Of haulling around floppy disks with all your data
and apps on them. I always though that this
SUCKED because you had to make copies and the disk
only lasted about 1.5 semesters. Am I the only one with these not so fond memories?
This seriously sounds like going back to the 80s to me.
The best solution I have heard of is using CVS to
back up your preferences to an offsite local, but this requires that:
you are not using the operating system of the damed
This does look like a test to me. It look like a bunch of marketing speek.
We did not perform any "official" accuracy and performance testing on the products. We set the programs up in modes to test both controlled and live messages, however the results of these brief tests would just add more confusion to the mix than anything and certainly didn't show any unexpected results.
or the MS exchange 2003 only product got 2.5 stars
and many others got 3?
Every product review is like, it installs easily,
and quickly. So what, are you as sysadmin or moron?
A test should give performance facts like false negative and false positive rates. This is nothing but a bunch of marketting crap and should not be posted.
Still have installed anything else on Mandrake 9.2
that I did over christmas.
Thats many because I must use the worlds best text editor all other are crap </joke>
I suspecte that the railway laws, and
even the basic taffic laws come from the changes
that the Steam engine had on socity. After all
horses don't need that much regulation.
Let see other examples of new tech changing laws:
Records: made perfomances copyright able
Radio, again copyrights, plus broadcased regulations.
Printing press: Copyright!
...
I suspect that it is the law makes that are lacking in historical persective not the techies.
I'd prefer the new salon add to popup,
at least this way my browser is not generating
more windows, and attacting my attension when not
needed. If that the way they can sell adds
so be it. I'll pay for preminum when
it becomes anoying.
The majority of the world's currencies are backed
by fait not gold. (That is to say that
those pieces of paper are worth something because
the goverment said so.)
The US still has lots of troops, regular
insdents with Iraq, and other problems.
Just cause they aren't shooting each other at
the moment the war is still on, this
is mearly a cease fire, a long one, like Korea.
If you want my opinion, the vast majority of primary and secondary school teachers are
doing a good job. Sure, there are a minority of bad teachers, but the major problems don't lie
with the teachers: they lie with the school boards, the administrators, and ultimately, the
parents. Fix the things wrong there first, then worry about the teachers.
Demostatably false the literacy rate
in the US is much less that what it was in the
1860 or 1830, before teachers got
training in teaching. It been demostraited that
it only takes less than 100 hours to learn to
read and basic numeric literacy yet the system
isfailing to do it in 8 years. Teacher are doing
a bad job of teaching. (Unless you count the
real point of schooling which is to produce a large number of easy maniplatable idiots which
is what the system is for. Try studing the history
of the american education system, and how well
americans where educated before the 1830 and still
say your point. Better yet read "The last of the
Mohecains", in the orginal text and remember that
it sold millions copies when it was first published.
Yes, but not Ruby the scripting language that
is sort of like python, but Ruby short runs
of text along side the main text.
In answer to the orginal question, Ruby doesn't
have a lot to offer over other scripting languages, and not long real has any big wins
over python. (it closest relative) Python no
has full fleged garbage collection and the
Functional programing extenstion has closures, etc.
Without the influence of
Jobs and Apple we'd probably all be stuck with a CLI.
You need to study the history of computing a little. Apple was Not the first GUI,
nor even the first WIMP GUI. See the PARC
user interface of which Macs where a blaintaint
copy. Nore is the WIMP GUI actully that good
the orginal MAC where nice but they don't scale,
try it on a 1600x1200 screen some time....
the windows/X cludges are not that good. May be
if Jobs hadn't been so inovative we won't have
had a good user interface rather than
the quick and dirty hack that the WIMP GUI is.
Any way I'll stop now so all the flat earthers
can mod me down.
Am I the only person who doesn't like the idea of some script kiddie going in and
reserving every trademarked name as soon as the new TLDs arrive? "First come,
first served" is a terrible way to run anything, because some punk kid gets
everything in the first fifteen minutes and then ransoms them. Yeah, it's real funny
when it's Microsoft or Verizon, but what if it was VA Linux?
Please don't show you ignorance. Patents
are very different from trademarks. The major
simularities are the are called IP and they
are both given on a first come first server basis
just like domain name. The article is about
Patents not trademarks and domain names.
BTW intellegent Script kiddies trademark squat
these days since the domain resolution system is
almost aways in favor of the trademark holder.
remeber Walmart-sucks--this-is-not-walmarkt.com is confusingly simular to walmart.com
You don't have to go check for the magazine, it comes to you when it's
ready. It says, essentially, "Hey, I'm here...time to read me!" On the other hand,
websites are not that way, with the singular exception of whichever site is set as
your default page in your browser. Yes, you may have a few you check every day,
but how many are you really going to want to have to remember?
