AMD is now committed to support coreboot for all future products on the roadmap starting next with support for the upcoming “Llano” APU. AMD has come to realize that coreboot is useful in a myriad of applications and markets, even beyond what was originally considered. Consequently, AMD plans to continue building its support of coreboot in both features and roadmap for the foreseeable future.
Your document will now be about 3-6 pages long (assuming default fonts, etc..)
3) Use PgUp to go to the top of the document. 4) Press and hold SHIFT+PgDn until you have selected the entire document. 5) Success!
(I used LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1 (Build:402) on Ubuntu 11.10, but I expect these instructions will work on 3.5/3.6 on various Windows flavors as well)
If LibreOffice still isn't working properly for you, feel free to ask for help on the #libreoffice channel on Freenode or file a bug using the Bug Submission Assistant.
If Microsoft doesn't want to cater to this audience, LibreOffice is more than happy to step up and provide a high-quality, powerful, free (and Free) office suite.
I've installed LibreOffice on dozens of machines, and many friends of mine now rely on it for opening a variety of files that MS-Office can't (or won't) open for them. It'd be great to hear from any OEMs who are considering installing it as a part of the base package on their machines.
Ummm... how about instead of pegging the prize money at a set purse, they just set it to a simple formula such as "Amount of money we expect the principal to earn between now and the next time we award the prize." ?
Couldn't they just phone up one of the many Nobel Prize-winning mathematicians of the last couple of decades and ask them for help?
They're doing the best they can to avoid being transparent.
Being opaque/translucent would suck. Wouldn't they want to be transparent, so that users don't see them or their effects on the network?
I can see it now -- suspect gets a text that says "WE'RE IN YOUR VoIP PHONE, MONITORING YOUR PHONE CALLS, LOVE, THE FBI." Oh yeah, gonna catch a lot of crooks that way.
I don't know the legal ins and outs. It sure does seem stupid to me.
Hint: If it sounds stupid to you, it probably is. Go with your gut until proven otherwise! (and if you have time, read up a little about it -- you're a mathematician, so reading legal code shouldn't daunt you in the slightest:-)
But the fact is, iPads and iPhones have a significant market share and are otherwise great products.
Yes, Apple products have a very large marketshare. Yes, Apple products have some great designs and have some great integration features.
BUT, there are detractions such as these. Big detractions, I think we can all agree.
I want to write software for it
indeed -- I think it's just human (geeky) nature to hack on things...
but Apple is keeping me [from] including GPLed mathematics software
Yes they are. And I acknowledge that, although I don't agree with their policy, in most cases they have every right to make these kinds of walled cities. (I believe that you should have the right to jailbreak/root any device you own, too, but that's a separate discussion)
The question is: What are you going to do about it? Every time you purchase another item from Apple you are sending them the message that you're okay with being forced to play in a walled garden. Every application you make for iOS instead of a more open mobile platform is pushing more users towards the iOS platform and encouraging them to accept this user-unfriendly compromise.
and that's frustrating.
I agree -- it's really frustrating that you don't have the power to hack on your own devices the way that you would like to. But looking at it from my perspective, it's frustrating for me to see people who are continuing to give money to a company who is not giving them what they want (or only half of what they want) when there are alternatives.
I think that you and I are both in agreement that we'd like to see more freedom for users and more openness in devices. But I'm not sure how we're going to get there when there are a plethora of programmers and hackers just like you who are loath to give up their Apple hardware and software.
What can I say to you to convince you that you should wean yourself off of Apple hardware and software and consider moving to GNU/Linux, Android, and the rest of the FOSS ecosystem? As a mathemetician, I'm sure you already know more about LaTeX than any mortal ever should:-) What's keeping you tied to Apple?
Just WTF do they think they are going to when all Internet standards bodies unanimously refuse to be overseen? Shut down their mailing lists and brand all members terrorists?
Were you under the common yet critically dangerous assumption that any person in political office had the slightest chance of maintaining ownership of his own soul?
As long as the tv shows keep on bellowing forth from the screen and the coca-cola (original recipe, natch) keeps on flowing like sweet, syrupy soma, the proletariat will be satisfied. Dear IETF members: May the odds be ever in your favor!
Seriously, who hasn't switched to the $50/month all-you-can-eat prepaid plan?
Okay, so there are some plans that are a bit cheaper, but this plan is ideal because 1) The price is low enough for most working people 2) It's unlimited, so you don't have to worry about going over some month and owing them $180 or more
Yes, there are still a lot of problems with the telecos, but simple mobile voice/text service for a non-insane price seems to be a "solved problem".
