Re:Do we even care about Debian anymore?
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Well, I think that you forget Debian in mostly installed on production (server) environments. Because Debian don't provide cutting-egde packages they ARE stable. On a production environment I don't want to update for example from MySQL 4.1 to 5.0. Any idea what problems and bugs such an upgrade could cause?
Ofcourse you can run Debian on your desktop, but I'm not sure whether that is the main target of an Debian distribution. Many spin-offs of Debian fillful that task.
Another benefit of not running the lastest versions is most bugs are already solved. Debian chooses a version of package for it release and stays there. Only security updates are provided.
BTW: If you really want to run some cutting-edge software on Debian Sarge, you might want to check out the http://backports.org/ website that provide more recent versions of software build for the Sarge distribution.
Well, actually they're talking about microbes that are doing all kind of stuff. In stead of a wire they could also build a battery cell; As also mentioned in the (PNNL) article. Now you need a operation to get a pacemaker. But if these bacteria also have some sort of in-build 'gps' device, they you could just swallow a cup with a drink containing these bacteria.
So, some of the bacteria would build the wires to connect some heart mussles, other bacteria build the battery cell. As operations always have several risks, this could be in time an adequate solutions to prevent those risks.
From the PNNL article:
Gorby and colleagues induced nanowires in a variety of bacteria and demonstrated that they were electrically conductive
Bereft of these "electron acceptors," bacterial nanowires "will literally reach out and connect cells from one to another to form an electrically integrated community," Gorby said.
To measure currents as precisely as possible, Gorby and colleagues from the University of Southern California have built a microbial fuel cell laboratory at PNNL
I'm starting to wonder if you even read the article..
The fine is based on the period december 16th, 2005 till june 20th, 2006. Microsoft had till December 16th to fullfil the requirements of the EC. Remember that this fine is added to the original fined 497M in 2004. And the EC is still counting until Microsoft has delivered all required documentation, but the ticker now says 3m per day. I don't believe there's a deadline set yet.. But i wouldn't be suprised if that would be set anywhere around December 20th 2006 (6 months as of june).
bacteria powered accu cells.. I'm not a scientist, But i always heared that bacteria multiply faster in warm en high humidity environments. So how much influance would this have an the power or lifetime?
That this might be handy for pacemakers and other 'internal' devices in the human body which need some degree of power. The human body has in theory a stable temperature.
The topic is that Microsoft stops support for W98 and 'someone' thinks this will boost the migration to Linux.
On your reply: If the software doesn't meet the requirements with 98, it will also not meet the requirements with MS Vista because the custom software that will be running on the new OS isn't changed.
If companies will update their specialized software, than that would (I hope) have noting to do with the support for W98 or any other version of an OS.
What if you're using a paypal or Google Checkout account. You just deposit a amount on your paypal account and use the paypal account for paying your gamble. If this would stop gambles from gambling.
But is this bill protecing the citizens of the US for gambling habets, or just the money flow?
Ever heard of the phrase 'If it ain't broken, don't fix it'. I worked for some industrial companies that never going to take the risk of shutting down their factory line just to do an update. If it's working correctly now, it will also work correctly over 3 years. Most of the industrial companies don't have the resources to write (or maintain) the specialized software. Because of that they paid a lot of money for the software to interact with the factory plant. They are not going to invest millions of Euros to update their software just because Microsoft stops support for W98...
Plus that most companies (I doubt if there are many home users tunning W98 as there main OS) are using W98 because some software demands it. There is a lot of specialized (custom) software around that might never been ported to a later Windows version..
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Well, I think that you forget Debian in mostly installed on production (server) environments. Because Debian don't provide cutting-egde packages they ARE stable. On a production environment I don't want to update for example from MySQL 4.1 to 5.0. Any idea what problems and bugs such an upgrade could cause?
Ofcourse you can run Debian on your desktop, but I'm not sure whether that is the main target of an Debian distribution. Many spin-offs of Debian fillful that task.
Another benefit of not running the lastest versions is most bugs are already solved. Debian chooses a version of package for it release and stays there. Only security updates are provided.
BTW: If you really want to run some cutting-edge software on Debian Sarge, you might want to check out the http://backports.org/ website that provide more recent versions of software build for the Sarge distribution.
The fine is based on the period december 16th, 2005 till june 20th, 2006. Microsoft had till December 16th to fullfil the requirements of the EC. Remember that this fine is added to the original fined 497M in 2004. And the EC is still counting until Microsoft has delivered all required documentation, but the ticker now says 3m per day. I don't believe there's a deadline set yet.. But i wouldn't be suprised if that would be set anywhere around December 20th 2006 (6 months as of june).
The text litery says: This means that bacteria could be used to build bacteria-powered batteries.
bacteria powered accu cells.. I'm not a scientist, But i always heared that bacteria multiply faster in warm en high humidity environments. So how much influance would this have an the power or lifetime? That this might be handy for pacemakers and other 'internal' devices in the human body which need some degree of power. The human body has in theory a stable temperature.
The topic is that Microsoft stops support for W98 and 'someone' thinks this will boost the migration to Linux. On your reply: If the software doesn't meet the requirements with 98, it will also not meet the requirements with MS Vista because the custom software that will be running on the new OS isn't changed. If companies will update their specialized software, than that would (I hope) have noting to do with the support for W98 or any other version of an OS.
What if you're using a paypal or Google Checkout account. You just deposit a amount on your paypal account and use the paypal account for paying your gamble. If this would stop gambles from gambling. But is this bill protecing the citizens of the US for gambling habets, or just the money flow?
Ever heard of the phrase 'If it ain't broken, don't fix it'. I worked for some industrial companies that never going to take the risk of shutting down their factory line just to do an update. If it's working correctly now, it will also work correctly over 3 years. Most of the industrial companies don't have the resources to write (or maintain) the specialized software. Because of that they paid a lot of money for the software to interact with the factory plant. They are not going to invest millions of Euros to update their software just because Microsoft stops support for W98...
Plus that most companies (I doubt if there are many home users tunning W98 as there main OS) are using W98 because some software demands it. There is a lot of specialized (custom) software around that might never been ported to a later Windows version..