Remember? a website? Please. Bookmarks.hiarchical
bookmarks. I have a button on my tool bar labled
"Mags" with all the importain sites for me to check, when ever I have a browser. Much more convenent than pile of paper. If we had more
simple HTML sire and good/low cost wireless web devices(palm size) I could read them any where.
The big lie of wireless web is that we need new
technology. We just need all the graphic intensive
multicolum web designers to be sent into space.
Lynx was a god send; frames capable Netscape
the devil's work. (look who bought them.;-)
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What Mundie and most others don't understand is that open source is going to
win no matter what anyone says or does,
Wrong, very, very, wrong. OSS will win
under the current rules. But wait, M$FT,
the MPAA, and the RIAA, each own many times more
congress men, judges, and presidents, than OSS,
thus they will change the rules. What do you
thing the DMCA, UCTIA, and Hague convention are for?
Check out Stalmen's write to read. Who's OS do you
think is used there? Hint is a shitty one from
a coastal North-west US.
And exactly how do these religions create overpopulation problems? I can't speak for the
others, but nowhere in the Catholic catechism does it say "Thou shalt have more than 2
children."
Numerous methods that all compond each other:
Forbiding Birthcontrol
Promoting large families (less Catholism these
days)
Forbiding sex outside of marrage, thus cause earlier marrages, with out birthcontrol, and more
socal pressure to produce children. Which since
they stared earlier they will like have more.
These often combin with cultral pressures to
make this worse. e.g. Your not a man if you
haven't got your wife pregent, you must have
at least two sons.
Note that in the first (and second) world the effects are less because we are more worldly and thus more likely
to ignore such thing, and because children have
been an econmic burded to their parents longer
and older than many of the devopling contries.
ORiely does publish some of it books in
Russian, and they are sold in former SSRs
so that might help, some at least since
all the Kazak, Iusbeks, etc that I now speak
better Russian than english. AS an Added bonus
they are much cheaper than the english ones
my SO got the Perl Cookbook for about $2 in russian. (Cheep unbleach newsprint, and perfict
binding (much cheaper and not as good as normal
OR US book)).
Likely, though he is being over policitaclly
correct in naming only Catholicism as
a religon in creating overpopulation problems, Hinduism, Confusism, etc. are also bad for this,
though lately with the sex selection going on
fundmentlist of Hinduism are going to shoot them
selves in the foot. (Way to many boys to girls)
Simular things in China also happend. Fact is
that many religons/culture worship large families
which is not a good idea in modern world.
Though on the other hand most first world populations are going to be on the decline in a few years once the boomers start dieing off.
Note Exactely python now has ++, --, etc.
how every they are a new feature, (1.6 or 2.0)
thus older python implemenations don't have them.
as a side now python is quite downward compatable
I think it is almost 100% between 1.5.2 and 2.1
and not much is going to change between 2.1 and 2.2 which is much better than say JAVA 1.0 and
1.1, or even java 1.1beta3 and 1.1
The problem is not that CCTVs don't do some good
if that they can do a great deal of harm. If fact
will used to harras people, in particulare
anyone who disgrees with the goverment. History
shows this, a goverment will use every means at
in its possestion to oppress people. Ever read
1984? They didn't follow everyone in detail even though they could just the ones they wanted to
caputure and torture.
Another lesson of history
tells us is that most change for things we take for granted came from political disidents. Giving
power to trake anyone is a very bad thing and will
be used against the people very soon.
Ahh the police aren't watching you, so its ok
then? It a contraced private company so that's
better? I think that it's worse esp, since
now you have a company that isn't even
marginally beholden to the public like the goverment is. Also that is the case now, imagent in 10-15 years when there are 10x time as many cammers, networked with some ok AI behind them.
Also part of my argument is that they can be used by the goverment for harrasment which well it doesn't matter who is watch and the more the worse it it.
As for people who want to be watched,
Jefferson, Franklin, and Volare. They are
will to give up freedom for safty and so they
will get neither, and neither will
any one else!!! Plus I doubt that the cameras
will actually help, they don't in toronto, ca
lots of muggings happen infront of the security
cammeras at night, the police are overworked, and
spread thing if they not there they are not going to help.
Also their was a time when the drug laws wern't
dracona in the US that time was the 1970s,
it changed in one goverment, under Ronald Regan,
and just think the US govement is optimised to
get nothing done. Also you are relying on
the police being nice to you which is not the
case if your a poltical dissident, just the opposite actually.
