"If OpenOffice still exists, and it's GPLed, and they're going to start charging for StarOffice, then they just shot StarOffice through the head."
Replace the word "StarOffice" with "Redhat Linux".. why does the same logic not apply?
I was just looking at the article and thinking the same thing. If StarOffice goes under, it won't be because of OpenOffice. Sun is a brand-name company, and that's what managers look for when picking out products. Why would they pick (as they might think) an unprofessional hobby program made a bunch of open-source ants, when they could have this finely-polished product from Sun? Another issue is support. Sun will most likely provide technical support for StarOffice. Will OpenOffice have the same?
It's just another day, another opinion-based article linked to by Slashdot. This guy may be a great programmer, but he has about the same ability to predict the future as Deon Warwick or Miss Cleo.
> Or more importantly: Why am I still vacuuming > the floors and mowing the lawn by myself?
If taken literally, the wording of the question means is "Why aren't I being helped when I do these chores?" The answer: You already are. You're not chopping the lawn with sheers, are you? You're not using a hand-crank to operate your self-propelled vaccum, are you?
Whether or not the book actually discusses that, it's a point kind of disturbs me. Honestly, vacuuming floors and mowing the lawn are not that hard. Having to look after yourself also gives you a sense of responsiblity, IMHO. I'm not sure I'd want a robot doing these things for me.
While tools have become more and more comprehensive in helping humans solve tasks (and humans have come to depend more on those tools), humans are still usually the ones directly in control. You push or steer the lawnmower, you move the vacuum where you want to clean, etc. If I had a robot do these things, all of a sudden it's the robot deciding when and how these things are done, and not me. On the other hand, there are also people who may not have the time or ability to take care of chores like these themselves, and having a robot do them might mean the difference between still being able to live at home, and having to live in a nursing home.
I see two possible outcomes from sentient robots further easing our workload the same way conventional machinery does today. One, we can devote more of our time to worthwhile activities, such as intellectul persuits, helping others, getting exercise through sports or nature, etc. The other is where you sit on the sofa and watch cable-TV until your brain dribbles out your ears. Might as well do something else, you just lost your job to a machine right?
Hmm, I just realized I'm wasting my free time right now, and I owe this opportunity to technology. Well Slashdot reader, how are you spending your life with the free time conventional machinery has already given you? Is there life outside of Slashdot? (It's too late for me, save yourself!;)
"Why do you close your eyes?", Sussman asked his teacher.
"So that the room will be empty."
At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.
I may seem a bit foolish here for asking, but what does this mean? I don't understand. Is it that Sussman learned to start with all 0s instead of random inputs? Or that cutting out all preconceptions is only counterproductive?
The GameCube uses "Mini-DVDs" instead of the larger ones used by the other consoles. If they want to create something that is cross-compatible with all of the current consoles, they'll either need to make all of the Java-coded DVDs small, or insist that people purchase a Q console if they want the best of both worlds.
(Q is a GameCube clone by Panasonic that can play DVDs. It is unlikely, however, that it will ever be sold outside of Japan.)
Today we have Linux distros running from a single CD, without HD install at all. And the processors used in these PS are very fast.
The PS2 uses a CPU that runs at 300 MHz. Would you scoff at an ad in the paper that is selling a "very fast" x86 machine at 300 HMz these days? I would.
Console CPUs at lower speeds than PCs used to have higher performance because they were customised for gaming. That's becoming less and less true as newer consoles come out that are closer relatives to PCs.
Now the hardware to handle graphics runs quite a bit faster. And we can expect the PS3 CPU to be "very fast". But is a 300 MHz PS2 processor really all that amazing as compared to a 200 MHz Dreamcast processor?
1) Meat is not unhealthy. A balanced diet is the one of the keys factors to a long and healthy life. As a matter of fact, meats contain several key protiens that the body uses in maintaining healthy skin, hair, and nails.
Right. As simple as it may seem, a lot of people don't understand that humans are *supposed* to be omnivores. Not herbavores, not carnivors, omnivores. It's the diet that humans evolved on. If eating meat did happen to be extremely unhealthy and thus impaired our chances for survival, we would have abandoned meat as soon as developments like farming allowed us to.
