"The surest sign that intelligent life exists is that none of it has tried to contact us."
--Calvin and Hobbes
Let's see here:
Believing in other power/advanced being - check
Lack of observable scientific evidence supporting it - check
Only evidence we have = legends and word-of-mouth stories about strange encounters - check
See? Religion and science can co-exist!
Hopefully the Ubuntu devs come around soon and agree to include Openshot in the next release instead of PiTiVi. Last time I checked, PiTiVi couldn't do transitions or any other fancy effects - all it did was cut and arrange the clips. I don't use it, but it doesn't look like it has changed in the entire year that Openshot has been being developed!
With all the hype about Chrome OS recently, I think people are forgetting that Ubuntu and Debian also have ARM ports, so you can pretty much run anything on an ARM. Of course, that wouldn't be any different from the current situation, so it probably doesn't really matter.
Adding my congratulations to the pile.
Sure, we may poke of fun at kdawson; complain about dupes, javascript, and stupid memes; go off on all sorts of irrelevant tangents about OS choice, porn habits, and government decisions; but really, were would any of us be without Slashdot?
And please don't anyone say 4chan.
I see it as a combination; mostly the users aren't ready, but the manufacturers aren't ready to commit to supporting it yet either (except for Dell, and even that seems half-hearted).
What is this mythical "desktop" of which you speak? Which everyone refers to as the mythical "Holy Grail" of computing, yet can never give a good definition of it? Linux is perfectly fine for the desktop. It's the desktop that isn't ready for Linux.
Well, for what it's worth, I agree with those to...posting stupid pictures of myself on Facebook for anyone to see is definitely not on my to-do list.
As for the first one, isn't that a major complaint about cloud computing? I don't trust Google to hold all my data for me, so I'll be keeping most of it (all the good stuff) local and safely hidden from prying eyes.
Imagine the damage a "keylogger" could do in a system like this.
My mind is the last sanctuary I have left, and I'm not going to jeopardize it by connecting it into a system which can be easily tapped, read, and quite probably manipulated by an outside force.
I totally agree. I'm the farthest thing from a professional, but I was able to jump right into the GIMP and pick up the basic techniques. If I need to know how to draw something, I go to Youtube - but that's more about drawing concepts than program concepts. I think professionals are to some extent acclimatized to Photoshop and want things to be the same. Listen to Master Yoda here: "You must unlearn what you have learned." Also, "Do or do not, there is no try." If you really want to learn GIMP, you will learn GIMP. Almost every story I've ever heard complaining about GIMP ends with "...so I'm sticking with Photoshop," like the person is trying to fix something that's not broken, learning a new system when the old one works fine for them.
'Whether it's magic or scientific, what I care about is it detects bombs,' said Maj. Gen. Jehad al-Jabiri, head of the Ministry of the Interior's General Directorate for Combating Explosives.
I'd be interested to see some numbers on this. It's all fun and games until the other guy turns out to be right, you know.
If this happens, we will not only see one font technology that is supported by all browsers for the first time, but will also be able to use thousands of professional fonts along with already usable free fonts to help browsers catch up with the increased readability and expressiveness print has had for hundreds of years due to the long time experience in typography.
And if HTML 5 video happens, we will not only see one video technology that is supported by all browsers for the first time, but will also be able to provide content available on any platform and avoid the proprietary nature of Adobe Flash.
Oh, wait...
It'll be nice to see this being adopted in the open browsers, but I wouldn't bet the house on Microsoft (and to a lesser degree, Apple) implementing this anytime soon. If history is any indication, we'd be more likely to see MSFT release a.NET applet for displaying custom fonts sometime in the near future. W3C and such are nice, but as long as the Big Guys (TM) think they get to set the standard, we'll never see real change. (And sorry if that last bit sounded like a 2008 campaign speech.)
Or, in the words of Captain Jack Sparrow, "When you've only got one shot, it's best to wait for the opportune moment." If I were going to take down a government network, I would wait until my country was poised to take advantage of the confusion and disorder (either by military means or otherwise), not just launch it whenever I felt like it.
Keep in mind that terrorist is a buzzword now, and means 'generic enemy' rather than 'psychological warrior'. Just like 'Commie' during the Cold War, or 'Nazi' during WWII.
Say a programmer writes an artificial intelligence program. He writes it so well, it's just like in all the movies - self-aware and such. Is it the programmer's fault if it decides to play Global Thermonuclear Warfare with Russia? Once the program runs, he can't interfere with any decisions it makes without jeopardising the "artificial-ness of the intelligence". He can, however, let it run its course, effectively wait for the in-game world to be destroyed, then redefine the laws that govern its decision-making and re-activate it.
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"The surest sign that intelligent life exists is that none of it has tried to contact us."
--Calvin and Hobbes
Let's see here:
Believing in other power/advanced being - check
Lack of observable scientific evidence supporting it - check
Only evidence we have = legends and word-of-mouth stories about strange encounters - check
See? Religion and science can co-exist!
Those two aren't necessarily exclusive...
Hopefully the Ubuntu devs come around soon and agree to include Openshot in the next release instead of PiTiVi. Last time I checked, PiTiVi couldn't do transitions or any other fancy effects - all it did was cut and arrange the clips. I don't use it, but it doesn't look like it has changed in the entire year that Openshot has been being developed!
