If that is so, should there be @ least 1 scheduler provided as default? I mean, who wants to end up with an uncompiled kernel? In no time, we'll end up with different versions of kernels, forks of plugins, and we'll end up in a pit of compatibility issues. A default one can be used as part of the failsafe.
It sure does like an object oriented approach. If the scheduler and other 'components' can be made pluggable, then it eases up the tasks of many. Developers can focus on 1 aspect of the OS, while the core kernel is just there to 'receive' the 'plugin'.
How does it differ from the current approach? Are there too 'components' dependent on each other?
not so much. it has gore, special fx, mystery, great team interactive, continuous character development and exploration, nice episodes, deals with aspects of society (adultery, homosexuality,etc), great actors, a link to Dr.Who, (and Matha Jones for 4 eps next season), and a link to Unit (refer to ole' Dr.Who eps).
You're right. Flash Gordon sucks massively. It does not even have the mojo of the comics. + there are no ships. What's with the portal? @ least, we've Heroes to sustain our sci-fi hunger.
Did you notice how the new season of Eureka just got better? It's all about continuity now. I'm for British series. They seem to be funnier, and stress on the storyline continuity and character development. E.g Torchwood, DrWho, SaraJane Smith Adventures, Robin Hood.
*crossing fingers and hoping that Knight Rider will not be bad*
I'm excited. This is so cool. I was a huge fan of KITT back in the ole' days. I wonder how the writers are going to explain the tech behind KITT. Maybe they'll go for nano tech. and talk about AI
I hope that they get the technobabbling right
NBC already has some good shows - the best IMHO, is Heroes. However, Knight Rider is not like Heroes and it's really scifi (without space and aliens), kinda like a down to Earth scifi
Maybe, the ole' show should be left alone. Let the new car be derived from KITT. Let's say that the military develops its own version of KITT. It would be nice to have an episode with the real KITT and Michael Knight starring.
BTW, don't you think the Spider is better suited for KITT, rather than the pontiac?
If there's a nuclear winter, and cockroaches (which are generally said to survive despite radiation) are left in the dark (somewhere), will the darkness help them evolve to the point of being sentient?
Maybe some experiments aka "learning during darkness" should be conducted on ISS. hmm..*wondering about that ep of Justice League when Vandal Savage was the only human left on Earth. Cockroaches evolved and became big. With the red sun (less sunlight), they appeared to be more organised and smarter. Maybe the writers got that right.
hmm..that's cool + it's fighting back @ MS
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That's good (ok, if you find it bad, use your flashblock/content blocker) because the widgets (aka Google Gadgets) are interactive, and they add some 'colours' to pages and make them cooler. Those are like the widgets one uses in wordpress for e.g, just in advert form.
Plus, it's optional - one can still go for the usual word tag based adverts
What's really interesting - Google went for Flash ads. MS. which had been touting its Silverlight since long, has not yet started giving the silverlight adverts. I don't want to flame anyone but it's really a slap right in MS. face, metaphorically speaking. An increase in SWF on the web is not that good for MS. That's the tough competitive world. Oh well, geeks don't click ads (unless it's for generating money lol. We block'em:P
Most kids have phones with camera features. Snap a picture.
Sorry in case I'm offending you all, but I'm against the customer to hold a pen or pencil in a bookstore. What if he writes on the pages, by accident? Who wants to see a pencil mark on one of the pages. Usually, there are computer terminals in bookstores whereby the customer can look for the book details.
As far as intellectual property goes, use the phone - make as if you're calling/texting. Snap the pix you want. It's harmless and unnoticeable.
This helps Boeing. All it has to do is present counter arguments and have FAA representatives state publicly that the plane is secure. It's just good publicity.
Airbus is quiet. If it had started making some waves about the current statements by Rather, then it would have been interesting.
Are there no simulation (VR) conducted about crashes occurring? Boeing should release the results and even make the risk analysis report public (at least part of it), as a slap in the face of all those who believe the plane is not ready.
