The average consumer is not interested in learning how to user another device. They don't have the time or interest. I use my phone for all sorts of things: creating maps, navigation, photos, music player. A lot of the things I do with my phone are seen almost as science fiction by people like my parents.
The thing is though - if my parents were to spend the time to learn how to use all of their phone's features - it probably wouldn't improve their quality of life at all.
I can't see how more than 50% of the population would ever be bothered enough to learn how to use all of their phone's features even if they were dirt simple to use. It's just one of the facts of life that us geeks need to be willing to accept.
I agree completely. I just looked as well.. I went to the registration pages - they look completely different. How can 'using the same font' be considered a rip off? We only have about 5 fonts that we can use on the web!
I have a client who believes that every 'business directory' is ripping off his business directory. Fact is - there are going to be similar sites simply because there are so many sites. Dodgy thing about this client is, when he first told me what he wanted, he showed me examples from other business directories.
You don't become or stay the biggest by taking every other site to court, just make sure you are providing the best service and marketing properly...
Although a single cable is limited to 5 meters, the USB specification permits up to five USB hubs in a long chain of cables and hubs. Consequently the maximum possible signalling distance is 30 meters, using six 5-meter cables and five hubs. In actual use, the last hub is a more convenient endpoint since some USB devices include built-in cables intended to directly connect to a hub, setting the maximum useful signalling distance at 25 meters.
Also note that the maximum length of 5m is due to the standard allowing for a cable delay of less than 5.2 ns. This means that a 5m cable will be under the 26 ns allowed delay. If a cable introduces less delay then it would be possible to use a longer cable.
+ instead of %20 was used - google didn't understand. Just for everyone's information - the '+' character as a replacement for 'space' is not standard url encoding. The replacement is only useful to servers that understand it.
Well.. We will just use whatever tools we are given to accomplish what we need to do. Javascript is *almost* everywhere, and it is simple to build a site that degrades gracefully on unsupported browsers.
VBScript is not available on the number of customer machines as Javascript is.
The reason that it was highly recommended is that you would not have been able to boot into linux if you installed it on the other hard drive without configuring windows' boot loader.
You're changing the wrong parts of grub's menu.lst. Next time have a read through the instructions at the top of the file, just under
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
And.. don't change anything between:
## ## End Default Options ##
and
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
Feel free to put additional definitions after the end of that block, and to change the way the other definitions are defined, adjust the 'comments' above the block.
Then, once you've done that, run 'grup-update' to apply your changes and see if it was what you were after. I usually make one change:
I change #howmany to #howmany=2 (that way I still have one history in case the new kernel doesn't work).
Agree completely! OpenID really is a very nice system. I use it for my client's web sites.
For those who do not think that there is much of a market for this sort of thing: there is.
I develop sites that require authentication frequently. If web surfers have to remember a username/password combo for too many sites, they will have to just use the same user/password, write them down, or just give up on accessing the resource. Once a user/pass is compromised - they then have to go and change it for every single site that they have registered with. Pain in the butt..
With openid authentication you just have to change it once. The chance of the user/pass being compromised is reduced because it is only stored in the one place. The password request field is on a page that you *know* and often - can customise. Phishing is not going to be anywhere near as easy with a distributed authentication system - each openid provider has a different looking authentication page.
They would be able to take your picture, chop it up, make it into something else and sell it... as long as they included your name in the 'credits'. The people who buy it would be able to give it away/sell it/etc - as long as they include your name, and your 'art copier's' name in the credits.. etc etc etc...
This world would not be nice.. I could walk into a museum, take photos of all the art, get it printed with (this painting was by....) and then sell/give away those photos. Why would anyone pay full price when I can sell them a (fully credited) version for far less?
Pfft.. Copyright is a good thing. People just get annoyed when intellectual property becomes valuable (sometimes because of restricting supply/demand).
I also have a Dell Inspirion 6400 (no ati though) and it works flawlessly - card reader and all. I didn't have to do any setup for wifi either, just works out of the box.
They may have already changed their hardware, my Inspirion is about a month old. The card reader shows up as a usb device...
I have a Dell Inspirion 6400. It works beautifully with Ubuntu 7.04. Suspend and hibernate are two big things for me, and they work flawlessly. NetworkManager picks up all the local wireless networks and switches to wired network when I plug in a cable. Beryl is rock stable on this machine. The card reader (another big thing for me) also works perfectly and the battery lasts about as long as it does in windows (6.5 hours..). I really have absolutely no need for windows on this machine at all, but I was unable to purchase it without windows.
I also have a Dell PowerEdge sc430 (I was able to buy this machine without an OS). I run Ubuntu 7.04 on it as well (server install). Again, everything works perfectly.
I have to wonder if Dell has been checking their hardware against Linux lately. Their hardware should not be hard to support at all..
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The average consumer is not interested in learning how to user another device. They don't have the time or interest. I use my phone for all sorts of things: creating maps, navigation, photos, music player. A lot of the things I do with my phone are seen almost as science fiction by people like my parents.
The thing is though - if my parents were to spend the time to learn how to use all of their phone's features - it probably wouldn't improve their quality of life at all.
I can't see how more than 50% of the population would ever be bothered enough to learn how to use all of their phone's features even if they were dirt simple to use. It's just one of the facts of life that us geeks need to be willing to accept.
^S was always more fun for me......