Strangely and disturbing enough, the healthiest meat that a human could find to eat would be from other humans. I wonder if several thousand years down the line, a product called HumoBurger (Lab Grown!) will be available in stores.
Using the current prices, this amounts to roughly 150.000[E]
Okay, so would that be [E]150,000 or [E]150 + 000 cents? I'm guessing you meant the former, but that's still completely "impossible" for most everybody.
I think someone should point this out every time a new piece of rotten legislation gets proposed. Do NOT email your representative. Do NOT send them a form letter. CALL THEIR OFFICES. SEND OR FAX THEM LETTERS YOU COMPOSED YOURSELF, PREFERABLY HANDWRITTEN. Have everyone you know or can convince do this. This is the ONLY way (other than thousands of dollars in contributions) that you will actually influence votes. And, as always, BE POLITE, BUT DON'T HESITATE TO EXPLICITELY STATE THAT VOTING FOR THIS BILL WILL COST HIM/HER YOUR VOTE.
Personally, I'm looking forward to a Million-Geek march.:)
Hm, after the whole Anthrax scare, I heard a rumor that letters will be scanned and emailed to offices. Is this true? If this is so, it will be just as easy for the office user to hit the "delete" key and feel no more obligation to reply than to any other email.
What else is peer-to-peer software silently borrowing?
Well, Morpheus is "borrowing" Gnucleus' source code to switch over to Gnutella. What really bothers me is that not only did they not consult with the Gnucleus authors first, but they also didn't tell Morpheus users that they had switched networks. Suddenly the Gnutella network has been flooded with tons of unhappy Morpheus users who only know that it's much harder to transfer files than it was in the last version. The only place MusicCity has publicized it's use of the GPL code is in the program's "about" box, and in a few text files in the same directory the program. The closest the webpage comes to acknowledging the change is under the improvements list: "More files".
Well of course, we can't expect them to advertise for the competition. Would you keep using Morpheus if you knew it was actually Gnucleus with ads, hijack-ware, and a big M stamped on it?
On an unrelated note, I thought "Redmond Linux" was a much better name, which would be easy to protect (as the company is located in Redmond)
Yes, but even for all of the Windows-familiarity they have put into the product, they didn't want the product to be associated with a certain company, also located in Redmond.
I like the name. The "LX" trademark is just cool, blows "XP" right out of the water.
IBM's OS/2 commercials just showed a bunch of guys crowded around a monitor going "Wow! I can't beleive it can do that! Wow that's amazing!" but the Camera view was from behind the monitor so you didn't see anything they were doing. Then it had some catchy IBM slogan and that was it."
Looking back, I find it laughable how computer-illiterate I was when those came out. I don't think I even knew what an OS back then. When I all of those people huddling around the screen going "Ooh! Ah!" I remember thinking: "What the hell are they looking at? Porn?"
It's about time this trial finally got to the penalty stage. Let's see all of those consumers bend over and get what's coming to them! The court has slowed down Microsoft's conquest long enough, and the company is very eager to "settle" the score on this one.
Don't give me that look. You know everyone else is thinking it.
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A direct quote from the article:
"If OpenOffice still exists, and it's GPLed, and they're going to start charging for StarOffice, then they just shot StarOffice through the head."
Replace the word "StarOffice" with "Redhat Linux".. why does the same logic not apply?
I was just looking at the article and thinking the same thing. If StarOffice goes under, it won't be because of OpenOffice. Sun is a brand-name company, and that's what managers look for when picking out products. Why would they pick (as they might think) an unprofessional hobby program made a bunch of open-source ants, when they could have this finely-polished product from Sun? Another issue is support. Sun will most likely provide technical support for StarOffice. Will OpenOffice have the same?
It's just another day, another opinion-based article linked to by Slashdot. This guy may be a great programmer, but he has about the same ability to predict the future as Deon Warwick or Miss Cleo.
If Bill Gates was on our side, we could all rally behind him for a Million-Geek march.
> Or more importantly: Why am I still vacuuming
;)
> the floors and mowing the lawn by myself?