Parce que je parle anglais comme un ange, et francais comme un singe.... ou peut-etre un enfant, mais je ne me souviens plus quelque chose qu'on pronounce avec la meme sond de << enfant >> en francais, sauf << mechant >>, et ca ne me plait pas bien!
et la prochaine fois, citerez ce dont vous repondez, ou je me trouverai avec un p'tit casse-tete que je devrai resoudre apres que je peux comprendre ce que vous disez!
(en verite, la raison pourque je ne veux pas lire ce livre en francais est completement au cause du poisson dans l'oreille -- je l'ai coupe avec le rasoir il y a une semaine, et il ne fonctionne pas beaucoup. Je n'ai pas d'autre, et...voila... que dois-je faire quant aux langues des pays etranges?)
Very few comments on an article... fp is a troll... second post is simultaneously relevant and pokes fun at the trolls... It's like a time warp back to slashdot of 1999!
(we're grievously low on mentions of hot grits and cowboy neal, but I'm sure someone can provide the necessary fodder)
Good news about the handbook. I'm hoping to get a chance to read through it sometime, and it will be much easier in English than in the French.
One of the reasons that I can't dump java is because I still use a bunch of software written in java like, say, apps on Android. And don't forget that there are pieces of software like LibreOffice that still have legacy dependencies on java. Sure, LO is working on rewriting those pieces, but it won't happen overnight.
Even if Oracle loses regarding copyright and patents on the Java language, the Java APIs, etc.., they have shown that they regard the Java language as a business bargaining chip and not as an unrestricted computer programming language. Why take the hassle and risk? Just go use someone else's language like Python or Ruby.
With all of the shit that Apache has gotten from Sun/Oracle re: the JCP, Harmony, and the TCK, I'm surprised that they haven't just said that they're going to fork Java. I guess the problem is that (1) Apache doesn't think that they have enough clout to make their fork dominant (or at least viable), and (2) Oracle could just go after the fork with their patents. At this point, I'm not even sure that Apache could get Google onboard for a fork, as that might hurt all of Google's need-for-compatibility claims in the current litigation.
Ha Ha! They want you to install Oracle's Java!
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I wish I could believe this was all just a part of some complicated prank -- check out their info on installing the SDK:
Installing the SDK on Ubuntu...
Oracle Java* v6 or higher version (do not use OpenJDK)
Who in their right mind would hitch their up-and-coming FOSS mobile OS to Java right now? And Oracle's proprietary, closed source java -- not even the OpenJDK?
Hint: Given the trial that's going on right now, I would just avoid using Java for a whlie. Or, you know, at all (if possible).
Yeah and in a few months it'll get scrapped for Snargle.
Truth.
Dear lord, I had such high hopes for Meego. I even made a few suggestions on the lists and fixed a few things on the wiki. I was confused as to why they trashed the debian roots of Maemo and turned what was a working, shipping operating system into... something half-broken for many, many months that fizzled-out after a while. I'd really like to see a cost analysis on how much money, manpower, and time were invested in the project. They even had big conferences! What was the point? It sounded so together and with-it, but in the end it just got tossed in the bin. Blarg.
Tizen? Yeah, I'll bother paying attention when I have working hardware in my hand. Or someone wants to bribe me with money (read: hire me).
It's called "change the channel" or "disable connections to the primary Internet."
Seriously -- if the government or some other organization wants to create a walled playground for their own fun and games, then by all means do so. Lots of organizations run networks of interconnected computers spread out geographically around the world. Some of them even keep their network separate from other people's networks, with the most security-conscious even using air gaps and other barriers. The most famous of these networks is The Internet. But it's not the only network out there that can host and serve content.
Thankfully if you RTFA it looks like this is just the ranting of someone in the House of Lords, and it appears that those with a pint of good sense over in the Government are quite opposed to this whole idea, with the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport saying that "self-regulation...can be more effective than a regulatory approach in delivering flexible solutions that work for both industry and consumers.”
Okay, so it's only off-the-shelf parts, but if you really want a mobile device that can earn the label "secure," (software ain't a thing w/o hardware) you're probably going to want something vetted by a security organization/company like....well...the NSA.
Any statistics on how much concealed carry correlates with drops in assaults such as thefts of phones?
Also: Situational Awareness -- I'd be interested to hear if people who are engrossed in coversation and/or text messaging on their mobile device are more likely to get mugged.
Slashdot Mirror
I thought that AMD had a number of devs working on open graphics drivers and on other open stuff like Coreboot...right?
Here's their "Open Source Zone", and here's Kevin Tanguay's blog post of May 5, 2011 (emphasis mine):
Roger
1) Open LO Writer.
2) Hit CTRL+ENTER 5 times (to add 5 pages to the document)
3) Success!
1) Open LO Writer.
2) Copy the text from https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum and paste it once or twice into your document.
Your document will now be about 3-6 pages long (assuming default fonts, etc..)
3) Use PgUp to go to the top of the document.
