Comment Re:Another "dead unix" for the collection. (Score 1) 307
HP-UX didn't make your list?! I would have thought the writing was on the wall for it too, as well as everything HP except for printer ink.
Comment donations accepted (Score 1) 202
The JMRI sourceforge page acccepts donations, a proper slashdotting could make make up the difference between expenses and $100k pretty quickly!
After Learning Java Syntax, What Next? 293
Niris writes "I'm currently taking a course called Advanced Java Programming, which is using the text book Absolute Java, 4th edition, by Walter Savitch. As I work at night as a security guard in the middle of nowhere, I've had enough time to read through the entire course part of the book, finish all eleven chapter quizzes, and do all of the assignments within a month, so all that's left is a group assignment that won't be ready until late April. I'm trying to figure out what else to read that's Java related aside from the usual 'This is how to create a tree. This is recursion. This is how to implement an interface and make an anonymous object,' and wanted to see what Slashdotters have to suggest. So far I'm looking at reading Beginning Algorithms, by Simon Harris and James Ross."
Comment Re:1e400.net? (Score 1) 140
that is honolulu
Comment Re:you keep dry and sit around all day (Score 1) 844
and there is no danger: no heights, no big things to crush you, no high voltage things to fry you, no moving things to shred you.
Comment Re:Depends on specialization and responsibilities (Score 1) 844
and how much does everyone make?
I've got an ee degree but have not specialized: java programming, control systems, worked for a utility, RF networks, etc.
I like it all, but I know I'm a piss poor java coder when I see the stuff other people put out, so would not want to be depending on that for my family's meal ticket.
Red Hat Support Continues To Flourish 215
ruphus13 writes "As the pure-play Open Source companies continue to dwindle, Red Hat has thrived through the recession. Its support revenues have grown 20+%, and account for 75+% of its revenues. 'Instead of the traditional strategy of selling expensive proprietary software licenses, as practiced by the Microsofts and Oracles of the world, Red Hat gets the vast majority of its revenues from selling support contracts. In the third quarter of last year, support subscriptions accounted for $164 million of its $194 million in revenue, up 21 percent year-over-year. All 25 of the company's largest support subscribers renewed subscriptions, even despite a higher price tag.'"
NASA Will Crowdsource Its Photos of Mars 66
tedlistens writes "NASA is asking the public to suggest subjects for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, its super powerful camera currently orbiting Mars. Since it arrived there in 2006, the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has seen more success than that lost lander, recording nearly 13,000 observations of Martian terrain, with each image covering dozens of square miles and revealing details as small as a desk. By letting the public in on the Martian photo shoot, scientists aren't just getting more people excited about space exploration. They're hoping that crowdsourcing imaging targets will increase the camera's already bountiful science return. Despite the thousands of pictures already taken, less than 1 percent of the Martian surface has been imaged."
Kernel Contributor Corbet Says Linux Community Is 'Intimidating' 177
An anonymous reader writes "Key Linux kernel contributor Jonathan Corbet has admitted the developer community can be intimidating and hard to break into. He highlighted the issue during his Linux.conf.au presentation on the Linux kernel. Corbet expressed concern about the exclusivity of the kernel community, but says it's doing well regardless. He said in a period of just over a year, 55,000 individual changes from 2,700 developers (representing 370 employers) were made to the kernel, equaling 2.8 million lines of code. Corbet called the process 'alive and active.'"
Comment Re:Mikrotik (Score 1) 268
you don't need mikrotik's dude for anything. use nagios, opennms, cacti, whatever.
Comment Re:Exactly (Score 1) 268
ubnt.com
billing system
presto!
Comment Re:Erm... Requirements? (Score 1) 268
mikrotik are a bunch of latvian asshats. Their software has lots of features that are half implemented and partially tested. I'd wager they are GPL violators as well. The mikrotik routerboards are pretty solid though. can't say the same for their wireless cards, get ubiquity wireless cards.
That being said mikrotik routerboards hit the price point. That being said I can't wait for ubiquity products on OpenWRT (I think airos is based on openwrt?) to overtake them for usable features.
If linux can do it, so can all these devices that run linux.
Comment Re:Vyatta has licensing issues (Score 1) 268
wierd, don't community versions normally lead rather than lag? and the community tests and gets out all the bugs for the big paying customers?
Comment Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute (Score 1) 395
'when you are out of GSM coverage' would have done it
Comment Re:T-Mobile, UMA, and $0.10 per minute (Score 3, Insightful) 395
I have a blackberry flip that does UMA. I've found the call quality to be bad over my time warner cable connection, which is generally good.
why use UMA over 802.11 for
The UMA calls should be free or really cheap since you are not using their network or are likely in a place where they don't even have coverage!
It is funny that they charge you 10 cents a minute when you are effectively providing your own network. You could just as easily be using skype at that point.
