Before linux can EVER make it onto the desktop, somebody is going to have to come up with some type of scripting language besides C.
I'm going off this assumption that this is either a joke or troll, but in case someone actually thinks this:
(1) C is not a scripting language, never was, never will be.
(2) Scripting languages available and commonly used on Linux are Perl, PHP, tcl, shell scripts (bash, tcsh, csh, zsh, et al), Python, Java (I kind of lump that in with scripting languages), and a bunch of others I am forgetting.
If you specifically mean Visual Basic, no it does not exist for Linux. Clones of VB do but probably are not exactly the same.
Nearly all of them I imagine. Every CD and cassette tape purchased from a major record label supports the RIAA.
How many Americans agree with the RIAA's policies? Probably not many if they knew about them. Unfortunatly most people simply do not know (or really care) that this kind of thing is going on.
Or they disagree with them, but not enough to stop buying music from them. I disagree with many of the stunts SONY has pulled, but I still have a PlayStation2
Point of fact, the Supreme Court did not do anything with copywrite, Congress did. All the SP said was that what Congress did was not unconstitutional (although there were some comments that they believe it was wrong, that is a different matter)
So....they want them to use Java instead of OS/390? That is like saying "I want you to use Perl for your program instead of Solaris". How does one replace an Operating system with a language?
Nevermind the fact that Java runs just fine under OS/390
A friend of mine is a sales engineer. He got his BS in EE and went on to get his MBA. He has all the training and intelligence of an engineer and all the weasel-speak training of a salesman:)
No, seriously, they are people who are brought in to sell things that your average car salesman who got his undergrad degree in sales&marketing would not be able to understand, let alone sell. Plus they tend to make a butt load of money to boot.
(1) Afterburner is a front light and it works fine. (2) backlit LCDs suck battery like an old Toshiba laptop. The Sega Gamegear had a great looking backlit screen on which you could play games for almost an hour and a half (3) virtua-boy did in fact suck, you are correct to explode.
I'll second that. It is nice to see someone really committed to answering all the questions, responding to all the comments, and feeding some of the trolls here:)
Reminds me of the very early days of slashdot, when useful discussion took place.
I think the phrase comes not from the race of the people doing it (since they are mostly anglo/saxon Americans it seems) but the fact that they pretty much only do it Japanese cars (Civics and the like).
If you only teach about condoms as the solution to safe sex, and neglect to mention that abstinence is the only way to truely be safe, then you are implying to kids that condoms are completly safe. Believe it or not, kids tend to believe adults and if an adult tells them that condoms == safe sex with no disclaimers, they come away thinking condoms are 100% safe.
In serveral court cases, the ACLU (I think we can agree they are generally part of the left, can't we?) has attacked the concept of abstinence as a "religious belief" and argued that it has no place in school. Don't get me wrong, I believe they are right when they go after "abstinence only" education, but even then they go after it for the wrong reasons, and work to downplay the importance of abstinence in favor of condoms.
Personally I would not have sex with someone I knew to be infected with HIV (and add any other STDs in there you want) even with a condom. The risks are just too high (and we are not just talking about pregnancy here, as much as I don't like the idea, you can always just abort an unwanted baby, an unwanted STD is for life).
It is implied. I have seen the left argue against teaching or discussing abstinence (as an alternative even mind you, in my old high school the word is not allowed to be used in health education classes). By only teaching about condoms as "safe sex" we are doing a disservice by implying that condoms make sex safe. They make sex safer, but the only way to actually be completly safe is to not have sex. My point was not that anyone was outright claiming that condoms are 100% safe, it is just that by focusing on comdoms alone, we present an inaccurate picture of what is really happening.
My point along is this: tell the truth. Sex is a risk even with condoms. We must teach that condoms reduce this risk but we must also not forget that there is still a risk, and kids need to know that as well.
It isn't all the editors, it is just Michael. He is an idiot. His stories are generally factually incorrect, and he has absolutly no journalistic integrity. Seriously, look at his previous stories, he always slips in his political views whenever possible.
Neither condoms or abstinence help avoiding unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted deseases.
Actually, abstinence does, by defination. You do know what abstinence means right?