There are other ways to make bombs and cause havoc. But i'm interested in knowing if a neutraliser can be developed in a small lab (say some individuals get access to a high school lab).
I just hope that there won't be any misuse.
Why do I keep thinking of folks who benchmark anti-viruses, and later state in a report "X Antivirus detected Y virus, which was not a virus but a mere file....False Alarm"? Catch my drift here.
What the authorities must understand right now -> this spray is NOT the ultimate bomb maker catcher! It's merely a tool to detect a chemical. Make use of the spray wisely
I, for one, am glad to see new stuff. I've not yet downloaded the new packages (still beta, if I've read correctly). Gnome + Metisse -> wow!
Gnome has shortcomings. It's a fact. There's no need to bash it. Use alternate utils to overcome those shortcomings. Say you're irked @ Nautilus, try PC-man for example. It's just a window manager. Just tweak it.
I'm not being a troll or anything but I believe in the rise of KDE4 and compiz fusion, gnome seems quite the window manager for P3/K6 (for e.g). Of course, there's openbox, fluxbox, blackbox, window maker, and the entire plethora of small sized footprint window managers. Gnome is entering that category for machines having say 500Mhz+ processors and 256 MB RAM. (of course, it can run on lower specs but the 'fluidity' (responsiveness) will be lower).
Anyway, kudos to Gnome team. Keep releasing new versions:)
QUOTE: But open source is a two-edged sword. While it draws on smart developers from many places, nobody is ultimately responsible for the quality of the product, and open-source developers often have an imperfect feel for how average people use software.
Huh? This is madness!!! The word "communities" is associated with open source. Everyone in the communities (whether it's the developer community or the av. user community) can voice out opinions about say a feature, and people within those communities listen, discuss, and this can even cause new features to emerge for e.g. He should be aware of the zillions of forums out there dedicated to open source projects and how everyone can voice out opinions which MATTER!
As far as the Ubuntu review goes, he should not just give up. Normally, most average users experiencing problems will call for some help from others and learn how to mend issues. This is how an av. user is turned into an experienced user over time. Come on! There are far better reviews from newbies out there, who actually mention how they got Ubuntu (or any distro or app) working thanks to the community.
Ubuntu is FREE! It's open source. There's excellent support via the forums, and it's time to switch to *nix, and become an experienced user (over time).
Cool! I want an external small solar panel for my laptop. Since I travel a lot and charging sucks, a small solar panel for laptops would be nice. Or better - make the entire laptop casing made of photovoltaic cells. Added to that, I look forward to see pizoelectric crystals being implemented as well.
international or not, for me, as a google search engine user, the term privacy will grow on me when google will clear up all the google cache. after that, it can start flirting with the media with claims of "international privacy standards, bla bla bla".
just like a world order is just utopia, so is this. privacy standards depend on cultures, values, religion which vary in various countries. it's not just like a damn format that can be made into a standard.
If there's a tool to clean it up, then use it. Or just format everything including MBR and get GRUB inside, and boot your fav. distro. (just a thought)
And if that virus causes the user (owner of the machine) to lose data (for e.g), there are lawsuits.
Next time I buy new stuff, I'll ask - "can you please provide me with a hard drive with a formatted MBR (done in front of me)?" Oh well, if I ask that for an HDD, I may end up with modems without internal firmwares and the tech guy will respond: "okay, you told us to remove everything, we erased the chip" LOL
Re:what about a Ulead Photo Express 3.0 rip-off?
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Very true. Once you start meeting new friends online, it switches to SMS and phone calls, and maybe rendez-vous in real life.
However, most people keep communicating via the online community sites because it's free/cheap. E.g-> a virtual gift costs less than a gift in real life + the intention remains the same. Sending a message over facebook, hi5 or myspace, is free as compared to SMS (it's not free in many countries), etc.
