If you're bothered about the way your country is being run, why don't you do something to improve it? The UK is a free country, you're free to take part in politics. Start by supporting initiatives like no2id.net.
Every developed country has its share of issues, moving might not be the best solution.
Why of course, someone who can't even spell guerrillas is bound to know all about international legislation with regard to small nations operating legally at odds with the countries around them! Thanks for the tip!
Actually, a lot of the things in BeOS had been copied from what Apple started in the 80s. And what do you mean by "what OSX has just started to do, in terms of usability"? os x has been basically the same (although it has clearly evolved) for nearly 5 years now. I'm just wondering: have you even used a mac?
If you take time to read the badly written review on OS News, you'll notice that Yellow Tab seem to have totally derailed what made BeOS good, and made a bizarre version of BeOS mangled with terrible open source fonts, icons and themes. And it costs more than an OEM copy of Windows. Consider that 100% of consumer peripherals support Windows, and Windows has a simple UI that nearly everyone finds easy to use, Zeta pretty much fails it on every account. I don't really understand the argument of using BeOS over Windows, other than a lot of noise created by disgruntled anti-Microsoft slashdot posters. What does it have going for it that the end-user cares about at all? Absolutely nothing.
Your comments about the Japanese are quite simply ignorant, and nuking civilian targets was utter madness. It wouldn't have been that hard to use the bombs on actual military targets, yet people still seem to think America was in the right bombing their cities.
Well actually, why would anyone in their right minds sell and support Linspire? The arguments vs Windows are flawed. You think Windows is insecure? Try running Linspire, which runs as root by default. It would be incredibly simple to target trojans and viruses at a platform like that. The whole discussion, Windows vs Linux, in this specific case, is quite flawed, and if you add the fact that most consumers assume a machine will run Windows and don't even care, selling Linspire is inspired madness.
From the article: 'It's terrible...Everyone is using it, and they don't realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick with it and add to it rather than stepping back and saying, "This is garbage and we should fix it."
I've never really downloaded that much music using p2p networks, because I prefer to buy music I actually care about.
However, there's an increasing number of "netlabels" releasing high quality music for free. If you're interested, start by checking out archive.org.
When I find something I like, I also write about it here.
Netlabels have definitely changed my interest in music, since they dare to release stuff that's often too progressive or unique to really sell, and in my opinion that's the beauty of them.
As usual the BBC's article is scant on details. There's no mention of Arthur Eddington's (1919) proof of relativity which proved gravity caused light to bend. However,
Gridlike Computing Vs Grid Computing
on
Grid Processing
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· Score: 3, Informative
We've all heard the new buzzword, "grid computing" quite a bit in the news recently.
The article doesn't actually have anything to do with "grid computing", but the processor's design is like a grid. The term "grid computing" often refers to large-scale resource sharing (processing/storage).
It would be most beneficial to consumers if all of their software used open standards. Imagine if Microsoft Office used a set of open document formats, for instance.
I use Apple's products partly to manage a lot of my personal data, like my address book. If I had no way of using this data with other software, I'd be pretty screwed if Apple fell of the face of the Earth. I think that's more important than whether or not the Address Book is an open source package.
That is all I'd really hope from a commercial company in terms of being 'Free'.
Have you ever fancied reading a comic, then suddenly someone makes a film based on it and all the back issues sell out? There's quite a few commercial services where you can read back issues to your heart's content.
I wrote an article a few months back that discussed commercial web-based comics, inspired by the release of Crossgen's online service. Although reading comics on a screen is obviously not the same as collecting real comics, it's a pretty good way to find something amusing to do during work/university when you're slacking off...;)
I think generics are one of the most promising additions. I used to work with them in Ada years ago and always thought they'd work well in Java, and perhaps help with a few common bugs.
Slashdot Mirror
I like the way this article starts with "Over at the BBC", as if Slashdot is a publication of equal professionalism and reach.
Alternatively:
1. Realise Apple aren't more or less "evil" than Google
2. Buy an iPhone
3. Enjoy using it
Imagine a beowulf of those
omglol!
If you're bothered about the way your country is being run, why don't you do something to improve it? The UK is a free country, you're free to take part in politics. Start by supporting initiatives like no2id.net.
Every developed country has its share of issues, moving might not be the best solution.
Yeah, England shoved out most of its religious zealots. Good move!
