When I look at the the Gnome.org Get more software I see a lot
of things that Helix does not distribute.
I can understand why this would be confusing. The Gnome software map you are refering to is just a list of Gnome software, not necessarily software that is part of the Gnome Project proper. If you check out the releng module in Gnome CVS you'll see a list of packages that will be included in Gnome 1.4. At the bottom of the list you'll notice that mc will not be included in the core release of Gnome. That's because Nautilus is replacing it. Nautilus is part of the Gnome Project, not just a third-party add-on for Gnome. ----
I don't see why people have such a hard time handling this. Most people can accept the fact that the 20th century is the 1900's. The same principle is at work. We start counting from 1, not zero when it comes to centuries and years. It wouldn't make much sense to talk about the zeroth century, or the zeroth year of our Lord. ----
Yes but there is a difference between something not having ended yet and the certainty that it will end. In a billion years, do you think there will still be C programmers? ----
As Linux continues to gain momentum over the next decade or so, it seems plain that OS vendors will have to contend with it. What strategies do you think Microsoft, the various UNIX vendors, etc. will use to compete? ----
Indeed. What fascinates me is how much respect Linus gets. When he says something, people really listen. Contrast that to Bill Gates. Most people I know don't really care what he says. ----
Why do stories like this get posted to slashdot? This is months old and was posted on various linux sites back in May, perhaps even Slashdot. I personally have submitted numerous recent stories that have been rejected for various reasons, but this makes it? Who's running this thing anymore? ----
We at DoLinux.org want to wish all you slashdotters a Merry Christmas. 0ur present to you is the The Memory-HOWTO 1.0 which we just released. It discusses memory training techniques such as remembering names/faces, long-digit numbers, playing cards. It even shows you how to calculate rapidly the day of the week for any day in history..all in your head.:) Enjoy... ----
If you have used GNOME and KDE before you know that while there are similarities in the desktop environments, there is much that is different. Open Source Software is often written initially to scratch a developer's personal itch. It makes a lot of sense that there would be multiple desktop projects going on. Incidentally, KDE and GNOME aren't the only ones, they're just the most publicized ones. XFce and Enlightenment are two examples of projects to create a complete desktop environment for X.
I love the choice that GNU/Linux provides. I love offering my friends these same choices when I introduce them to the GNU/Linux operating system. I have multiple sessions configured from gdm. Do you want to use E + GNOME, E standalone, KDE, KDE with E or Window Maker, GNOME + Sawmill, Window Maker standalone, etc...you get the idea. I love it.
The other benefit of having "competing" projects is forced improvement. KDE can borrow ideas from GNOME and vice versa. And the code is there for referrence. With time, you'll see a greater interoperability between KDE and GNOME, rather than a further splintering.
Sorry, those two statements were a bit confusing. The answer is both, to some degree. Before highschool, I focused some on memory training but didn't really have the motivation to practice regularly. It did help, but it wasn't until highschool that I began to research it on my own. Before highschool the memory training I received was due to the ciriculum that my parents chose.
Ha Ha, very funny. Yes, most people laugh when I mention this sort of thing and push it out the window with all the other "self-help" type kits. The truth is that memory training is a very real science. Government agencies have been using it for years, the military uses it, and many educational systems use it. I was homeschooled until highschool and one of the focuses of my education was memory training. The results were nothing short of astounding. Laugh all you want, but the truth is that in highschool I could memorize a 300-digit number in under an hour. Now I can do it in 10 or 15 minutes. And I'll remember it months after the fact. Memory experts have said that the average human can only remember a string of seven digits with an untrained memory. Hmm....think on that for a while.
Ever taken an IQ test? The last time I took one, they had a series of questions based on number recall. Being able to flawlessly recall digits that are spoken to you, or to reverse the digits with equal ease raises your score.
Did you buy a palm pilot just for the purpose of keeping phone numbers and addresses? Why? Your mind is capable of easily memorizing hundreds of phone numbers, dates, notes.
Another sneak preview. I will show you in my article which I will write soon, how to give the day of the week for any date from the start of the Gregorian calendar until the indefinite future. You won't need a perpetual calendar. You can do it all in your head in seconds. There are shortcuts to the math that I have yet to see in any book. Stay tuned....
Yes, this a an excellent method for memorizing numbers. If there is enough interest, I may write a piece on memorization. It is an art that I have studied for some time now. This technique and many others can be used to improve your memory very effectively. There are no bad memories, just untrained ones. Memory training is a highly underrated art and one that deserves some attention. Back in highschool I got so annoyed with my poor memory that I began to research the subject. I studied and trained my memory for several months and found amazing improvements. My grades improved (I ended up graduating valedictorian with the highest gpa in the school's history), I was able to, with ease, memorize phone numbers, addresses, speeches, shopping lists, and the like. And this had nothing to do with some sort of superior intellect. I was an average guy with an apparently poor memory that just needed some training. People have been astounded as I recited 300 digits of pi, and even more astounded when I told them that I memorized it in less than one hour. I have demonstrated going through a shuffled deck of cards and being able to recite back the cards in order, or backwards, or name any arbitrary numbered card in the deck and it's position. Or someone can take 3 or 4 cards out of the deck without me seeing which ones they took, then I go through the deck a second time and tell them instantly which ones they took. Intrigued yet? Watch DoLinux.org for a soon-to-come article on memory training. Anyone can do it. With time it becomes second nature. You find yourself memorizing things without consciously applying mnemonics.