It does make sense that online community sites/networks rock. I was never interested into these until this year. I tried Facebook. I'm not advertising facebook, BTW. It's just interactive. Since I don't have time (like most of you) to talk to friends in real life, and to offer them gifts or to poke them (yeah, try poking people in real life and you end up with police chasing you lol), I do it virtually.
Most people find it easier to meet others online than in real life. How many hours do you spend procrastinating around on internet messengers or IRC channels, just for the sake of 'talking' to friends? Well, Online Community Networks is way cooler, interactive, and more importantly, you can find people you've lost. Had a girlfriend/boyfriend in high school whom you lost? Find him/her online.
I guess online community networks are part of our lives (a bit like/.) - we wake up, check our emails, go there to check messages, poke people, send gifts, update our profile page and status, feed our virtual pets, send messages, etc all in a matter of minutes, and it does not tax on our real life schedules. Viva Facebook and others. I'm just sad that Yahoo can't turn 360 into something really cool. With Yahoo messenger backing it up, maybe it can.
The privacy issue sucks though - example: Facebook profiles are being indexed by search engines (unless you edit your privacy settings). hmm..just a thought here, if Ajax write or the entire google docs, spreadsheet, etc is integrated into Facebook (because it's 'open'), can it be viewed as a true web OS? (don't want to go off-topic, but it's related - since when being viewed as a web OS, more people get interested into it)
what about a Ulead Photo Express 3.0 rip-off?
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Hee hee hee Slashdot inspired me into find an old Ulead PhotoExpress 3.0 for windows.
It's meant for newbies.
Here's a snapshot: http://www.ancientnet.ic.cz/123445.jpg
Notice anything cool? It's simple, there are big icons on top. The image appears in the centre.
Amazing, is it not? Plus you've tab like effect (botton bar) - many pictures are opened and 'objects' (props - I still don't have props in GIMPs) can be moved around from 1 pic to another.
Of course, GIMP has more features but instead of cramming them into small icons - it can have big and meaningful ones, with a slide effect on a tab bar.
It's not about GIMP being uber cool and super complicated - it's about how fast you can edit a picture, apply a filter, and so on, and save the pic. There's no need for transparency for e.g. Leave transparency as a NON default feature.
I do hope GIMP rocks as this old Ulead Photoexpress does. (3.0 rocks - ole' apps had the mojo, IMHO)
Does anyone remember Krita?
URL: http://www.koffice.org/krita/
It's UI is consistent and easy to use - esp. from a newbie pov.
What else? a name change? No. GIMP gets advertising from the tonnes of people who TALK ABOUT GIMP and about its 'wrong name'. Tabs - maybe. Add it as an optional feature. Opening multiple instances of an image may tax your resources too much. Make it pleasant - like Visual studio is. No joke. It's intuitive, you get 1 window (add tabs if you want to), menus on top, icons, left panel dividing into sections, with a right one dealing with properties. Hey, VS.NET-UI-like GIMP may be cool.
But I welcome any new UI when it comes to GIMP. It's about time. (*Expecting new KDE4 UI effects* - just a thought)
An analogy could be - B5 fans promoting Quantum Space and SG fan talking about hyperspace.
Seriously, 1 organisation providing 1 single framework, can make things less mess. But you need the "messy" in order to have 1 or 2 innovative concepts being created and put into use.
The impact of man being out there, colonising other worlds itself, is too big and consists of way more groups than 3.
The question that comes up is - How open do you think NASA should be? Can sharing of information (incl. blueprints) be so sensitive (to security? to prevent new companies from showing up?)? There are so much corporate interests in making money and humanity is not open-minded enough - there will always be a nut-head somewhere who will use the information to do something really bad. I wonder if the data from CERN will be censored as well.
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If that is so, should there be @ least 1 scheduler provided as default? I mean, who wants to end up with an uncompiled kernel? In no time, we'll end up with different versions of kernels, forks of plugins, and we'll end up in a pit of compatibility issues. A default one can be used as part of the failsafe.