Why of course, someone who can't even spell guerrillas is bound to know all about international legislation with regard to small nations operating legally at odds with the countries around them! Thanks for the tip!
How much do you think Microsoft are paying to get this continued onslaught of dull Gears of War press all over the Internet?
A friend of mine developed a site specifically for screenshots in virtual worlds:
http://multitap.net/
It's fairly popular, easy to use, has an API so you could hack it straight into WoW. Maybe some of you upset by flickr would like this?
buy 'em!
It's just another case of rip-off Britain, another example of how international business arse-rapes us every day, while Blair sits by and sucks it up!
Consider these statistics on both companies:
Sony, 2005 Revenue (USD): 60.85B
Microsoft, 2005 Revenue (USD): 39.79B
Sony, 2005 Employees: 152,700
Microsoft, 2005 Employees: 61,000
Why did this article even make Slashdot? It makes no sense at all.
No one gives a fuck if Linux powers another obscure device.
That really boggled my mind, I think Taco's going senile. Either that or he's just a fucking idiot!
Actually, a lot of the things in BeOS had been copied from what Apple started in the 80s. And what do you mean by "what OSX has just started to do, in terms of usability"? os x has been basically the same (although it has clearly evolved) for nearly 5 years now. I'm just wondering: have you even used a mac?
If you take time to read the badly written review on OS News, you'll notice that Yellow Tab seem to have totally derailed what made BeOS good, and made a bizarre version of BeOS mangled with terrible open source fonts, icons and themes. And it costs more than an OEM copy of Windows. Consider that 100% of consumer peripherals support Windows, and Windows has a simple UI that nearly everyone finds easy to use, Zeta pretty much fails it on every account. I don't really understand the argument of using BeOS over Windows, other than a lot of noise created by disgruntled anti-Microsoft slashdot posters. What does it have going for it that the end-user cares about at all? Absolutely nothing.
Your comments about the Japanese are quite simply ignorant, and nuking civilian targets was utter madness. It wouldn't have been that hard to use the bombs on actual military targets, yet people still seem to think America was in the right bombing their cities.
Well actually, why would anyone in their right minds sell and support Linspire? The arguments vs Windows are flawed. You think Windows is insecure? Try running Linspire, which runs as root by default. It would be incredibly simple to target trojans and viruses at a platform like that. The whole discussion, Windows vs Linux, in this specific case, is quite flawed, and if you add the fact that most consumers assume a machine will run Windows and don't even care, selling Linspire is inspired madness.
From the article: 'It's terrible...Everyone is using it, and they don't realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick with it and add to it rather than stepping back and saying, "This is garbage and we should fix it."
I've never really downloaded that much music using p2p networks, because I prefer to buy music I actually care about.
However, there's an increasing number of "netlabels" releasing high quality music for free. If you're interested, start by checking out archive.org.
When I find something I like, I also write about it here.
Netlabels have definitely changed my interest in music, since they dare to release stuff that's often too progressive or unique to really sell, and in my opinion that's the beauty of them.
I thought that was a keyboard!
As usual the BBC's article is scant on details. There's no mention of Arthur Eddington's (1919) proof of relativity which proved gravity caused light to bend. However,
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/04/04
Is more interesting.
The article doesn't actually have anything to do with "grid computing", but the processor's design is like a grid. The term "grid computing" often refers to large-scale resource sharing (processing/storage).
It would be most beneficial to consumers if all of their software used open standards. Imagine if Microsoft Office used a set of open document formats, for instance.
I use Apple's products partly to manage a lot of my personal data, like my address book. If I had no way of using this data with other software, I'd be pretty screwed if Apple fell of the face of the Earth. I think that's more important than whether or not the Address Book is an open source package.
That is all I'd really hope from a commercial company in terms of being 'Free'.
Have you ever fancied reading a comic, then suddenly someone makes a film based on it and all the back issues sell out? There's quite a few commercial services where you can read back issues to your heart's content.
I wrote an article a few months back that discussed commercial web-based comics, inspired by the release of Crossgen's online service. Although reading comics on a screen is obviously not the same as collecting real comics, it's a pretty good way to find something amusing to do during work/university when you're slacking off... ;)
I think generics are one of the most promising additions. I used to work with them in Ada years ago and always thought they'd work well in Java, and perhaps help with a few common bugs.
Special effects 10pc?
Episode I and II clearly messed up the forumla.