I agree that simply teaching abstinence is not going to help anything, you have to explain that abstinence is the only 100% way to be safe, condoms are a close second should you chose to have sex. Sexual education should not lie to these kids, sex is never totally safe, but it can be made safe with condoms and regular blood tests for you are your partener(s). Keep politics out of it and just teach the facts.
I am equaly pissed at the right for pretending that teaching only abstinence is effective as I am at the left for pretending that condoms are completly safe.
The problem is, you have the right saying the condoms are not allowed to be mentioned (despite the fact that if you are going to have intercourse, it is the safest way), because premaritial sex is evil. Then you have the left saying that abstinence is not allowed to be mentioned (despite the fact that it is the only 100% way to be safe) because it is a religious concept and cannot be advocated by the "state".
Is there nobody else who thinks that BOTH should taught. Geeze, just tell kids about all the diseases around, tell them the only way to be 100% safe is to not have sex, but if you are going to have sex then use a condom which makes you %98 (or whatever today's stat is) safe. Give the kids ALL the facts, because they are the ones who have to make the decision.
The right pretending that kids are not going to have sex is just as irresponsible as the left pretending that condoms are 100% safe.
Neither would I, fortunatly iBooks start under $1000.
As for speed, OSX is a memory hog. The iMac I bought kinda sucked when it only had 256mb, once I added 512mb (which you can purchase from Apple for $400, or anyone else for $70) it was perfect.
Apples are for people who like their computer to look pretty as opposed to being more useful.
"Useful" is not measured by MHz alone. Frankly I cannot even tell the difference between 1.2GHz and 1.6GHz so really what difference does it make? I'm not looking for geek bragging rights, I can do my software development on a 500Mhz just as easily. The appearence of the computer is even less of an issue to me, I don't know about you, but I do not carry around a picture of my computer in my wallet:)
I do like having a Unix based operating system with a clean and useful GUI on top of it. In my opinion (yours may vary, this does not make either of us wrong), OS X smokes the hell out of KDE and Gnome. Also it is nice to have Powerpoint (the only componant in Office that is better than the OpenOffice equiviliant, again in my opinion) and PhotoShop (Gimp just isn't there yet, but it will be someday).
I'm not the poster you responded to, but I'll just jump in anyway:)
So, it's again the looks that matters. You are paying for the looks. Linux with KDE is truly free (GPL) and looks much better than anything else.
That is completly a matter of personal preference. I know plenty of people who consider KDE a useless piece of garbage. And some who feel that way about Gnome, and some who feel that way about OS X, etc.
And once again you end up paying through your nose and help making these rich companies even richer at the cost of freedom [gnu.org].
It is not quite that black and white. While I fully believe that in the future all major software will end up being open source, sometimes I need something I can use to solve a problem TODAY. Gimp is well on its way to being a Photoshop replacement, but it certainly is not ther yet. OpenOffice is much closer to being an Office replacement, but the presentation part still has some catching up to do to beat Powerpoint.
What if something breaks in your precious Mac? Can you fix it yourself, or do you have to ship it for repairs and cough up some hard currency again?
Sure I can. It voids the waranty sometimes but no big deal. Keep in mind that not everyone has an A+ certification and has spent years building computers, and support is very important to those (the majority) people. For the rest of us the parts are certainly available, and for much cheaper than Apple sells them. You just have to know where to look.
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Maybe those who think the world is more complex than a fist-fight are a minority then.
Maybe people who want their entertainment to be more entertaining than preachy are not.
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Before linux can EVER make it onto the desktop, somebody is going to have to come up with some type of scripting language besides C.
I'm going off this assumption that this is either a joke or troll, but in case someone actually thinks this:
(1) C is not a scripting language, never was, never will be.
(2) Scripting languages available and commonly used on Linux are Perl, PHP, tcl, shell scripts (bash, tcsh, csh, zsh, et al), Python, Java (I kind of lump that in with scripting languages), and a bunch of others I am forgetting.
If you specifically mean Visual Basic, no it does not exist for Linux. Clones of VB do but probably are not exactly the same.
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Wait a minute, did you just argue that the US tax code is not overly complex? I have never in my life heard anyone take that position.
That said, the tax forms for a sole proprietorship are not THAT bad, but overall the whole system is a screwed up mess.