It sure does like an object oriented approach. If the scheduler and other 'components' can be made pluggable, then it eases up the tasks of many. Developers can focus on 1 aspect of the OS, while the core kernel is just there to 'receive' the 'plugin'. How does it differ from the current approach? Are there too 'components' dependent on each other?
not so much. it has gore, special fx, mystery, great team interactive, continuous character development and exploration, nice episodes, deals with aspects of society (adultery, homosexuality,etc), great actors, a link to Dr.Who, (and Matha Jones for 4 eps next season), and a link to Unit (refer to ole' Dr.Who eps).
You're right. Flash Gordon sucks massively. It does not even have the mojo of the comics. + there are no ships. What's with the portal? @ least, we've Heroes to sustain our sci-fi hunger.
Did you notice how the new season of Eureka just got better? It's all about continuity now.
I'm for British series. They seem to be funnier, and stress on the storyline continuity and character development.
E.g Torchwood, DrWho, SaraJane Smith Adventures, Robin Hood.
*crossing fingers and hoping that Knight Rider will not be bad*
Just wondering - can this new algae be used to power satellites, and other space crafts?
I thought KARR was the evil car.
I'm excited. This is so cool. I was a huge fan of KITT back in the ole' days. I wonder how the writers are going to explain the tech behind KITT. Maybe they'll go for nano tech. and talk about AI
I hope that they get the technobabbling right
NBC already has some good shows - the best IMHO, is Heroes. However, Knight Rider is not like Heroes and it's really scifi (without space and aliens), kinda like a down to Earth scifi
Maybe, the ole' show should be left alone. Let the new car be derived from KITT. Let's say that the military develops its own version of KITT. It would be nice to have an episode with the real KITT and Michael Knight starring.
BTW, don't you think the Spider is better suited for KITT, rather than the pontiac?
If there's a nuclear winter, and cockroaches (which are generally said to survive despite radiation) are left in the dark (somewhere), will the darkness help them evolve to the point of being sentient?
Maybe some experiments aka "learning during darkness" should be conducted on ISS. hmm..*wondering about that ep of Justice League when Vandal Savage was the only human left on Earth. Cockroaches evolved and became big. With the red sun (less sunlight), they appeared to be more organised and smarter. Maybe the writers got that right.
That's good (ok, if you find it bad, use your flashblock/content blocker) because the widgets (aka Google Gadgets) are interactive, and they add some 'colours' to pages and make them cooler. Those are like the widgets one uses in wordpress for e.g, just in advert form.
Plus, it's optional - one can still go for the usual word tag based adverts
What's really interesting - Google went for Flash ads. MS. which had been touting its Silverlight since long, has not yet started giving the silverlight adverts. I don't want to flame anyone but it's really a slap right in MS. face, metaphorically speaking. An increase in SWF on the web is not that good for MS. That's the tough competitive world. Oh well, geeks don't click ads (unless it's for generating money lol. We block'em :P
Most kids have phones with camera features. Snap a picture. Sorry in case I'm offending you all, but I'm against the customer to hold a pen or pencil in a bookstore. What if he writes on the pages, by accident? Who wants to see a pencil mark on one of the pages. Usually, there are computer terminals in bookstores whereby the customer can look for the book details. As far as intellectual property goes, use the phone - make as if you're calling/texting. Snap the pix you want. It's harmless and unnoticeable.
This helps Boeing. All it has to do is present counter arguments and have FAA representatives state publicly that the plane is secure. It's just good publicity. Airbus is quiet. If it had started making some waves about the current statements by Rather, then it would have been interesting. Are there no simulation (VR) conducted about crashes occurring? Boeing should release the results and even make the risk analysis report public (at least part of it), as a slap in the face of all those who believe the plane is not ready.
