The trademark issues with Firefox are not new. I don't think, that it is a big problem as long as I get a choice to use it or not.
There are plenty of alternatives.
I personally gave up on it some time ago.. Well, on the rebranded Iceweasel anyway. Pulling it up when I need to but using another browser most of the time.
Let me get this right. So Canonical (Ubuntu) takes Debian and extends it with proprietary drivers and software. Now gNewSense takes Ubuntu and removes the proprietary software again. Ok, seems to make sense, in a new way..
Seriously, who thought out this name?
I can confirm this. I own an N800 myself, and it even ran flash before the full 400 MHz were used (IT OS2008). Has the same resolution, just more handy. Suppose, it depends on the effective usage of the underlying resources, which is not a problem, if you are running some Linux on it and costume compile the software.
I'm learning Japanese. I'm doing it, because it is fun, but awfully hard..
But in general, learning languages while in the coding business is a good idea, because you train to understand language structures, which also helps you to get better at coding it self.
Learn a language you are comfortable with, i.e. a language spoken in a foreign country you like and would like to interact with.
Thanks for the article link!
Using Dvorak since a few years myself. It's mostly a question of personal engagement to learn it, and nowadays very few people have such a thing. Just wonder, why they are crying, when the pain comes?
Fast Patch Distribution: basically leveraging technologies like P2P to insure that patches are rolled out...well...fast. Problems again include off-line hoists, as well as hosts who have the misfortune of being on ISPs that take a dim view of P2P.
Why not use the bot nets for this kind of stuff? I mean, previous article today already showed, that they have a quite effective way of patching arbitrary systems and distribute mass content.
So both sides (HD-DVD and BR) patented off all of the basic technology for this generation of optical formats, and the result is, that non of them is really spread.
The only option to get a sane format would be to scrap the patents behind both technologies and let some folks develop an open format, that anyone could use, but we know, that this won't happen.
Another alternative is the online distribution of content, which is also no option, because our broadband network still did not enter the 21st century, and won't do it in the near future.
So what now? Wait for holo-optical media.. But they will probably put up the same shi* with it. So it is as it always comes, the new generation of optical format will spend a decade as living zombie, until nobody cares and then, eventually somebody will adopt it to a sane mainstream. Or maybe not.
<sarcasm> Now that we put so much effort in killing all kind of new technology, why don't we just scrap the whole digital stuff in a whole, and start using paper and pen again. </sarcasm>
But Miner also told the crowd that Stevo hasn't treated developers as well as they deserve. 'There are certain apps you just can't build on an iPhone,' Miner said. 'Apple doesn't let you do multiprocessing. They don't let your app run in the background after you switch to another. And they don't let you have interpretive language in your iPhone apps.'" I use an N800 with a Debian/Linux based system. It actually can run apps in parallel, you can compile a lot of stuff on it, that already exists without reinventing the wheal, and you can run phyton scripts on it, that are interpreted..
Well, ok, It is not a phone, but more a phone extension, but I really don't see the sence in the stuff Apple is pulling with the proprietary stuff they are pulling here (although I kind of like Apple in general, especially since they are based on a BSD kernel)..
Well, If google takes the same approach to the phone, than nokia with being an actual phone and being able to compile and run Posix/Linux/oss apps on it, it could be really successful..
Still, they are not the ones pulling this stuff the first time in history.. they just have to look around.. In the end, the customers, market and usability will define, if it will be a successful product.
ok.. they have an amazing CI, so they may just use that as a basis, but they say "don't be evil", so standard conformance and usability would fit in this thing.. time will tell, and I will decide on the basis of the specs, what I get myself.. and I know, that most of the people buying stuff are not like me.. so this rational approach is mostly senseless again, not that I would care much, gave it up
Agreed I use debian as desktop system too.. and a bunch of other stuff.. can't beat the other systems I tried (Suse, RH, Gentoo) on stability and reliability.. of course it is only useful people capable of solving problems at times.. Wouldn't install it on the pc of my grandmother anyway, but It really does the job for me.. Can't help the people who want the newest unstable features all the time.. it's their problem.. and in uniqe situations, there are always possibilities to get a new package working..
product? I still wonder, why on earth they have to "write the docs" now. I mean, if I write some application, and don't do heavy documentation from the beginning, I mostly get lost half of the way not knowing what I'm doing anymore. So how is it possible to write a whole OS and not have the docs for at least the interfaces? Are they inventing new ones every time they need one?