America was only free if you were a white man of property.
Complete false, the Romans had slaves. The British
had slave during the 1700s, they had serfs. They
had indetured servitude until the late 1800s
which is slavery except it doesn't count your
children.
The same was true of the Greate Britian at the same time, and her colonies. In canada the equivelent of a green card is still called
Landed immergrent status, because you didn't get the right to vote until you had land. IN the US
any none enslaved man had the right to vore from
day one, many years before the any common wealth contry.
The right not to have the police following you
around all the time, waiting for you
so commite some crime so they can arrest you.
This may seam a little odd to you since the
police are such nice fellows at the moment in
england. (Or at least aren't after you) But
as a tool of an oppresive goverment CCTVs every
where are great, they can follow
anyone and every one and take notes. Check
out what happen to Jim Belhttp://civilliberty.about.com/newsissues/civillibe rty/library/weekly/aa041101a.htm esentually the policy state of the IS decided they didn't like what he wrote and investgated until they could arrest him on a trumpted up charge.
Ubiquitous camars give more power to the police
which is allmost allway though out history a bad think for people.
As a right how about the right to be free of police harrasment? But then lots of people have the opion that if you have done nothing wrong
then you have nothing to hide. Please make sure that your havn't done any of the following.
used or posesed any illegal drugs
broken trafic laws
Payed all you taxes (including on mail orders)
Informed the police about all knowen felloies
(Its a crime not to here in the US
never been involed in a physical altercation
Always put the correct Identfication on offical forms
...
If you can say yes to the whole list then you ahead of 99% of the general public in any
country.
Just remember, these cameras are not used to spy, and never will be. They are used by the police, who
are famous around the world for fairness and correct, brotherly behaviour.
CCTV is an excellent criminal deterrance.
They may befamous in the last 100 years or so
for their brotherly behaviour. But not though
recorded history. Try reading a little history
what it was like for Trade Unionist in the 1800s
or people of other relgions in th 1700s, and
say that agin. In fact though most of British
History the police have been used as an oppresive force, just becuase they are not lately doesn't
negate this fact, or mean they won't again,
see the police in the US during the '60s.
and in closeing the obligitory reference to
Tomas Jefferson, Frankeln and Voltare.
Those who would give up libertry for freedom
will get neither.
The gist is, when the university decides that their 180 mhz computers just "dont cut it no 'mo" and
upgrade, if wolfram isn't there to give out their unique passwords then the university has lost out on
QUITE a lot of funding (The student version (full w/o manual) goes for 150 but the retail version (full w/
manual) goes for about 1150).
Now, in these cases would it be "correct" or "right" to reverse engineer the software's security or at least
use a keygenerator as found on the little warez kids sites... and what kind of trouble could a university
find itself in if they did this?
Well they would have just committed a felony here
in the US and likely elsewere. (Read DMCA) So
the sysadmin should be though in jail right?:-)
Slashdot Mirror
The best solution I have heard of is using CVS to back up your preferences to an offsite local, but this requires that:
- you are not using the operating system of the damed
- know how to script stuff with cvs
- Have an offsite cvs server you can get too.
That is to say I have to really tried it yet.Every product review is like, it installs easily, and quickly. So what, are you as sysadmin or moron?
A test should give performance facts like false negative and false positive rates. This is nothing but a bunch of marketting crap and should not be posted.
- Suns Java
- JEdit
Still have installed anything else on Mandrake 9.2 that I did over christmas. Thats many because I must use the worlds best text editor all other are crap </joke>- Records: made perfomances copyright able
- Radio, again copyrights, plus broadcased regulations.
- Printing press: Copyright!
...
I suspect that it is the law makes that are lacking in historical persective not the techies.I'd prefer the new salon add to popup, at least this way my browser is not generating more windows, and attacting my attension when not needed. If that the way they can sell adds so be it. I'll pay for preminum when it becomes anoying.
The majority of the world's currencies are backed by fait not gold. (That is to say that those pieces of paper are worth something because the goverment said so.)
The US still has lots of troops, regular insdents with Iraq, and other problems. Just cause they aren't shooting each other at the moment the war is still on, this is mearly a cease fire, a long one, like Korea.
Demostatably false the literacy rate
in the US is much less that what it was in the
1860 or 1830, before teachers got
training in teaching. It been demostraited that
it only takes less than 100 hours to learn to
read and basic numeric literacy yet the system
isfailing to do it in 8 years. Teacher are doing
a bad job of teaching. (Unless you count the
real point of schooling which is to produce a large number of easy maniplatable idiots which
is what the system is for. Try studing the history
of the american education system, and how well
americans where educated before the 1830 and still
say your point. Better yet read "The last of the
Mohecains", in the orginal text and remember that
it sold millions copies when it was first published.
