Buddhist cultures like Thailand or Cambodia, the reincarnation religions combined with life being cheap, easy for them to justify what we westerns consider absolutely stupid behaviour (Driving is the first thing that comes to mind) with "it OK, I come back, next life".
I guess that depends on an individual's perspective, but the general consensus among Buddhists I've spoken to is that one should consider themselves very fortunate to be born a human, as it is in this form we have one of the rare opportunities to achieve enlightenment and break the perpetual cycle of rebirth and suffering. Depending on how you lived your life, the chances of just "coming back" next life are very slim.
I'm an iPhone owner, and I've dropped mine on concrete about on 3 different occasions and while it has a few scratches on the back, it still works perfectly fine. I think it all depends on exactly how you hit it. I don't really have any doubt that BBs are a bit tougher, but iPhones aren't that fragile.
I agree. Apple has, with iTunes plus, shown that it is more than happy to distribute DRM-free music. I believe it is the record industry that it forcing the copy protection on the music. Apple has, at least in some sense, done a lot by changing the status quo and working against the wishes of the recording industry (like keeping prices at a somewhat reasonable 99 cents and allowing people to have content indefinitely instead of renting).
Seems like it would be best to auto-boot to a clean windows install, and keep all your secret stuff on a linux partition that you wouldn't be able to see from Windows.
I actually hope that all the news surrounding China's behavior during the olympics will draw attention to their behavior during non-olympic times, and more people will become informed about what is going on out there.
The ads shouldn't ruin the atmosphere of the game. As long as they seem appropriate wherever they appear, then I believe it is acceptable. The placement of ads in games should mimic the placement of ads in the real world.
I stand fairly neutral on the issue. However, I find it sort of surprising that there are people (like the one that made this video) that are so sure the westerners are the holders and users of false information, but don't ever consider that the PRC government (well known for it censorship tactics) could be the source of just as much false or misleading information.
IMHO, China accusing the US of spreading lies is kind of like the desert talking to the grain of sand.
I think the real reason we see things like this popping up is generally because there are a lot of people that don't understand those of us who spend a lot of time online. I'm sure that there are some people that do have a serious problem (wasn't there a couple that let their child starve because they couldn't get off of WoW)...but mostly, I believe the internet just hasn't been accepted by some as a valid hobby. If the individuals that are labeled as being addicted to the internet instead spent the same time on composing music or racing cars or whatnot, they may be labeled as eccentric, but certainly not mentally ill.
One of the most appealing features of the iPhone for me was the fact that its virtually a full computer in a small box. I hoped this meant that I will be able to write my own software/scripts and really play around with the device (without some 3rd party hack). This announcement confirms my long standing fear. If I have to go through apple to run applications I write ON MY OWN DEVICE, then no sale.
Looking forward to Android...
You make a very good point. If a boy breaks up with a girl online, for real, we wouldn't want the parents of the girl to be able to hold the boy accountable.
I don't have a great amount of experience with this particular part of OS history, but from my experiences in my school's computer lab, when they upgraded the iMacs from OS 9 to OS X, they became more responsive, crashed significantly less, and ran overall faster.
The same couldn't be said for the computers I saw upgraded to vista.
When I upgraded my laptop (an original MacBook Pro) from Tiger to Leopard, its performance noticeably increased, despite the fact that it was not apple's top of the line anymore.
Apple's upgrades generally seem to increase performance across the board but Microsoft's just target the latest and greatest.
But I am only speaking from my own experience. Yours may be different and I could be wrong.
At the University of Washington, where I am a student, the introduction programming courses teach Java. These courses seem to serve two purposes. A number of majors outside of computer science require them for the general background knowledge of how computer languages work. They also are prerequisites to entering a CS major, so they serve to weed out people who really don't belong in a technical major.
Although I don't care much for Java itself, there are a number of benefits to using it in these introductory classes. First of all, when you're working with a bunch of noobs, it is really nice to have the platform independence that Java offers. Secondly, all of the libraries, at least from my experience, are extremely well documented.
But most of all, most of the people that take an introductory programming course won't ever reach the level of sophistication that C requires, so teaching C would be kind of overkill. And those of us who really will continue on to work requiring C, really shouldn't have a problem learning it.
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At least on the OS X version...
Preferences -> Under the Hood -> Uncheck "Use a suggestion service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar"
I guess that depends on an individual's perspective, but the general consensus among Buddhists I've spoken to is that one should consider themselves very fortunate to be born a human, as it is in this form we have one of the rare opportunities to achieve enlightenment and break the perpetual cycle of rebirth and suffering. Depending on how you lived your life, the chances of just "coming back" next life are very slim.