There are other ways to make bombs and cause havoc. But i'm interested in knowing if a neutraliser can be developed in a small lab (say some individuals get access to a high school lab).
I just hope that there won't be any misuse.
Why do I keep thinking of folks who benchmark anti-viruses, and later state in a report "X Antivirus detected Y virus, which was not a virus but a mere file....False Alarm"? Catch my drift here.
What the authorities must understand right now -> this spray is NOT the ultimate bomb maker catcher! It's merely a tool to detect a chemical. Make use of the spray wisely
You make as if you can't install Thunderbird and the other apps you use, while having Gnome installed!
Come on! Gnome is merely the Window Manager. Install the apps you like and enjoy your distro.
The LiveCD is merely to show people the beauty of Gnome. Once, you're done with it, get your distro deployed and select your window manager.
I, for one, am glad to see new stuff. I've not yet downloaded the new packages (still beta, if I've read correctly). Gnome + Metisse -> wow!
Gnome has shortcomings. It's a fact. There's no need to bash it. Use alternate utils to overcome those shortcomings. Say you're irked @ Nautilus, try PC-man for example. It's just a window manager. Just tweak it.
I'm not being a troll or anything but I believe in the rise of KDE4 and compiz fusion, gnome seems quite the window manager for P3/K6 (for e.g). Of course, there's openbox, fluxbox, blackbox, window maker, and the entire plethora of small sized footprint window managers. Gnome is entering that category for machines having say 500Mhz+ processors and 256 MB RAM. (of course, it can run on lower specs but the 'fluidity' (responsiveness) will be lower).
Anyway, kudos to Gnome team. Keep releasing new versions :)
QUOTE: But open source is a two-edged sword. While it draws on smart developers from many places, nobody is ultimately responsible for the quality of the product, and open-source developers often have an imperfect feel for how average people use software. Huh? This is madness!!! The word "communities" is associated with open source. Everyone in the communities (whether it's the developer community or the av. user community) can voice out opinions about say a feature, and people within those communities listen, discuss, and this can even cause new features to emerge for e.g. He should be aware of the zillions of forums out there dedicated to open source projects and how everyone can voice out opinions which MATTER! As far as the Ubuntu review goes, he should not just give up. Normally, most average users experiencing problems will call for some help from others and learn how to mend issues. This is how an av. user is turned into an experienced user over time. Come on! There are far better reviews from newbies out there, who actually mention how they got Ubuntu (or any distro or app) working thanks to the community. Ubuntu is FREE! It's open source. There's excellent support via the forums, and it's time to switch to *nix, and become an experienced user (over time).
Cool! I want an external small solar panel for my laptop. Since I travel a lot and charging sucks, a small solar panel for laptops would be nice. Or better - make the entire laptop casing made of photovoltaic cells. Added to that, I look forward to see pizoelectric crystals being implemented as well.
international or not, for me, as a google search engine user, the term privacy will grow on me when google will clear up all the google cache. after that, it can start flirting with the media with claims of "international privacy standards, bla bla bla". just like a world order is just utopia, so is this. privacy standards depend on cultures, values, religion which vary in various countries. it's not just like a damn format that can be made into a standard.
If there's a tool to clean it up, then use it. Or just format everything including MBR and get GRUB inside, and boot your fav. distro. (just a thought) And if that virus causes the user (owner of the machine) to lose data (for e.g), there are lawsuits. Next time I buy new stuff, I'll ask - "can you please provide me with a hard drive with a formatted MBR (done in front of me)?" Oh well, if I ask that for an HDD, I may end up with modems without internal firmwares and the tech guy will respond: "okay, you told us to remove everything, we erased the chip" LOL
You're right, indeed. BTW, did you hear about Photoshop Express coming out: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/09/photoshop_expre.html http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/images/psx_screenshot.jpg I think I'll try Picasa for quick editing :) Thank you :)
Very true. Once you start meeting new friends online, it switches to SMS and phone calls, and maybe rendez-vous in real life. However, most people keep communicating via the online community sites because it's free/cheap. E.g-> a virtual gift costs less than a gift in real life + the intention remains the same. Sending a message over facebook, hi5 or myspace, is free as compared to SMS (it's not free in many countries), etc.