4) Press and hold SHIFT+PgDn until you have selected the entire document.
5) Success!
(I used LibreOffice 3.4.4 OOO340m1 (Build:402) on Ubuntu 11.10, but I expect these instructions will work on 3.5/3.6 on various Windows flavors as well)
If LibreOffice still isn't working properly for you, feel free to ask for help on the #libreoffice channel on Freenode or file a bug using the Bug Submission Assistant.
Have you heard of them?
If Microsoft doesn't want to cater to this audience, LibreOffice is more than happy to step up and provide a high-quality, powerful, free (and Free) office suite.
I've installed LibreOffice on dozens of machines, and many friends of mine now rely on it for opening a variety of files that MS-Office can't (or won't) open for them. It'd be great to hear from any OEMs who are considering installing it as a part of the base package on their machines.
There are no Nobel prize winning mathematicians because there is no Nobel prize in mathematics!
what, what, WHAT? :P
(yes, the title was a subtle clue...)
Ummm... how about instead of pegging the prize money at a set purse, they just set it to a simple formula such as "Amount of money we expect the principal to earn between now and the next time we award the prize." ?
Couldn't they just phone up one of the many Nobel Prize-winning mathematicians of the last couple of decades and ask them for help?
Shouldn't be hard for him to find -- I assume anyone working with quadcopter research these days knows a few good "spin doctors"
Being opaque/translucent would suck. Wouldn't they want to be transparent, so that users don't see them or their effects on the network?
I can see it now -- suspect gets a text that says "WE'RE IN YOUR VoIP PHONE, MONITORING YOUR PHONE CALLS, LOVE, THE FBI." Oh yeah, gonna catch a lot of crooks that way.
a chip or a barcode on the skin...
oh, wait.
I don't know the legal ins and outs. It sure does seem stupid to me.
Hint: If it sounds stupid to you, it probably is. Go with your gut until proven otherwise! (and if you have time, read up a little about it -- you're a mathematician, so reading legal code shouldn't daunt you in the slightest :-)
But the fact is, iPads and iPhones have a significant market share and are otherwise great products.
Yes, Apple products have a very large marketshare.
Yes, Apple products have some great designs and have some great integration features.
BUT, there are detractions such as these. Big detractions, I think we can all agree.
I want to write software for it
indeed -- I think it's just human (geeky) nature to hack on things...
but Apple is keeping me [from] including GPLed mathematics software
Yes they are. And I acknowledge that, although I don't agree with their policy, in most cases they have every right to make these kinds of walled cities. (I believe that you should have the right to jailbreak/root any device you own, too, but that's a separate discussion)
The question is: What are you going to do about it? Every time you purchase another item from Apple you are sending them the message that you're okay with being forced to play in a walled garden. Every application you make for iOS instead of a more open mobile platform is pushing more users towards the iOS platform and encouraging them to accept this user-unfriendly compromise.
and that's frustrating.
I agree -- it's really frustrating that you don't have the power to hack on your own devices the way that you would like to. But looking at it from my perspective, it's frustrating for me to see people who are continuing to give money to a company who is not giving them what they want (or only half of what they want) when there are alternatives.
I think that you and I are both in agreement that we'd like to see more freedom for users and more openness in devices. But I'm not sure how we're going to get there when there are a plethora of programmers and hackers just like you who are loath to give up their Apple hardware and software.
What can I say to you to convince you that you should wean yourself off of Apple hardware and software and consider moving to GNU/Linux, Android, and the rest of the FOSS ecosystem? As a mathemetician, I'm sure you already know more about LaTeX than any mortal ever should :-) What's keeping you tied to Apple?
Who needs the UN in everybody's shorts?
1) Who the heck wears Internet-connected shorts?
2) Do the shorts run Java?
3) Where can I buy a pair?
4) The UN? In my shorts? It's more likely than you think!
Just WTF do they think they are going to when all Internet standards bodies unanimously refuse to be overseen? Shut down their mailing lists and brand all members terrorists?
Were you under the common yet critically dangerous assumption that any person in political office had the slightest chance of maintaining ownership of his own soul?
As long as the tv shows keep on bellowing forth from the screen and the coca-cola (original recipe, natch) keeps on flowing like sweet, syrupy soma, the proletariat will be satisfied. Dear IETF members: May the odds be ever in your favor!
Seriously, who hasn't switched to the $50/month all-you-can-eat prepaid plan?
Okay, so there are some plans that are a bit cheaper, but this plan is ideal because
1) The price is low enough for most working people
2) It's unlimited, so you don't have to worry about going over some month and owing them $180 or more
Yes, there are still a lot of problems with the telecos, but simple mobile voice/text service for a non-insane price seems to be a "solved problem".
Lord... Whats a qubit?