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How many americans actually support the RIAA?
Nearly all of them I imagine. Every CD and cassette tape purchased from a major record label supports the RIAA.
How many Americans agree with the RIAA's policies? Probably not many if they knew about them. Unfortunatly most people simply do not know (or really care) that this kind of thing is going on.
Or they disagree with them, but not enough to stop buying music from them. I disagree with many of the stunts SONY has pulled, but I still have a PlayStation2
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But they have always catered to that same population, and they have not always lost money.
It was bound to happen because the economy is in the crapper and EVERYONE (mostly) is losing money.
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That's mostly true, except for the boatload of money quote :)
:)
/. interviews I've read in a while.
Well, compared to me he made a boadload of money.
BTW: Just read your responses, very impressive. One of the best
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Point of fact, the Supreme Court did not do anything with copywrite, Congress did. All the SP said was that what Congress did was not unconstitutional (although there were some comments that they believe it was wrong, that is a different matter)
Place blame where blame is due.
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OS/390 (now z/OS) is probably closest, but that is because it has been around longer than any other OS.
:)
Not that I can imagine a mainframe operating on someone's brain....
Finkployd
Wait till the kids next door knock a baseball through your computer, then we will see if it is a good idea or not :)
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So....they want them to use Java instead of OS/390? That is like saying "I want you to use Perl for your program instead of Solaris". How does one replace an Operating system with a language?
Nevermind the fact that Java runs just fine under OS/390
Finkployd
It is easier to make a V by drawing it right to left, then you don't need the little wing at the end (seriously, try it)
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A friend of mine is a sales engineer. He got his BS in EE and went on to get his MBA. He has all the training and intelligence of an engineer and all the weasel-speak training of a salesman :)
No, seriously, they are people who are brought in to sell things that your average car salesman who got his undergrad degree in sales&marketing would not be able to understand, let alone sell. Plus they tend to make a butt load of money to boot.
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So basically: programmer compiles programs, submits JCL and program to JES3 and waits for it to run and get output.
Not to nit pick, but significantly more shops run JES2 than JES3. JES3 in my experience was a pretty big step backwards.
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I would be concerned/offended/interested if it were a company that actually made GOOD printers that was doing this :)
Lexmark printers are pretty much junk anyway (and their market share bears me out on that) so this will likely only hurt them.
Now if HP or Epson try to pull this, I'll be alarmed.
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(1) Afterburner is a front light and it works fine.
(2) backlit LCDs suck battery like an old Toshiba laptop. The Sega Gamegear had a great looking backlit screen on which you could play games for almost an hour and a half
(3) virtua-boy did in fact suck, you are correct to explode.
Finkployd
I'll second that. It is nice to see someone really committed to answering all the questions, responding to all the comments, and feeding some of the trolls here :)
Reminds me of the very early days of slashdot, when useful discussion took place.
Finkployd
I think the phrase comes not from the race of the people doing it (since they are mostly anglo/saxon Americans it seems) but the fact that they pretty much only do it Japanese cars (Civics and the like).
Finkployd
In other words you were lying.
In other words, you have a feeble grasp of logic.
If you only teach about condoms as the solution to safe sex, and neglect to mention that abstinence is the only way to truely be safe, then you are implying to kids that condoms are completly safe. Believe it or not, kids tend to believe adults and if an adult tells them that condoms == safe sex with no disclaimers, they come away thinking condoms are 100% safe.
In serveral court cases, the ACLU (I think we can agree they are generally part of the left, can't we?) has attacked the concept of abstinence as a "religious belief" and argued that it has no place in school. Don't get me wrong, I believe they are right when they go after "abstinence only" education, but even then they go after it for the wrong reasons, and work to downplay the importance of abstinence in favor of condoms.
Personally I would not have sex with someone I knew to be infected with HIV (and add any other STDs in there you want) even with a condom. The risks are just too high (and we are not just talking about pregnancy here, as much as I don't like the idea, you can always just abort an unwanted baby, an unwanted STD is for life).
