You're right, I'm totally wrong on the two stroke engine thing. Although, the lawn mower I own puts out a lot of smoke. Probably means that I need a new one.
Why is the author comparing a Car to a lawn mower, saying that "Well, if you just cut your lawn with a gas mower, congratulations, you just put out more pollution in one hour than these cars do in 2,000 miles of driving."
"the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government or nation."
Stuff like this seems very close to being Slander and Libel. I'm sure a more informed reader will know why it isn't, but even then, it just seems quite close to being so. There are many organizations and individuals with an invested interest in the promotion and sale of Linux.
This will be a good test for the new Update System that was implemented in Firefox 1.5. Too bad it will need to be utilized so soon.
With the speed that the Firefox developers release their fixes and the ease of getting those fixes with the new system, I hope this will develop as proof of how well Firefox can handle these situations.
I would imagine that this would help someone who is Deaf enjoy a speech or gathering without requiring an interpretor. Intepretors aren't always available and this would allow them to attend any speech without having to schedule it far in advance. It would just need to translate the speech into text, instead of a translated voice. Kind of like a real life portable Closed Caption machine.
Obviously this wouldn't help a hearing impaired person in a social setting since they would need a way to communicate back, since the device only interprets voice.
But I think that would be a really cool use of something like this, it would definitely open a few more opportunities for the hearing impaired.
The Press should take the available facts and report. So yes, if the news outlet reports from available facts, they will have a difficult time finding reason to apologize.
On the other hand, if you tend to take a stance and build your case with items that make your case, it will eventually cause you trouble.
This isn't something found in one particular media outlet, all media outlets have to be on guard and keep this from occuring. Just seems that some media outlets have had particular trouble with the problem in the recent past.
There is a different motivation involved when you're downloading Movies than when you're looking at the product details from a website. People downloading movies don't mind to wait, even if they'd prefer it to be quicker. But the time it takes to download a large video explaining a product is usually beyond their attention span.
Although, I do like the idea of using bittorrent to distribute the videos. I'd have to look into that,
What if a few savvy business owners use the google service to distribute their own marketing videos and infomercials. I've found that often it isn't feasible to distribute large and informative videos over the Internet. This would atleast solve the issue for serving the videos, i'm sure this service will have plenty of space and more than adequate bandwidth.
I often get requests from clients about putting up huge 10Mb+ videos to show how their products work. They aren't wanting cheesy marketing videos, they usually have some very unique products and want to find a way to tell long distance customers why they are better than anyone else.
The thing that I find to be the most amusing about this story is the fact that a very high number of Computer Science departments taught VB6 in their program. The students at those colleges didn't have much choice, they had to pick whatever was in their class catalog.
I'd suggest that colleges should be more deliberate over what they choose to teach. Alumni at these colleges should feel a little shorthanded.
1) The increased usage of Mozilla/Firefox browsers has seemed to be flattening recently, although still growing. 2) It is rumored that Internet Explorer 7 Beta will be released this summer. This would appear to steal some thunder from Mozilla & Firefox browsers.
What can be done to make sure that Mozilla and Firefox browsers will continue to reach and surpass the 10% usage point? How can the community deal with the probable hype that would be generated around the release of a Internet Explorer 7 Beta?
It took a OpenOffice Writer file, unzipped it, and replaced specific text with data from my database. It wasn't too difficult, and allowed me to create Template Documents that already had information inside it.
Sounds to me that calls to Tech Support will end up being a huge promotion effort for Mozilla Firefox. I'm sure Speakeasy will recommend many of it's troubled customers to download their customized version of Firefox.
How many customers does this promotion extend to? I'm sure Firefox will be much closer to that 10% Internet usage mark.
Sounds like it'll do a great job at tasks of Resizing, Croping, and most image adjustments. But what about it's scripting ability, in comparison to ScripFu/TinFu scripting ability or other advanced that some people need.
Although, it'll looks to fit the needs for 95% of the people out there.
I've been using php 4 and Apahace 2 for a long time on my web servers. They're not high volume servers, but I've not had problems.
I can't remember when Redhat started using Apache 2, but I've been using it as soon as they included it into their packages.
Is this an issue that would resolve itself as Linux Distributions include Apache 2 and the # of Linux servers increases. As you have a higher volume of Apache 2 servers out there, it will tip the balance toward a friendlier attitude between PHP and Apache 2?
The subtle point that I'm getting from Peter Torr is that, you can trust Internet Explorer more because it is already installed on your computer. If you buy a new computer, it should already have IE on it and you can avoid the "scary" problems he lays out.
He knows that Firefox isn't going to be installed by default on new computers anytime soon, and you have to download it for all your older computers. So the 'trusting where your download from' issue will be there up to the point when they release their next browser in Longhorn of 2006 (well, maybe 2006).
So, this will be an issue that they will attempt to exploit in the meantime, as they try to catch up in the other areas that they lag. They have so few other advantages to go on, this will probably be one of their primary ones. The only other advantage they appear to declare, is that they can run the ActiveX packages out there. It seems to be a well thought out piece of FUD.
