've kept a good charging routine. Memoryless my ass, like most things, treat them right and they'll last you ages. (the occasional dud still happens).
Are you using Vista?... I troll, I troll (or is that supposed to be kid??) :P
In Australia, it wasn't long ago that the Minister for Communications (Helen Coonan) said that 256Kb was fast enough for the average user. This maybe so for someone just doing a bit of email, but it is not for anyone doing business. I live in a state capital and one of our offices has 2 choices, Dialup or ISDN. You say, what about wireless? Unfortunately wireless broadband in Australia is prohibitively expensive, which would drive the costs of that office from several hundred (yes several hundred for Business Grade isdn at speeds of 128Kb) to several thousand, which can't be justified for 2 users.
I have also recently moved, about 7k's further from the city as the crow flys, and now I am reduced to 2 ADSL2+ providers, IInet and Optus, who charge a lot of money for very little access.
IInet - $99.95 for 10 Gig Peak/20 Gig Off peak capped @ 64Kb access
Optus - $109.95 for 30Gig Capped @ 128Kb access
So I've settled for an ADSL1 8Mb plan. Not _technically_ as fast as the ADSL2+ 24Mb I had before, but I actually get similar, if not fast speeds than before. I am now further from the exchange then I was before as well. Yes there could be line problems or wiring in the house, which indeed most likely is the case, as everytime we had a decent amount of rain the internet would slow right down or stop completely. (Don't think it was the house).
We also have DODO claiming free broadband, which is free to connect, only if you bundle with their phone service. And you get charged for all downloads with a max cost of 29.95 after reaching 150Mb, at which point you get shaped back 64Kb. Unfortunately all details are relatively well hidden, so the average person can quite easily be fooled by the marketing. Sure so be it, that's there own fault, but unfortunately the level of non tech people is higher then the level of tech people by a dramatic amount, so more people get fooled into it, forcing other market players to introduce similar schemes and pricing to compete, overall having a negative impact on pricing and availability on the whole.
The big thing is that there needs to some sort of regulation that takes the obscurity and ability to hide details in the fine print, because I myself sometimes find it difficult to find the information that proves that Plan X from provider Y is really too good to be true.
I'm guessing you don't understand the Ubuntu numbering system, unlike *insert some over marketed product here* they are not trying to get with hey look version X has arrived, oooo it's a new big clean number, guess it must be better.
7.10 simply stands for the 10 month, 2007, it's release date. There most likely won't be a 8.00, as there isn't a release due till 8.04 (april 2008).
I myself have been enjoying the development of Ubuntu since 5.10, Have never looked back. I even play games under Linux! And more often than not, things just work. Rarely do I have to hack something up to make it work. But I'm glad the freedom is available if I don't like the way something works, I can just change it to suit myself.
Running dual screen quite peachy here. Intrigued to see how much easier 7.10 will be compared to 7.04. As with every update I've installed, things just seem easier and easier!
Wouldn't the real solution be better control of government systems, specially ones containing sensitive material. Staff are never going to fully understand the risks, they have been conditioned to the no thinking click next, next, next way of doing things. They are never going to be fully aware that they just shared the entire governments sensitive data to the rest of the world.
Unfortunately you just can't trust and end user.
Simcity anyone? Many a fun time had destroying cities, now I can steer them for real?? ;-)
Commonly known as a "Shart" or "Shitty Fart"
A clueless Admin hosting something maybe. But by default install of Desktop Linux those services that can be cracked if not correctly setup are not running. A defualt install of Desktop Linux is far more secure and safe then the default install of Windows.
Lets compare apples to apples peoples!
I have been an Admin for several iterations of Netware and now OES1. I am keen to see the direction of where OES is headed and what sort of benefits this will have.
I admit it is far harder to setup correctly, but once it's done, it's done! And Active directory... if anyone thinks it's easier then eDirectory, they obviously haven't really worked with both.
Like many things M$, It's only better the M$ way because most people don't know any better.