OK fellas, let's take it easy judging the Japanese on their attempts to model the environment. This stuff is already being done all over the place, especially in the US.
I'm a PhD student in Statistics, and I do a lot of work with the Environmental Sciences. While I am no expert on their Climate Models, I do use their results frequently with my statistical models. There are essentially two kinds of models
1. Global Climate Models (GCMs) which are numerical models trying to predict the effects of any potential environmental changes. They're quite useful for going far into the future, but there is no guarantee that they truly reflect what has happened in the past. CCSM is a model I am currently working with right now.
2. Reanalysis Models which are similar to GCMs, but they take the time to compare its results with actual data observed from the past, making sure that it reflects the trends we have already seen. Bonus is accuracy, but I believe the drawback is how far in the future you can go. NCEP and NARCAAP
for some examples I've been working with as well.
Again, I am no expert of the actual details of the models, but you're free to read their sites to learn more.
I'm sorry, but can someone please clarify the heftiness of GNU/Linux? Is it the kernel, or is it the operating system or is it the applications? It seems to me that this comment is so imprecise that it's almost useless to the community.
Tell me the kernel is too fat, I say okay let's compile the kernel to work with our specific hardware. This should be easy in a case such as the $100 laptop. Zero bloat on the kernel end!
Tell me the GNU Operating System programs are too bloated, and I'm sure something can be done about this as well. Maybe we could be a little more specific on what programs need to be installed on the intial installation. Leaving the option for the user to add more later.
Lastly, of course KDE, Firefox and OO.org aren't suitable for a system like this. Why do you think the big companies are so concerned? Not that this software is big company software by any means, it's that they try to compete with their corresponding proprietary counterparts. Instead the $100 laptop should focus on good efficient software to get the job done, and not worry about trying to incorporate all those extra features out there. I don't know about you all, but when I run GNU/Linux on older hardware, I think long and hard about how to go about getting my work done from the beginning. I use XFCE, and write all my documents in text or LaTeX. I can't get myself to pry firefox off the machine, so in my opinion web browsing should be a major focal point.
... to create an alternative ms-windows logo better than the original !:)
I can't believe how people drool over everything Apple touches. I'm an Apple and GNU/Linux user myself, but even I don't see an improvement to the Windows logo.
Keep it down up front!
Their products are beautiful and wonderful, but they never can get over that hump that other big companies surmount to being able to mass-produce a product while maintaining its greatness.
While I own a mac, I am not a zealot. I'm just curious as to any examples you may have about a corporation who maintained said greatness through this production leap?
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OK fellas, let's take it easy judging the Japanese on their attempts to model the environment. This stuff is already being done all over the place, especially in the US.
I'm a PhD student in Statistics, and I do a lot of work with the Environmental Sciences. While I am no expert on their Climate Models, I do use their results frequently with my statistical models. There are essentially two kinds of models
1. Global Climate Models (GCMs) which are numerical models trying to predict the effects of any potential environmental changes. They're quite useful for going far into the future, but there is no guarantee that they truly reflect what has happened in the past. CCSM is a model I am currently working with right now.
2. Reanalysis Models which are similar to GCMs, but they take the time to compare its results with actual data observed from the past, making sure that it reflects the trends we have already seen. Bonus is accuracy, but I believe the drawback is how far in the future you can go. NCEP and NARCAAP for some examples I've been working with as well.
Again, I am no expert of the actual details of the models, but you're free to read their sites to learn more.
Tell me the kernel is too fat, I say okay let's compile the kernel to work with our specific hardware. This should be easy in a case such as the $100 laptop. Zero bloat on the kernel end!
Tell me the GNU Operating System programs are too bloated, and I'm sure something can be done about this as well. Maybe we could be a little more specific on what programs need to be installed on the intial installation. Leaving the option for the user to add more later.
Lastly, of course KDE, Firefox and OO.org aren't suitable for a system like this. Why do you think the big companies are so concerned? Not that this software is big company software by any means, it's that they try to compete with their corresponding proprietary counterparts. Instead the $100 laptop should focus on good efficient software to get the job done, and not worry about trying to incorporate all those extra features out there. I don't know about you all, but when I run GNU/Linux on older hardware, I think long and hard about how to go about getting my work done from the beginning. I use XFCE, and write all my documents in text or LaTeX. I can't get myself to pry firefox off the machine, so in my opinion web browsing should be a major focal point.
... to create an alternative ms-windows logo better than the original ! :)
I can't believe how people drool over everything Apple touches. I'm an Apple and GNU/Linux user myself, but even I don't see an improvement to the Windows logo.
Keep it down up front!
Their products are beautiful and wonderful, but they never can get over that hump that other big companies surmount to being able to mass-produce a product while maintaining its greatness. While I own a mac, I am not a zealot. I'm just curious as to any examples you may have about a corporation who maintained said greatness through this production leap?