It does make sense that online community sites/networks rock. I was never interested into these until this year. I tried Facebook. I'm not advertising facebook, BTW. It's just interactive. Since I don't have time (like most of you) to talk to friends in real life, and to offer them gifts or to poke them (yeah, try poking people in real life and you end up with police chasing you lol), I do it virtually. Most people find it easier to meet others online than in real life. How many hours do you spend procrastinating around on internet messengers or IRC channels, just for the sake of 'talking' to friends? Well, Online Community Networks is way cooler, interactive, and more importantly, you can find people you've lost. Had a girlfriend/boyfriend in high school whom you lost? Find him/her online. I guess online community networks are part of our lives (a bit like /.) - we wake up, check our emails, go there to check messages, poke people, send gifts, update our profile page and status, feed our virtual pets, send messages, etc all in a matter of minutes, and it does not tax on our real life schedules. Viva Facebook and others. I'm just sad that Yahoo can't turn 360 into something really cool. With Yahoo messenger backing it up, maybe it can.
The privacy issue sucks though - example: Facebook profiles are being indexed by search engines (unless you edit your privacy settings). hmm..just a thought here, if Ajax write or the entire google docs, spreadsheet, etc is integrated into Facebook (because it's 'open'), can it be viewed as a true web OS? (don't want to go off-topic, but it's related - since when being viewed as a web OS, more people get interested into it)
Hee hee hee Slashdot inspired me into find an old Ulead PhotoExpress 3.0 for windows. It's meant for newbies. Here's a snapshot: http://www.ancientnet.ic.cz/123445.jpg Notice anything cool? It's simple, there are big icons on top. The image appears in the centre. Amazing, is it not? Plus you've tab like effect (botton bar) - many pictures are opened and 'objects' (props - I still don't have props in GIMPs) can be moved around from 1 pic to another. Of course, GIMP has more features but instead of cramming them into small icons - it can have big and meaningful ones, with a slide effect on a tab bar. It's not about GIMP being uber cool and super complicated - it's about how fast you can edit a picture, apply a filter, and so on, and save the pic. There's no need for transparency for e.g. Leave transparency as a NON default feature. I do hope GIMP rocks as this old Ulead Photoexpress does. (3.0 rocks - ole' apps had the mojo, IMHO)
Does anyone remember Krita? URL: http://www.koffice.org/krita/ It's UI is consistent and easy to use - esp. from a newbie pov. What else? a name change? No. GIMP gets advertising from the tonnes of people who TALK ABOUT GIMP and about its 'wrong name'. Tabs - maybe. Add it as an optional feature. Opening multiple instances of an image may tax your resources too much. Make it pleasant - like Visual studio is. No joke. It's intuitive, you get 1 window (add tabs if you want to), menus on top, icons, left panel dividing into sections, with a right one dealing with properties. Hey, VS.NET-UI-like GIMP may be cool. But I welcome any new UI when it comes to GIMP. It's about time. (*Expecting new KDE4 UI effects* - just a thought)
An analogy could be - B5 fans promoting Quantum Space and SG fan talking about hyperspace. Seriously, 1 organisation providing 1 single framework, can make things less mess. But you need the "messy" in order to have 1 or 2 innovative concepts being created and put into use. The impact of man being out there, colonising other worlds itself, is too big and consists of way more groups than 3.
The question that comes up is - How open do you think NASA should be? Can sharing of information (incl. blueprints) be so sensitive (to security? to prevent new companies from showing up?)? There are so much corporate interests in making money and humanity is not open-minded enough - there will always be a nut-head somewhere who will use the information to do something really bad. I wonder if the data from CERN will be censored as well.