I agree completely. I just looked as well.. I went to the registration pages - they look completely different. How can 'using the same font' be considered a rip off? We only have about 5 fonts that we can use on the web!
I have a client who believes that every 'business directory' is ripping off his business directory. Fact is - there are going to be similar sites simply because there are so many sites. Dodgy thing about this client is, when he first told me what he wanted, he showed me examples from other business directories.
You don't become or stay the biggest by taking every other site to court, just make sure you are providing the best service and marketing properly...
From your link to wikipedia:
Although a single cable is limited to 5 meters, the USB specification permits up to five USB hubs in a long chain of cables and hubs. Consequently the maximum possible signalling distance is 30 meters, using six 5-meter cables and five hubs. In actual use, the last hub is a more convenient endpoint since some USB devices include built-in cables intended to directly connect to a hub, setting the maximum useful signalling distance at 25 meters.
Also note that the maximum length of 5m is due to the standard allowing for a cable delay of less than 5.2 ns. This means that a 5m cable will be under the 26 ns allowed delay. If a cable introduces less delay then it would be possible to use a longer cable.
Missing link is:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8jRnvFw6hrI/SD1L9bexl6I/AAAAAAAAAcM/w1LRSuAxkoQ/cap%20NEW%20(12).jpg
+ instead of %20 was used - google didn't understand. Just for everyone's information - the '+' character as a replacement for 'space' is not standard url encoding. The replacement is only useful to servers that understand it.
Well.. We will just use whatever tools we are given to accomplish what we need to do. Javascript is *almost* everywhere, and it is simple to build a site that degrades gracefully on unsupported browsers.
VBScript is not available on the number of customer machines as Javascript is.
Also, the technology used in web development lags about 2 years behind current browser technology.
Unfortunately, it is going to be a very log time until Javascript 2 is used in the real world.
They have their own opinion of what the results mean:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2007/0131observation.asp
The results are critiqued by the Intelligent Design crowd here:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2007/0131observation.asp
All in all, if what they say is correct, this mutation is a lot less impressive..
...but fly in the face of Einsteinian relativity.
Sounds like God is a little grumpy about Einstein's letter coming out.
The reason that it was highly recommended is that you would not have been able to boot into linux if you installed it on the other hard drive without configuring windows' boot loader.
Sorry.. run 'update-grub' aargh..
You're changing the wrong parts of grub's menu.lst. Next time have a read through the instructions at the top of the file, just under
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
And.. don't change anything between:
## ## End Default Options ##
and
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
Feel free to put additional definitions after the end of that block, and to change the way the other definitions are defined, adjust the 'comments' above the block.
Then, once you've done that, run 'grup-update' to apply your changes and see if it was what you were after. I usually make one change:
I change #howmany to #howmany=2 (that way I still have one history in case the new kernel doesn't work).
Hopefully that makes life easier for you...
http://www.neowin.net/images/uploaded/1798_early_feedback.png
I'll agree with this.. D2 really does work nicely. Loads faster, all the httpreq stuff is fast... very nice.
Agree completely! OpenID really is a very nice system. I use it for my client's web sites.
For those who do not think that there is much of a market for this sort of thing: there is.
I develop sites that require authentication frequently. If web surfers have to remember a username/password combo for too many sites, they will have to just use the same user/password, write them down, or just give up on accessing the resource. Once a user/pass is compromised - they then have to go and change it for every single site that they have registered with. Pain in the butt..
With openid authentication you just have to change it once. The chance of the user/pass being compromised is reduced because it is only stored in the one place. The password request field is on a page that you *know* and often - can customise. Phishing is not going to be anywhere near as easy with a distributed authentication system - each openid provider has a different looking authentication page.
The difference is that the original artist is paid (either with money or exposure/etc).
And..
They would be able to take your picture, chop it up, make it into something else and sell it... as long as they included your name in the 'credits'. The people who buy it would be able to give it away/sell it/etc - as long as they include your name, and your 'art copier's' name in the credits.. etc etc etc...
This world would not be nice.. I could walk into a museum, take photos of all the art, get it printed with (this painting was by....) and then sell/give away those photos. Why would anyone pay full price when I can sell them a (fully credited) version for far less?
Pfft.. Copyright is a good thing. People just get annoyed when intellectual property becomes valuable (sometimes because of restricting supply/demand).
Hmm.. bummer.
I also have a Dell Inspirion 6400 (no ati though) and it works flawlessly - card reader and all. I didn't have to do any setup for wifi either, just works out of the box.
They may have already changed their hardware, my Inspirion is about a month old. The card reader shows up as a usb device...
I'm really happy to hear about Dell's move..
I have a Dell Inspirion 6400. It works beautifully with Ubuntu 7.04. Suspend and hibernate are two big things for me, and they work flawlessly. NetworkManager picks up all the local wireless networks and switches to wired network when I plug in a cable. Beryl is rock stable on this machine. The card reader (another big thing for me) also works perfectly and the battery lasts about as long as it does in windows (6.5 hours..). I really have absolutely no need for windows on this machine at all, but I was unable to purchase it without windows.
I also have a Dell PowerEdge sc430 (I was able to buy this machine without an OS). I run Ubuntu 7.04 on it as well (server install). Again, everything works perfectly.
I have to wonder if Dell has been checking their hardware against Linux lately. Their hardware should not be hard to support at all..