Here! I'm here... finally. I would have gotten here sooner if the Chinese hadn't been, you know, teleporting me around all morning.
*stretches*
Hmm... well that sucks. I think they made a mistake and put one of my quarks in upside down -- I feel strange all over now.
pourquoi
Parce que je parle anglais comme un ange, et francais comme un singe.... ou peut-etre un enfant, mais je ne me souviens plus quelque chose qu'on pronounce avec la meme sond de << enfant >> en francais, sauf << mechant >>, et ca ne me plait pas bien!
et la prochaine fois, citerez ce dont vous repondez, ou je me trouverai avec un p'tit casse-tete que je devrai resoudre apres que je peux comprendre ce que vous disez!
(en verite, la raison pourque je ne veux pas lire ce livre en francais est completement au cause du poisson dans l'oreille -- je l'ai coupe avec le rasoir il y a une semaine, et il ne fonctionne pas beaucoup. Je n'ai pas d'autre, et...voila... que dois-je faire quant aux langues des pays etranges?)
Very few comments on an article... fp is a troll... second post is simultaneously relevant and pokes fun at the trolls... It's like a time warp back to slashdot of 1999!
(we're grievously low on mentions of hot grits and cowboy neal, but I'm sure someone can provide the necessary fodder)
Good news about the handbook. I'm hoping to get a chance to read through it sometime, and it will be much easier in English than in the French.
One of the reasons that I can't dump java is because I still use a bunch of software written in java like, say, apps on Android. And don't forget that there are pieces of software like LibreOffice that still have legacy dependencies on java. Sure, LO is working on rewriting those pieces, but it won't happen overnight.
Even if Oracle loses regarding copyright and patents on the Java language, the Java APIs, etc.., they have shown that they regard the Java language as a business bargaining chip and not as an unrestricted computer programming language. Why take the hassle and risk? Just go use someone else's language like Python or Ruby.
With all of the shit that Apache has gotten from Sun/Oracle re: the JCP, Harmony, and the TCK, I'm surprised that they haven't just said that they're going to fork Java. I guess the problem is that (1) Apache doesn't think that they have enough clout to make their fork dominant (or at least viable), and (2) Oracle could just go after the fork with their patents. At this point, I'm not even sure that Apache could get Google onboard for a fork, as that might hurt all of Google's need-for-compatibility claims in the current litigation.
I wish I could believe this was all just a part of some complicated prank -- check out their info on installing the SDK:
https://developer.tizen.org/sdk/installing-sdk-ubuntu
Who in their right mind would hitch their up-and-coming FOSS mobile OS to Java right now? And Oracle's proprietary, closed source java -- not even the OpenJDK?
Hint: Given the trial that's going on right now, I would just avoid using Java for a whlie. Or, you know, at all (if possible).
Yeah and in a few months it'll get scrapped for Snargle.
Truth.
Dear lord, I had such high hopes for Meego. I even made a few suggestions on the lists and fixed a few things on the wiki. I was confused as to why they trashed the debian roots of Maemo and turned what was a working, shipping operating system into... something half-broken for many, many months that fizzled-out after a while. I'd really like to see a cost analysis on how much money, manpower, and time were invested in the project. They even had big conferences! What was the point? It sounded so together and with-it, but in the end it just got tossed in the bin. Blarg.
Tizen? Yeah, I'll bother paying attention when I have working hardware in my hand. Or someone wants to bribe me with money (read: hire me).
Coral Cache link to the press release/notes.
Use it.
It's called "change the channel" or "disable connections to the primary Internet."
Seriously -- if the government or some other organization wants to create a walled playground for their own fun and games, then by all means do so. Lots of organizations run networks of interconnected computers spread out geographically around the world. Some of them even keep their network separate from other people's networks, with the most security-conscious even using air gaps and other barriers. The most famous of these networks is The Internet. But it's not the only network out there that can host and serve content.
Thankfully if you RTFA it looks like this is just the ranting of someone in the House of Lords, and it appears that those with a pint of good sense over in the Government are quite opposed to this whole idea, with the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport saying that "self-regulation...can be more effective than a regulatory approach in delivering flexible solutions that work for both industry and consumers.”
...oh wait, I see what you did there.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/01/nsa-builds-own-model-of-android-phone-wants-you-to-do-the-same/
Okay, so it's only off-the-shelf parts, but if you really want a mobile device that can earn the label "secure," (software ain't a thing w/o hardware) you're probably going to want something vetted by a security organization/company like....well...the NSA.
You mean Tau/3 and 5Tau/3 right?
http://tauday.com/
Any statistics on how much concealed carry correlates with drops in assaults such as thefts of phones?
Also: Situational Awareness -- I'd be interested to hear if people who are engrossed in coversation and/or text messaging on their mobile device are more likely to get mugged.