Semantically challenged?

apt-get :== yum
dpkg :== rpm

So it should read either:
> All hail the mighty apt-get!.....and screw YUM
or:
> All hail the might dpkg!...and screw RPM

Which, imho, are both false.

I have been demonstrated exploit code for the n900 which does that. Haven't heard of it in the wild, though...

It's probably not the best solution, but it will do, and it has the advantage that it's a workable-but-not-ideal solution everywhere you want to use it.

According to the Unix Hater's Handbook, that's basically the definition of unix.

*sigh* maybe it's just trying not to state the obvious. I hope.

Of course the reason to invest in open source development is to create an offering which will drive sales - of services or products. For this to succeed, your open source offering needs to be enticing enough to pull potential customers into your ecosystem, and your commercial offering must be enticing enough to generate sales. Having your stuff out there as open source has numerous side benefits, but that's the beef - it must drive sales into your direction.

Open source is primarily a sales strategy, with side benefits.

Ah! There actually is a benefit from having a measly 1280x800 screen! :-)

Snow Leopard on Macbook Air (nVidia 9400 GPU, 1.86 GHz CPU) gets a steady 58-59 FPS at 30-35% CPU load using Safari. Probably OpenGL at work, there.

think 5th Element... now everyone can get their own Lee-Loo!

Actually, I think you should get a Nobel prize, for proving that sorcery works...

Ditto for most of my family. (With the odd exception of my mother, who turned out to be a proper nerd.)

Back in the day when our company was young, the CEO used the formula (my analysis x pi). That was also eerily accurate - but the thing was, I eventually learned that my estimate was how long will it take to _make the software_. Add considerations for spec reviews, testing, and general fuzz - stuff you need to build a deliverable product - and the times-pi gives a really good calendar time estimate.

Admittedly quite surprisingly, mine thought it very romantic.

V2.0 is the VD plan ;)

Apply that weird surface to generate the weird behaviour, and use it to power a Stirling engine.

Basically, this method cannot be used to transfer power, just power state changes. Which would be useful for instant communication, except that you have to communicate the change via traditional channels first for it to be observed in the spooky device - because the receiver needs to know what to measure in order to receive it.

Basically, useless.

Imagine the sending and receiving end having a database of matrices describing all the various known combinations that can be transmitted, and a light-speed channel of delivering a key identifying the matrix in question...