Yes, but not Ruby the scripting language that is sort of like python, but Ruby short runs of text along side the main text.
In answer to the orginal question, Ruby doesn't have a lot to offer over other scripting languages, and not long real has any big wins over python. (it closest relative) Python no has full fleged garbage collection and the Functional programing extenstion has closures, etc.
Any way I'll stop now so all the flat earthers can mod me down.
Since it will clearly become a DMCA violation.
remeber Walmart-sucks--this-is-not-walmarkt.com is confusingly simular to walmart.com
The big lie of wireless web is that we need new technology. We just need all the graphic intensive multicolum web designers to be sent into space. Lynx was a god send; frames capable Netscape the devil's work. (look who bought them. ;-)
- Forbiding Birthcontrol
- Promoting large families (less Catholism these
days)
- Forbiding sex outside of marrage, thus cause earlier marrages, with out birthcontrol, and more
socal pressure to produce children. Which since
they stared earlier they will like have more.
These often combin with cultral pressures to make this worse. e.g. Your not a man if you haven't got your wife pregent, you must have at least two sons.Note that in the first (and second) world the effects are less because we are more worldly and thus more likely to ignore such thing, and because children have been an econmic burded to their parents longer and older than many of the devopling contries.
ORiely does publish some of it books in Russian, and they are sold in former SSRs so that might help, some at least since all the Kazak, Iusbeks, etc that I now speak better Russian than english. AS an Added bonus they are much cheaper than the english ones my SO got the Perl Cookbook for about $2 in russian. (Cheep unbleach newsprint, and perfict binding (much cheaper and not as good as normal OR US book)).
\intragel_0^\infinity \Delta\hartsuit dt = 0
Which is loosely:" and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make"
But personally I prefer Euler ($e^{i\pi}+1=0$) or Fermatewith but my < body part> is to small for the eligante proof.
Likely, though he is being over policitaclly correct in naming only Catholicism as a religon in creating overpopulation problems, Hinduism, Confusism, etc. are also bad for this, though lately with the sex selection going on fundmentlist of Hinduism are going to shoot them selves in the foot. (Way to many boys to girls) Simular things in China also happend. Fact is that many religons/culture worship large families which is not a good idea in modern world. Though on the other hand most first world populations are going to be on the decline in a few years once the boomers start dieing off.
Note Exactely python now has ++, --, etc. how every they are a new feature, (1.6 or 2.0) thus older python implemenations don't have them. as a side now python is quite downward compatable I think it is almost 100% between 1.5.2 and 2.1 and not much is going to change between 2.1 and 2.2 which is much better than say JAVA 1.0 and 1.1, or even java 1.1beta3 and 1.1
Another lesson of history tells us is that most change for things we take for granted came from political disidents. Giving power to trake anyone is a very bad thing and will be used against the people very soon.
As for people who want to be watched, Jefferson, Franklin, and Volare. They are will to give up freedom for safty and so they will get neither, and neither will any one else!!! Plus I doubt that the cameras will actually help, they don't in toronto, ca lots of muggings happen infront of the security cammeras at night, the police are overworked, and spread thing if they not there they are not going to help.
Also their was a time when the drug laws wern't dracona in the US that time was the 1970s, it changed in one goverment, under Ronald Regan, and just think the US govement is optimised to get nothing done. Also you are relying on the police being nice to you which is not the case if your a poltical dissident, just the opposite actually.
The same was true of the Greate Britian at the same time, and her colonies. In canada the equivelent of a green card is still called Landed immergrent status, because you didn't get the right to vote until you had land. IN the US any none enslaved man had the right to vore from day one, many years before the any common wealth contry.
Ubiquitous camars give more power to the police which is allmost allway though out history a bad think for people.
As a right how about the right to be free of police harrasment? But then lots of people have the opion that if you have done nothing wrong then you have nothing to hide. Please make sure that your havn't done any of the following.
- used or posesed any illegal drugs
- broken trafic laws
- Payed all you taxes (including on mail orders)
- Informed the police about all knowen felloies
(Its a crime not to here in the US
- never been involed in a physical altercation
- Always put the correct Identfication on offical forms
...
If you can say yes to the whole list then you ahead of 99% of the general public in any country.and in closeing the obligitory reference to Tomas Jefferson, Frankeln and Voltare.
Those who would give up libertry for freedom will get neither.