This is probably because it was this way about 20 years ago. Then some day one guy used this before court (got right) and then the copyright people acted and closed this hole. So now it does not really matter anymore, if you are commercial, non commercial, adult, child, kitten or whatever.. you most probably get sued and busted, if you dispense copyright protected material..
I don't really care anyway, because most commercial IP is crap, and there are enough better, more useful open source / public domain / public commons stuff out there, which is much better. Makes life easier..
I so love people talking about stuff they have no clue about. So you say:
useful: In the same way that Esperanto is useful. Yet, almost no one uses that either. Why? Because they would have to learn something new.
You mean, nobody you know. I use it (both, Esperanto and GNU/Linux). I can travel to any country, and stay at peoples place in most major cities for like free, get a quite good impression on the place without the whole travel business crap, because we like to communicate with each other and stuff and I think it is like kind of fun, but you may be right, that's worth nothing. I can visit conventions, where I can talk to thousands of people with different backgrounds from all over the world, or maybe even do business with them. There are millions of people using this language in different forms, but you may be right, it's all useless. So what on earth you expect? Most people speaking Esperanto don't really give a damn about it, and just have fun using it. At least I'm doin' it.
usable: For some people in some circumstances. But, what about those people that never want to see a command line? Or have laptops with broadcom wireless? Or want to use an app not available for whatever distribution they are using? Or a Windows program that won't run under WINE?
I actually like to get work done with my system, and I find it quite useful there. I like to use the command line, because it is powerful, but nobody forces me to it. The folks over at Ubuntu mostly don't even know how to spell that anymore. It's not like anybody is force to that anymore nowadays. Can't help people buying crappy hardware too. Most of the better stuff is supported by Linux, but if you want to buy the cheapest, monopolized crap with buggy drivers, then nobody will stop you. But ok, you have a point, I have a hard time playing the most recent games.. Heck, as if I wouldn't have better things to do.. If I really wanted to spend all my time playing games, I would probably buy a game console, but that is another issue..
reliable: Yeah, and so is a properly maintained Windows box.
Sure. I will tell that to the next guy, who cries about loosing a days work, because some app got random bug no. 4532.
extensible: Most people don't care about this. The vast majority of people are not going to "extend" their operating system, even the geeks.
You mean some office folks? Many people I know really like to poke in their systems, no matter which one (yea, windows people too). It's the new generation. They use technology all over the place. They play games all day. And the also like to play around with their systems. The only deference probably is, that with a Linux system this is actually fun instead of frustrating.
free: Windows came with my computer and it would have cost MORE to get the computer without Windows. That makes Windows effectively free to me. My time is valuable. Linux is not free when I have to sink time into getting and installing it.
So getting a system with no OS is more expensive? Let me guess, you buy your computers at the next supermarket? Well, on the planet I know, a computer with no OS is cheaper, but then again, maybe I'm wrong here.. who knows..
unencumbered: Most people don't care about this. Most people don't even have a clue as to what you are talking about.
Ok, you got me there, most people really give up a lot of freedom because they are lazy. They don't care about security, or freedom of choices, because they would actually need to spend time realizing, that they can have their own choices, and that it is kind of fun. I just really wonder why this guys later come back depressed, when they realize, that they lost personal data and feel ripped off, or must pay a lot of money for recovery of data and time.
If you really want to get stuff effectively done with
..security risks that are more likely to happen, like them getting an email with an attachment, or using a browser other than IE.
Um, I must have misunderstood you.. just thought, you want to say, that the IE is a secure browser..
Just wonder, who is actually regulating whom.. Seems to me, that big companies have more to say, than government, especially in the new technology parts. Not that it matters, the same evolutionary system still works, that brought us here in the last few million years, and it says: until the people don't get really annoyed and bothered, so they actually stop the all day life and say "wait a minute, can't we do anything about it?", the destructive forces grow further. But if I see the right way of history (hopefully not), than the majority will never care, the destructive forces will rip apart the whole system (viral behavior) until the point, where eMail won't be a viable option, and some new communication will follow. Maybe I should buy a pigeon..
The patent system was invented quite some decades ago to protect inventors from other people, who just stole their inventions and made profit of it.
Back in that days, inventions were actually realy made and development was so slow, that 20 years were a reasonable time for the protection of the invention.
Then time moved on, the number of real inventions did not realy rase, but most stuff was just a mere reorganization of existing stuff, but the number of patents went up.