Besides that, at least when the engine goes in your car, you'll slow down until you stop. Positive acceleration is only fun for so long...
Just imagine what'll happen when they circumnavigate Titan and figure out it's actually round!
It's a b****.
With all the hype about Chrome OS recently, I think people are forgetting that Ubuntu and Debian also have ARM ports, so you can pretty much run anything on an ARM. Of course, that wouldn't be any different from the current situation, so it probably doesn't really matter.
I for one am shocked.
Adding my congratulations to the pile.
Sure, we may poke of fun at kdawson; complain about dupes, javascript, and stupid memes; go off on all sorts of irrelevant tangents about OS choice, porn habits, and government decisions; but really, were would any of us be without Slashdot?
And please don't anyone say 4chan.
I see it as a combination; mostly the users aren't ready, but the manufacturers aren't ready to commit to supporting it yet either (except for Dell, and even that seems half-hearted).
What is this mythical "desktop" of which you speak? Which everyone refers to as the mythical "Holy Grail" of computing, yet can never give a good definition of it? Linux is perfectly fine for the desktop. It's the desktop that isn't ready for Linux.
Doesn't everyone stalk other people on Facebook? Come on, let me see a show of hands...
Come on, don't be shy...
*crickets*
Mouse over picture,
Tooltip appears.
Read message it carries
All will be made clear.
Burma Shave.
Well, for what it's worth, I agree with those to...posting stupid pictures of myself on Facebook for anyone to see is definitely not on my to-do list. As for the first one, isn't that a major complaint about cloud computing? I don't trust Google to hold all my data for me, so I'll be keeping most of it (all the good stuff) local and safely hidden from prying eyes.
Imagine the damage a "keylogger" could do in a system like this.
My mind is the last sanctuary I have left, and I'm not going to jeopardize it by connecting it into a system which can be easily tapped, read, and quite probably manipulated by an outside force.
Try loading Slashdot.
Wait...dang...
Seriously, though, any page with 150+ comments freezes the whole browser for me.
Most things are pretty intuitive and useful.
I totally agree. I'm the farthest thing from a professional, but I was able to jump right into the GIMP and pick up the basic techniques. If I need to know how to draw something, I go to Youtube - but that's more about drawing concepts than program concepts. I think professionals are to some extent acclimatized to Photoshop and want things to be the same. Listen to Master Yoda here: "You must unlearn what you have learned." Also, "Do or do not, there is no try." If you really want to learn GIMP, you will learn GIMP. Almost every story I've ever heard complaining about GIMP ends with "...so I'm sticking with Photoshop," like the person is trying to fix something that's not broken, learning a new system when the old one works fine for them.
'Whether it's magic or scientific, what I care about is it detects bombs,' said Maj. Gen. Jehad al-Jabiri, head of the Ministry of the Interior's General Directorate for Combating Explosives.
I'd be interested to see some numbers on this. It's all fun and games until the other guy turns out to be right, you know.
If this happens, we will not only see one font technology that is supported by all browsers for the first time, but will also be able to use thousands of professional fonts along with already usable free fonts to help browsers catch up with the increased readability and expressiveness print has had for hundreds of years due to the long time experience in typography.
And if HTML 5 video happens, we will not only see one video technology that is supported by all browsers for the first time, but will also be able to provide content available on any platform and avoid the proprietary nature of Adobe Flash. .NET applet for displaying custom fonts sometime in the near future. W3C and such are nice, but as long as the Big Guys (TM) think they get to set the standard, we'll never see real change. (And sorry if that last bit sounded like a 2008 campaign speech.)
Oh, wait...
It'll be nice to see this being adopted in the open browsers, but I wouldn't bet the house on Microsoft (and to a lesser degree, Apple) implementing this anytime soon. If history is any indication, we'd be more likely to see MSFT release a
Yes, liking Windows is totally proof that you're a moron.
I kid, I kid.
Or, in the words of Captain Jack Sparrow, "When you've only got one shot, it's best to wait for the opportune moment." If I were going to take down a government network, I would wait until my country was poised to take advantage of the confusion and disorder (either by military means or otherwise), not just launch it whenever I felt like it.
Keep in mind that terrorist is a buzzword now, and means 'generic enemy' rather than 'psychological warrior'. Just like 'Commie' during the Cold War, or 'Nazi' during WWII.
Hy-Brasil is not sinking...nope, not happening. No need to panic, we are NOT sinking...
This causes my phone to ring which is a pain in the ass
I suggest you don't sit on it when it's set on "Power-vibrate".
Appears to control or at least influence the logical flow of the election
What exactly does that mean?
Say a programmer writes an artificial intelligence program. He writes it so well, it's just like in all the movies - self-aware and such. Is it the programmer's fault if it decides to play Global Thermonuclear Warfare with Russia? Once the program runs, he can't interfere with any decisions it makes without jeopardising the "artificial-ness of the intelligence". He can, however, let it run its course, effectively wait for the in-game world to be destroyed, then redefine the laws that govern its decision-making and re-activate it.