Finkployd
It is implied. I have seen the left argue against teaching or discussing abstinence (as an alternative even mind you, in my old high school the word is not allowed to be used in health education classes). By only teaching about condoms as "safe sex" we are doing a disservice by implying that condoms make sex safe. They make sex safer, but the only way to actually be completly safe is to not have sex. My point was not that anyone was outright claiming that condoms are 100% safe, it is just that by focusing on comdoms alone, we present an inaccurate picture of what is really happening.
My point along is this: tell the truth. Sex is a risk even with condoms. We must teach that condoms reduce this risk but we must also not forget that there is still a risk, and kids need to know that as well.
Finkployd
It isn't all the editors, it is just Michael. He is an idiot. His stories are generally factually incorrect, and he has absolutly no journalistic integrity. Seriously, look at his previous stories, he always slips in his political views whenever possible.
Finkployd
Neither condoms or abstinence help avoiding unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted deseases.
Actually, abstinence does, by defination. You do know what abstinence means right?
I agree that simply teaching abstinence is not going to help anything, you have to explain that abstinence is the only 100% way to be safe, condoms are a close second should you chose to have sex. Sexual education should not lie to these kids, sex is never totally safe, but it can be made safe with condoms and regular blood tests for you are your partener(s). Keep politics out of it and just teach the facts.
I am equaly pissed at the right for pretending that teaching only abstinence is effective as I am at the left for pretending that condoms are completly safe.
Finkployd
The problem is, you have the right saying the condoms are not allowed to be mentioned (despite the fact that if you are going to have intercourse, it is the safest way), because premaritial sex is evil. Then you have the left saying that abstinence is not allowed to be mentioned (despite the fact that it is the only 100% way to be safe) because it is a religious concept and cannot be advocated by the "state".
Is there nobody else who thinks that BOTH should taught. Geeze, just tell kids about all the diseases around, tell them the only way to be 100% safe is to not have sex, but if you are going to have sex then use a condom which makes you %98 (or whatever today's stat is) safe. Give the kids ALL the facts, because they are the ones who have to make the decision.
The right pretending that kids are not going to have sex is just as irresponsible as the left pretending that condoms are 100% safe.
Finkployd
Neither would I, fortunatly iBooks start under $1000.
As for speed, OSX is a memory hog. The iMac I bought kinda sucked when it only had 256mb, once I added 512mb (which you can purchase from Apple for $400, or anyone else for $70) it was perfect.
Finkployd
Apples are for people who like their computer to look pretty as opposed to being more useful.
:)
"Useful" is not measured by MHz alone. Frankly I cannot even tell the difference between 1.2GHz and 1.6GHz so really what difference does it make? I'm not looking for geek bragging rights, I can do my software development on a 500Mhz just as easily. The appearence of the computer is even less of an issue to me, I don't know about you, but I do not carry around a picture of my computer in my wallet
I do like having a Unix based operating system with a clean and useful GUI on top of it. In my opinion (yours may vary, this does not make either of us wrong), OS X smokes the hell out of KDE and Gnome. Also it is nice to have Powerpoint (the only componant in Office that is better than the OpenOffice equiviliant, again in my opinion) and PhotoShop (Gimp just isn't there yet, but it will be someday).
Finkployd
I'm not the poster you responded to, but I'll just jump in anyway :)
So, it's again the looks that matters. You are paying for the looks. Linux with KDE is truly free (GPL) and looks much better than anything else.
That is completly a matter of personal preference. I know plenty of people who consider KDE a useless piece of garbage. And some who feel that way about Gnome, and some who feel that way about OS X, etc.
And once again you end up paying through your nose and help making these rich companies even richer at the cost of freedom [gnu.org].
It is not quite that black and white. While I fully believe that in the future all major software will end up being open source, sometimes I need something I can use to solve a problem TODAY. Gimp is well on its way to being a Photoshop replacement, but it certainly is not ther yet. OpenOffice is much closer to being an Office replacement, but the presentation part still has some catching up to do to beat Powerpoint.
What if something breaks in your precious Mac? Can you fix it yourself, or do you have to ship it for repairs and cough up some hard currency again?
Sure I can. It voids the waranty sometimes but no big deal. Keep in mind that not everyone has an A+ certification and has spent years building computers, and support is very important to those (the majority) people. For the rest of us the parts are certainly available, and for much cheaper than Apple sells them. You just have to know where to look.
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