Where do you people come from? I don't think it's just ignorance. I think it might have something to do with inability to clearly think, but I could be wrong.
One of my favourite disclaimer "goofs" I found on a box of Grape-Nuts cereal. They split the disclaimer into halves, placing each half on one of the two flaps at the top of the box. The full disclaimer was, "Packaged by weight, not by volume. Some settling of contents may have occurred during shipping and handling."
However, they split it in a humourous manner. I only saw the latter half which read,
"contents may have occurred during shipping and handling.
I thought, what do they do, ship it empty and hope that via quantum tunneling the product comes into existence?
What I want is a wrist-watch with an LCD matrix display, mobile connectivity to the 'net, touch screen, and a built-in voice-response chip. I don't really care what OS it runs, maybe some scaled-down embedable Linux. Then it would run little voice/touch/keyboard(the watch might have a keyboard similar to the Casio databank watches)-activated applets. One of the kewlest applets would be a Jabber client with transports for the jabber protocol, icq, aim, irc, email, newsfeeds (this could be a jabber transport, or a separate applet...it would gather news headlines from sites like slashdot, LinuxToday, and Freshmeat).
I know this is probably wishful thinking at this point, but it would be cool...
I'm sorry. I misread the thread and thought the message was in reply to mine, but it was in reply to a message that was below my threshold. Apologies. You can ignore my comment.:)
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I can understand why this would be confusing. The Gnome software map you are refering to is just a list of Gnome software, not necessarily software that is part of the Gnome Project proper. If you check out the releng module in Gnome CVS you'll see a list of packages that will be included in Gnome 1.4. At the bottom of the list you'll notice that mc will not be included in the core release of Gnome. That's because Nautilus is replacing it. Nautilus is part of the Gnome Project, not just a third-party add-on for Gnome.
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yes, that would work. I guess we could just declare today to be December 31st, 1998. :)
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check out http://www.iy2kcc.org/summary_chart_az.ht ml for an alphabetical list of countries and their status.
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I don't see why people have such a hard time handling this. Most people can accept the fact that the 20th century is the 1900's. The same principle is at work. We start counting from 1, not zero when it comes to centuries and years. It wouldn't make much sense to talk about the zeroth century, or the zeroth year of our Lord.
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you know, that subject could be misconstrued...
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Yes but there is a difference between something not having ended yet and the certainty that it will end. In a billion years, do you think there will still be C programmers?
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As Linux continues to gain momentum over the next decade or so, it seems plain that OS vendors will have to contend with it. What strategies do you think Microsoft, the various UNIX vendors, etc. will use to compete?
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Indeed. What fascinates me is how much respect Linus gets. When he says something, people really listen. Contrast that to Bill Gates. Most people I know don't really care what he says.
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The primary reason is that this article is OLD. May 6, 1999. I have no clue why this made it to slashdot.
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Why do stories like this get posted to slashdot? This is months old and was posted on various linux sites back in May, perhaps even Slashdot. I personally have submitted numerous recent stories that have been rejected for various reasons, but this makes it? Who's running this thing anymore?
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Is BeOS often used as a web platform? I would have liked to see them include FreeBSD, personally.
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We at DoLinux.org want to wish all you slashdotters a Merry Christmas. 0ur present to you is the The Memory-HOWTO 1.0 which we just released. It discusses memory training techniques such as remembering names/faces, long-digit numbers, playing cards. It even shows you how to calculate rapidly the day of the week for any day in history..all in your head. :) Enjoy...
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--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
I love the choice that GNU/Linux provides. I love offering my friends these same choices when I introduce them to the GNU/Linux operating system. I have multiple sessions configured from gdm. Do you want to use E + GNOME, E standalone, KDE, KDE with E or Window Maker, GNOME + Sawmill, Window Maker standalone, etc...you get the idea. I love it.
The other benefit of having "competing" projects is forced improvement. KDE can borrow ideas from GNOME and vice versa. And the code is there for referrence. With time, you'll see a greater interoperability between KDE and GNOME, rather than a further splintering.
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
"The nine billion names of God don't bring you any closer to one you can simply set eyes on."
The point is just this: God is a personal being, and we, created in His image, are also personal beings. Computers are not personal beings.
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
Ever taken an IQ test? The last time I took one, they had a series of questions based on number recall. Being able to flawlessly recall digits that are spoken to you, or to reverse the digits with equal ease raises your score.
Did you buy a palm pilot just for the purpose of keeping phone numbers and addresses? Why? Your mind is capable of easily memorizing hundreds of phone numbers, dates, notes.
Another sneak preview. I will show you in my article which I will write soon, how to give the day of the week for any date from the start of the Gregorian calendar until the indefinite future. You won't need a perpetual calendar. You can do it all in your head in seconds. There are shortcuts to the math that I have yet to see in any book. Stay tuned....
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
Where do you people come from? I don't think it's just ignorance. I think it might have something to do with inability to clearly think, but I could be wrong.
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
However, they split it in a humourous manner. I only saw the latter half which read,
"contents may have occurred during shipping and handling.
I thought, what do they do, ship it empty and hope that via quantum tunneling the product comes into existence?
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
I know this is probably wishful thinking at this point, but it would be cool...
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org
--Jamin Philip Gray
jamin@DoLinux.org