I personally don't think it would work. Especially when the community finds a way to elegantly tackle most of the issues that he laid out.
This was done by using umbilical cord stem cells. This has far fewer ethical problems and George Bush said on many occassions he fully supports the use of umbilical cord stem cells.
This is a huge advance, getting results without the ethical issues that many people struggle with.
This is absolutely exciting, stem cell research potentially producing real results. And even better, by use of umbilical cord stem cells. Results without the ethical issues.
I just can't wait to see this research be verified. Seems like too many scientific research teams release their results early and without complete verification, hoping to get more funding from the buzz created.
In the end, this is really exciting. Can't wait to see how this develops.
Novell's actions over the past year has really helped them gain some 'political capital' with me, and I believe the rest of the community. I really want to believe that they will keep making the right decisions, and they will keep working with the OpenSource Community.
For example, I've been running RedHat servers for the past 6 years. I am happy with RedHat, even through a few problems here and there. But I'm planning to move toward Suse, because I'm so impressed with Novell's recent work.
They can really change that momentum with the community quickly, by making the wrong decisions. So I really really hope this doesn't mean a change in what they plan to do in the future.
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You're right, I'm totally wrong on the two stroke engine thing. Although, the lawn mower I own puts out a lot of smoke. Probably means that I need a new one.
Why is the author comparing a Car to a lawn mower, saying that "Well, if you just cut your lawn with a gas mower, congratulations, you just put out more pollution in one hour than these cars do in 2,000 miles of driving."
It's a horrible comparison because he's comparing a car to a two stroke engine. They emit more smoke, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and particulate matter than the gas-only four-stroke engines found in newer motorcycles. "One of these two-stroke engines produces the same amount of pollution as 50 Honda Accords,"
This is just horrible reporting and bad journalism. Quit comparing apples to oranges, and keep it accurate.
"the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government or nation."
Stuff like this seems very close to being Slander and Libel. I'm sure a more informed reader will know why it isn't, but even then, it just seems quite close to being so. There are many organizations and individuals with an invested interest in the promotion and sale of Linux.
Brandon Petersen
I found a Starbucks. It was real tough, but I managed to locate one.
Brandon
This will be a good test for the new Update System that was implemented in Firefox 1.5. Too bad it will need to be utilized so soon.
With the speed that the Firefox developers release their fixes and the ease of getting those fixes with the new system, I hope this will develop as proof of how well Firefox can handle these situations.
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http://www.brandonpetersen.com/
I would imagine that this would help someone who is Deaf enjoy a speech or gathering without requiring an interpretor. Intepretors aren't always available and this would allow them to attend any speech without having to schedule it far in advance. It would just need to translate the speech into text, instead of a translated voice. Kind of like a real life portable Closed Caption machine.
Obviously this wouldn't help a hearing impaired person in a social setting since they would need a way to communicate back, since the device only interprets voice.
But I think that would be a really cool use of something like this, it would definitely open a few more opportunities for the hearing impaired.
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http://www.brandonpetersen.com/
The Press should take the available facts and report. So yes, if the news outlet reports from available facts, they will have a difficult time finding reason to apologize.
On the other hand, if you tend to take a stance and build your case with items that make your case, it will eventually cause you trouble.
This isn't something found in one particular media outlet, all media outlets have to be on guard and keep this from occuring. Just seems that some media outlets have had particular trouble with the problem in the recent past.
Brandon Petersen
The BBC seems to apologize a lot for their reporting, do a quick search and you will find many examples. Here is a few:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_422
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_427
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_403
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_r
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1050290.
http://www.vermontguardian.com/dailies/0904/0322.
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/stories/2003/03/21/iraq/ma
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/03/news/beeb.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jan/28bbc.htm
Some are serious, some are ridiculous. But in the end, apologies result from improper reporting, much different than a simple correction.
There is a different motivation involved when you're downloading Movies than when you're looking at the product details from a website. People downloading movies don't mind to wait, even if they'd prefer it to be quicker. But the time it takes to download a large video explaining a product is usually beyond their attention span.
Although, I do like the idea of using bittorrent to distribute the videos. I'd have to look into that,
Brandon Petersen
What if a few savvy business owners use the google service to distribute their own marketing videos and infomercials. I've found that often it isn't feasible to distribute large and informative videos over the Internet. This would atleast solve the issue for serving the videos, i'm sure this service will have plenty of space and more than adequate bandwidth.
: sickleservice.com/article.php%3Fnews_id%3D10+&hl=e n
I often get requests from clients about putting up huge 10Mb+ videos to show how their products work. They aren't wanting cheesy marketing videos, they usually have some very unique products and want to find a way to tell long distance customers why they are better than anyone else.
Here is an example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:B7zHjtLzBbYJ
Would this be an abuse of the proposed google system? Or would this lend to the experiment they're trying to
Brandon Petersen
The thing that I find to be the most amusing about this story is the fact that a very high number of Computer Science departments taught VB6 in their program. The students at those colleges didn't have much choice, they had to pick whatever was in their class catalog.