Nowdays, if someone realy invents something, that would make the world a better place, some big corporation ensures, that it never surfaces bigger public, because that would harm their bussiness. (Like some drafts of more effective engines, and the like).
Now we start putting patents on Software, which is like a book, and should get copyright, but why on earth sould it be patented? And where does that benefit the creation of new inventions? It clearly does the opposit in most perspectives.
So maybe I'm missing the point, but I don't realy see, why this kind of system can keep existence, even thow it slowly brings economy to ruin and helps humanity to get a step closer to selfdestruction. Hmm.. Maybe I'm a bit exagerating, please prove me wrong.
The difference between the Linux and Windows kernel is, that the Linux system mostly works, and you don't have to care about the newest beading edge kernel. Mostly kernel developers care about the release and version specifics, maybe some admins too, but most user level people just get the regular updates and the new major releases. It's actually just one minor detail of the system. Also, most people don't even want the newest version, because the old is proven, and is released in nice packages. Wonder why the windows folks make such a fuss about service pack numbers and windows versions.
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The trademark issues with Firefox are not new. I don't think, that it is a big problem as long as I get a choice to use it or not. There are plenty of alternatives. I personally gave up on it some time ago.. Well, on the rebranded Iceweasel anyway. Pulling it up when I need to but using another browser most of the time.
Let me get this right. So Canonical (Ubuntu) takes Debian and extends it with proprietary drivers and software. Now gNewSense takes Ubuntu and removes the proprietary software again. Ok, seems to make sense, in a new way.. Seriously, who thought out this name?
I can confirm this. I own an N800 myself, and it even ran flash before the full 400 MHz were used (IT OS2008). Has the same resolution, just more handy. Suppose, it depends on the effective usage of the underlying resources, which is not a problem, if you are running some Linux on it and costume compile the software.
I'm learning Japanese. I'm doing it, because it is fun, but awfully hard.. But in general, learning languages while in the coding business is a good idea, because you train to understand language structures, which also helps you to get better at coding it self. Learn a language you are comfortable with, i.e. a language spoken in a foreign country you like and would like to interact with.
Thanks for the article link! Using Dvorak since a few years myself. It's mostly a question of personal engagement to learn it, and nowadays very few people have such a thing. Just wonder, why they are crying, when the pain comes?
Fast Patch Distribution: basically leveraging technologies like P2P to insure that patches are rolled out...well...fast. Problems again include off-line hoists, as well as hosts who have the misfortune of being on ISPs that take a dim view of P2P.
Why not use the bot nets for this kind of stuff? I mean, previous article today already showed, that they have a quite effective way of patching arbitrary systems and distribute mass content.
So both sides (HD-DVD and BR) patented off all of the basic technology for this generation of optical formats, and the result is, that non of them is really spread.
The only option to get a sane format would be to scrap the patents behind both technologies and let some folks develop an open format, that anyone could use, but we know, that this won't happen.
Another alternative is the online distribution of content, which is also no option, because our broadband network still did not enter the 21st century, and won't do it in the near future.
So what now? Wait for holo-optical media.. But they will probably put up the same shi* with it. So it is as it always comes, the new generation of optical format will spend a decade as living zombie, until nobody cares and then, eventually somebody will adopt it to a sane mainstream. Or maybe not.
<sarcasm> Now that we put so much effort in killing all kind of new technology, why don't we just scrap the whole digital stuff in a whole, and start using paper and pen again. </sarcasm>
Agreed
I use debian as desktop system too.. and a bunch of other stuff.. can't beat the other systems I tried (Suse, RH, Gentoo) on stability and reliability.. of course it is only useful people capable of solving problems at times..
Wouldn't install it on the pc of my grandmother anyway, but It really does the job for me..
Can't help the people who want the newest unstable features all the time.. it's their problem.. and in uniqe situations, there are always possibilities to get a new package working..
product? I still wonder, why on earth they have to "write the docs" now. I mean, if I write some application, and don't do heavy documentation from the beginning, I mostly get lost half of the way not knowing what I'm doing anymore. So how is it possible to write a whole OS and not have the docs for at least the interfaces? Are they inventing new ones every time they need one?
This is probably because it was this way about 20 years ago. Then some day one guy used this before court (got right) and then the copyright people acted and closed this hole. So now it does not really matter anymore, if you are commercial, non commercial, adult, child, kitten or whatever.. you most probably get sued and busted, if you dispense copyright protected material..