If taken literally, the wording of the question means is "Why aren't I being helped when I do these chores?" The answer: You already are. You're not chopping the lawn with sheers, are you? You're not using a hand-crank to operate your self-propelled vaccum, are you?
Whether or not the book actually discusses that, it's a point kind of disturbs me. Honestly, vacuuming floors and mowing the lawn are not that hard. Having to look after yourself also gives you a sense of responsiblity, IMHO. I'm not sure I'd want a robot doing these things for me.
While tools have become more and more comprehensive in helping humans solve tasks (and humans have come to depend more on those tools), humans are still usually the ones directly in control. You push or steer the lawnmower, you move the vacuum where you want to clean, etc. If I had a robot do these things, all of a sudden it's the robot deciding when and how these things are done, and not me. On the other hand, there are also people who may not have the time or ability to take care of chores like these themselves, and having a robot do them might mean the difference between still being able to live at home, and having to live in a nursing home.
I see two possible outcomes from sentient robots further easing our workload the same way conventional machinery does today. One, we can devote more of our time to worthwhile activities, such as intellectul persuits, helping others, getting exercise through sports or nature, etc. The other is where you sit on the sofa and watch cable-TV until your brain dribbles out your ears. Might as well do something else, you just lost your job to a machine right?
Hmm, I just realized I'm wasting my free time right now, and I owe this opportunity to technology. Well Slashdot reader, how are you spending your life with the free time conventional machinery has already given you? Is there life outside of Slashdot? (It's too late for me, save yourself!
"Why do you close your eyes?", Sussman asked his teacher.
"So that the room will be empty."
At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.
I may seem a bit foolish here for asking, but what does this mean? I don't understand. Is it that Sussman learned to start with all 0s instead of random inputs? Or that cutting out all preconceptions is only counterproductive?
Here it comes. Chants of "Apple had to do this to protect themselves!" from unwavering Apple fans.
All MHz are not the same! All MHz are not the same! All MHz are not the same!
Geez, you and Steve Ballmer would have a field day.
The GameCube uses "Mini-DVDs" instead of the larger ones used by the other consoles. If they want to create something that is cross-compatible with all of the current consoles, they'll either need to make all of the Java-coded DVDs small, or insist that people purchase a Q console if they want the best of both worlds.
(Q is a GameCube clone by Panasonic that can play DVDs. It is unlikely, however, that it will ever be sold outside of Japan.)
Today we have Linux distros running from a single CD, without HD install at all. And the processors used in these PS are very fast.
The PS2 uses a CPU that runs at 300 MHz. Would you scoff at an ad in the paper that is selling a "very fast" x86 machine at 300 HMz these days? I would.
Console CPUs at lower speeds than PCs used to have higher performance because they were customised for gaming. That's becoming less and less true as newer consoles come out that are closer relatives to PCs.
Now the hardware to handle graphics runs quite a bit faster. And we can expect the PS3 CPU to be "very fast". But is a 300 MHz PS2 processor really all that amazing as compared to a 200 MHz Dreamcast processor?
Punctured equilibrium? I always thought it was punctuated equilibrium? Hard to imagine an equilibrium with a hole in it...
"False" Myth? As opposed to one of those "True" Myths?
Oh, I get it. It's one of those oxymoron jokes, like "Microsoft Works."
1) Meat is not unhealthy. A balanced diet is the one of the keys factors to a long and healthy life. As a matter of fact, meats contain several key protiens that the body uses in maintaining healthy skin, hair, and nails.
Right. As simple as it may seem, a lot of people don't understand that humans are *supposed* to be omnivores. Not herbavores, not carnivors, omnivores. It's the diet that humans evolved on. If eating meat did happen to be extremely unhealthy and thus impaired our chances for survival, we would have abandoned meat as soon as developments like farming allowed us to.
Strangely and disturbing enough, the healthiest meat that a human could find to eat would be from other humans. I wonder if several thousand years down the line, a product called HumoBurger (Lab Grown!) will be available in stores.