I'd suggest that colleges should be more deliberate over what they choose to teach. Alumni at these colleges should feel a little shorthanded.
Brandon Petersen
After considering two developments:
1) The increased usage of Mozilla/Firefox browsers has seemed to be flattening recently, although still growing.
2) It is rumored that Internet Explorer 7 Beta will be released this summer. This would appear to steal some thunder from Mozilla & Firefox browsers.
What can be done to make sure that Mozilla and Firefox browsers will continue to reach and surpass the 10% usage point? How can the community deal with the probable hype that would be generated around the release of a Internet Explorer 7 Beta?
Based on cost, that would be true. But you also need to compare expected lifetime between each.
It may cost the same, but if you're replacing your roof more often, you haven't saved much money.
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Of course, will this bother some people who are fanatical about Privacy issues?
John Smith in New York City, NY
Depending on how the results are categorized and obtained, this seems like it could be a hot issue.
Brandon Petersen
Here is the PHP Class that I've been refering to. It's very basic proof of concept. I'm sure there are many elegant improvements that could be made:
h ps
http://brandonpetersen.com/code/Generate_Report.p
Hope this is useful.
Brandon Petersen, http://brandonpetersen.com/
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The slashdot Comment link was broken in my last post, it's as follows:
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I wrote a PHP script to do this a while back, here's my post about it:
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It took a OpenOffice Writer file, unzipped it, and replaced specific text with data from my database. It wasn't too difficult, and allowed me to create Template Documents that already had information inside it.
I haven't really used it though, since everyone was happy with PDF files and I use the Pear Class for generating spreadsheets in Excel (http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Wr
I'm sure I'll end up using the script in the future, especially for generating bids, letters, reports, etc.
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Brandon Petersen
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Sounds to me that calls to Tech Support will end up being a huge promotion effort for Mozilla Firefox. I'm sure Speakeasy will recommend many of it's troubled customers to download their customized version of Firefox.
How many customers does this promotion extend to? I'm sure Firefox will be much closer to that 10% Internet usage mark.
This is fun.
Brandon Petersen
Sounds like it'll do a great job at tasks of Resizing, Croping, and most image adjustments. But what about it's scripting ability, in comparison to ScripFu/TinFu scripting ability or other advanced that some people need.
Although, it'll looks to fit the needs for 95% of the people out there.
Brandon Petersen
Get Firefox!
I've been using php 4 and Apahace 2 for a long time on my web servers. They're not high volume servers, but I've not had problems.
I can't remember when Redhat started using Apache 2, but I've been using it as soon as they included it into their packages.
Is this an issue that would resolve itself as Linux Distributions include Apache 2 and the # of Linux servers increases. As you have a higher volume of Apache 2 servers out there, it will tip the balance toward a friendlier attitude between PHP and Apache 2?
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Brandon Petersen
Get Firefox!
The subtle point that I'm getting from Peter Torr is that, you can trust Internet Explorer more because it is already installed on your computer. If you buy a new computer, it should already have IE on it and you can avoid the "scary" problems he lays out.
He knows that Firefox isn't going to be installed by default on new computers anytime soon, and you have to download it for all your older computers. So the 'trusting where your download from' issue will be there up to the point when they release their next browser in Longhorn of 2006 (well, maybe 2006).
So, this will be an issue that they will attempt to exploit in the meantime, as they try to catch up in the other areas that they lag. They have so few other advantages to go on, this will probably be one of their primary ones. The only other advantage they appear to declare, is that they can run the ActiveX packages out there. It seems to be a well thought out piece of FUD.
I personally don't think it would work. Especially when the community finds a way to elegantly tackle most of the issues that he laid out.
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You're wrong.
This was done by using umbilical cord stem cells. This has far fewer ethical problems and George Bush said on many occassions he fully supports the use of umbilical cord stem cells.
This is a huge advance, getting results without the ethical issues that many people struggle with.
Brandon Petersen
Get Firefox!
This is absolutely exciting, stem cell research potentially producing real results. And even better, by use of umbilical cord stem cells. Results without the ethical issues.
I just can't wait to see this research be verified. Seems like too many scientific research teams release their results early and without complete verification, hoping to get more funding from the buzz created.
In the end, this is really exciting. Can't wait to see how this develops.
Brandon Petersen
Get Firefox!
Too bad it's not 230 mpg, no more trips to the gas pump.
That's MPG -> miles per gallon
Brandon Petersen
Get FireFox!
Novell's actions over the past year has really helped them gain some 'political capital' with me, and I believe the rest of the community. I really want to believe that they will keep making the right decisions, and they will keep working with the OpenSource Community.
For example, I've been running RedHat servers for the past 6 years. I am happy with RedHat, even through a few problems here and there. But I'm planning to move toward Suse, because I'm so impressed with Novell's recent work.
They can really change that momentum with the community quickly, by making the wrong decisions. So I really really hope this doesn't mean a change in what they plan to do in the future.
Brandon Petersen
Get FireFox!