I don't really care anyway, because most commercial IP is crap, and there are enough better, more useful open source / public domain / public commons stuff out there, which is much better. Makes life easier..
You mean, nobody you know. I use it (both, Esperanto and GNU/Linux). I can travel to any country, and stay at peoples place in most major cities for like free, get a quite good impression on the place without the whole travel business crap, because we like to communicate with each other and stuff and I think it is like kind of fun, but you may be right, that's worth nothing. I can visit conventions, where I can talk to thousands of people with different backgrounds from all over the world, or maybe even do business with them. There are millions of people using this language in different forms, but you may be right, it's all useless. So what on earth you expect? Most people speaking Esperanto don't really give a damn about it, and just have fun using it. At least I'm doin' it.
I actually like to get work done with my system, and I find it quite useful there. I like to use the command line, because it is powerful, but nobody forces me to it. The folks over at Ubuntu mostly don't even know how to spell that anymore. It's not like anybody is force to that anymore nowadays. Can't help people buying crappy hardware too. Most of the better stuff is supported by Linux, but if you want to buy the cheapest, monopolized crap with buggy drivers, then nobody will stop you. But ok, you have a point, I have a hard time playing the most recent games.. Heck, as if I wouldn't have better things to do.. If I really wanted to spend all my time playing games, I would probably buy a game console, but that is another issue..
Sure. I will tell that to the next guy, who cries about loosing a days work, because some app got random bug no. 4532.
You mean some office folks? Many people I know really like to poke in their systems, no matter which one (yea, windows people too). It's the new generation. They use technology all over the place. They play games all day. And the also like to play around with their systems. The only deference probably is, that with a Linux system this is actually fun instead of frustrating.
So getting a system with no OS is more expensive? Let me guess, you buy your computers at the next supermarket? Well, on the planet I know, a computer with no OS is cheaper, but then again, maybe I'm wrong here.. who knows..
Ok, you got me there, most people really give up a lot of freedom because they are lazy. They don't care about security, or freedom of choices, because they would actually need to spend time realizing, that they can have their own choices, and that it is kind of fun. I just really wonder why this guys later come back depressed, when they realize, that they lost personal data and feel ripped off, or must pay a lot of money for recovery of data and time.
If you really want to get stuff effectively done with
..security risks that are more likely to happen, like them getting an email with an attachment, or using a browser other than IE.Um, I must have misunderstood you.. just thought, you want to say, that the IE is a secure browser..
Just wonder, who is actually regulating whom.. Seems to me, that big companies have more to say, than government, especially in the new technology parts. Not that it matters, the same evolutionary system still works, that brought us here in the last few million years, and it says: until the people don't get really annoyed and bothered, so they actually stop the all day life and say "wait a minute, can't we do anything about it?", the destructive forces grow further. But if I see the right way of history (hopefully not), than the majority will never care, the destructive forces will rip apart the whole system (viral behavior) until the point, where eMail won't be a viable option, and some new communication will follow. Maybe I should buy a pigeon..
Is anyone else starting to get tired of this?
The patent system was invented quite some decades ago to protect inventors from other people, who just stole their inventions and made profit of it.
Back in that days, inventions were actually realy made and development was so slow, that 20 years were a reasonable time for the protection of the invention.
Then time moved on, the number of real inventions did not realy rase, but most stuff was just a mere reorganization of existing stuff, but the number of patents went up.
Nowdays, if someone realy invents something, that would make the world a better place, some big corporation ensures, that it never surfaces bigger public, because that would harm their bussiness. (Like some drafts of more effective engines, and the like).
Now we start putting patents on Software, which is like a book, and should get copyright, but why on earth sould it be patented? And where does that benefit the creation of new inventions? It clearly does the opposit in most perspectives.
So maybe I'm missing the point, but I don't realy see, why this kind of system can keep existence, even thow it slowly brings economy to ruin and helps humanity to get a step closer to selfdestruction. Hmm.. Maybe I'm a bit exagerating, please prove me wrong.
The difference between the Linux and Windows kernel is, that the Linux system mostly works, and you don't have to care about the newest beading edge kernel. Mostly kernel developers care about the release and version specifics, maybe some admins too, but most user level people just get the regular updates and the new major releases. It's actually just one minor detail of the system. Also, most people don't even want the newest version, because the old is proven, and is released in nice packages. Wonder why the windows folks make such a fuss about service pack numbers and windows versions.