I'm an iPhone owner, and I've dropped mine on concrete about on 3 different occasions and while it has a few scratches on the back, it still works perfectly fine. I think it all depends on exactly how you hit it. I don't really have any doubt that BBs are a bit tougher, but iPhones aren't that fragile.
I agree. Apple has, with iTunes plus, shown that it is more than happy to distribute DRM-free music. I believe it is the record industry that it forcing the copy protection on the music. Apple has, at least in some sense, done a lot by changing the status quo and working against the wishes of the recording industry (like keeping prices at a somewhat reasonable 99 cents and allowing people to have content indefinitely instead of renting).
Seems like it would be best to auto-boot to a clean windows install, and keep all your secret stuff on a linux partition that you wouldn't be able to see from Windows.
I believe this is actually possible with OpenMoko and another OS on the Neo 1973.
...they want some of that internet money.
I actually hope that all the news surrounding China's behavior during the olympics will draw attention to their behavior during non-olympic times, and more people will become informed about what is going on out there.
I think the parent makes an important point.
The ads shouldn't ruin the atmosphere of the game. As long as they seem appropriate wherever they appear, then I believe it is acceptable. The placement of ads in games should mimic the placement of ads in the real world.
What do you suppose a "Hello, World" program looks like for an analytical engine?
I stand fairly neutral on the issue. However, I find it sort of surprising that there are people (like the one that made this video) that are so sure the westerners are the holders and users of false information, but don't ever consider that the PRC government (well known for it censorship tactics) could be the source of just as much false or misleading information. IMHO, China accusing the US of spreading lies is kind of like the desert talking to the grain of sand.
I think the real reason we see things like this popping up is generally because there are a lot of people that don't understand those of us who spend a lot of time online. I'm sure that there are some people that do have a serious problem (wasn't there a couple that let their child starve because they couldn't get off of WoW)...but mostly, I believe the internet just hasn't been accepted by some as a valid hobby. If the individuals that are labeled as being addicted to the internet instead spent the same time on composing music or racing cars or whatnot, they may be labeled as eccentric, but certainly not mentally ill.
I agree. I don't think this has much of a chance of being an iPhone killer, but more realistically a Windows Mobile killer.
One of the most appealing features of the iPhone for me was the fact that its virtually a full computer in a small box. I hoped this meant that I will be able to write my own software/scripts and really play around with the device (without some 3rd party hack). This announcement confirms my long standing fear. If I have to go through apple to run applications I write ON MY OWN DEVICE, then no sale. Looking forward to Android...
To quote Jon Stewart: "The world is ruled by extremist because moderates have better things to do."
even stuff picked up from Judge Judy and the intarweb, can take you a long way in life
:-)
Don't forget Law and Order.
You make a very good point. If a boy breaks up with a girl online, for real, we wouldn't want the parents of the girl to be able to hold the boy accountable.
Speaking of targeted advertising, as I was reading you post, there was a think geek ad right below. :p
I don't have a great amount of experience with this particular part of OS history, but from my experiences in my school's computer lab, when they upgraded the iMacs from OS 9 to OS X, they became more responsive, crashed significantly less, and ran overall faster. The same couldn't be said for the computers I saw upgraded to vista. When I upgraded my laptop (an original MacBook Pro) from Tiger to Leopard, its performance noticeably increased, despite the fact that it was not apple's top of the line anymore. Apple's upgrades generally seem to increase performance across the board but Microsoft's just target the latest and greatest. But I am only speaking from my own experience. Yours may be different and I could be wrong.
Never underestimate the ability of people to not care and not do anything about it.
How do you determine if a date is big? I believe all dates are composed of roughly the same number of digits :p
But it can view porn.
At the University of Washington, where I am a student, the introduction programming courses teach Java. These courses seem to serve two purposes. A number of majors outside of computer science require them for the general background knowledge of how computer languages work. They also are prerequisites to entering a CS major, so they serve to weed out people who really don't belong in a technical major. Although I don't care much for Java itself, there are a number of benefits to using it in these introductory classes. First of all, when you're working with a bunch of noobs, it is really nice to have the platform independence that Java offers. Secondly, all of the libraries, at least from my experience, are extremely well documented. But most of all, most of the people that take an introductory programming course won't ever reach the level of sophistication that C requires, so teaching C would be kind of overkill. And those of us who really will continue on to work requiring C, really shouldn't have a problem learning it.
Every time something like this happens, I send $20 to the EFF. If you are equally outraged, I would encourage you to do the same.