Using the current prices, this amounts to roughly 150.000[E]
Okay, so would that be [E]150,000 or [E]150 + 000 cents? I'm guessing you meant the former, but that's still completely "impossible" for most everybody.
Distributed console computing... interesting! Does anybody have a link on how I can hook up my Atari 2600 consoles for something like this?
Just think how much faster PONG will run!
I think someone should point this out every time a new piece of rotten legislation gets proposed. Do NOT email your representative. Do NOT send them a form letter. CALL THEIR OFFICES. SEND OR FAX THEM LETTERS YOU COMPOSED YOURSELF, PREFERABLY HANDWRITTEN. Have everyone you know or can convince do this. This is the ONLY way (other than thousands of dollars in contributions) that you will actually influence votes. And, as always, BE POLITE, BUT DON'T HESITATE TO EXPLICITELY STATE THAT VOTING FOR THIS BILL WILL COST HIM/HER YOUR VOTE.
:)
Personally, I'm looking forward to a Million-Geek march.
Hm, after the whole Anthrax scare, I heard a rumor that letters will be scanned and emailed to offices. Is this true? If this is so, it will be just as easy for the office user to hit the "delete" key and feel no more obligation to reply than to any other email.
This is like being a gourmet chef, and one day your employer shows up and demands all of the food in your fridge!
What else is peer-to-peer software silently borrowing?
Well, Morpheus is "borrowing" Gnucleus' source code to switch over to Gnutella. What really bothers me is that not only did they not consult with the Gnucleus authors first, but they also didn't tell Morpheus users that they had switched networks. Suddenly the Gnutella network has been flooded with tons of unhappy Morpheus users who only know that it's much harder to transfer files than it was in the last version. The only place MusicCity has publicized it's use of the GPL code is in the program's "about" box, and in a few text files in the same directory the program. The closest the webpage comes to acknowledging the change is under the improvements list: "More files".
Well of course, we can't expect them to advertise for the competition. Would you keep using Morpheus if you knew it was actually Gnucleus with ads, hijack-ware, and a big M stamped on it?
"Hello OnStar, how may I help you Mr. Jones?"
"I think I'm lost. I need to get downtown. Can you tell me where I am?"
"It says you are 10 miles out in the Pacific, Mr. Jones. Do you need assistance?"
Poor Batman. The Joker's gonna have a hayday with this one.
45% For
44% Against
11% Buchanan
Damn that butterfly ballot!
What did it do to the "Envirenment" of Antartica? This does sound like a huge sheet of ice.
I just heard that penguins (real ones, not linux geeks) have been dieng in Antartica. How would this breakage effect them?
What, are you NUTS?!? Tux is out there somewhere! He might have been on that iceburg!!
This does not bode well for the Linux community. It has now been revealed that global warming was probably all part of the Microsoft plan after all.
yup... didnt even stand a chance...
The server was probably running at a bandwidth of 34 bytes.
On an unrelated note, I thought "Redmond Linux" was a much better name, which would be easy to protect (as the company is located in Redmond)
Yes, but even for all of the Windows-familiarity they have put into the product, they didn't want the product to be associated with a certain company, also located in Redmond.
I like the name. The "LX" trademark is just cool, blows "XP" right out of the water.
IBM's OS/2 commercials just showed a bunch of guys crowded around a monitor going "Wow! I can't beleive it can do that! Wow that's amazing!" but the Camera view was from behind the monitor so you didn't see anything they were doing. Then it had some catchy IBM slogan and that was it."
Looking back, I find it laughable how computer-illiterate I was when those came out. I don't think I even knew what an OS back then. When I all of those people huddling around the screen going "Ooh! Ah!" I remember thinking: "What the hell are they looking at? Porn?"
People have a strange impression as to how big MS actually is. Yes they're big but they've no harware to speak of,
Except for the XBox. Granted, chances are that every hardware component is produced by another company but the XBox is a Microsoft product.
It's about time this trial finally got to the penalty stage. Let's see all of those consumers bend over and get what's coming to them! The court has slowed down Microsoft's conquest long enough, and the company is very eager to "settle" the score on this one.
Don't give me that look. You know everyone else is thinking it.