Personally, I think the greens and libertarians should merge. I am a green, yet I'm not a socialist or pro dope. I'm a capitalist and a believer in freedom.
Maybe they should regroup as liberal greens?
I have a Libertarian friend and we are at complete odds on most issues. Techically speaking, I'm a left-leaning authoritarian* and he's a right-leaning Libertarian. Refer to the nolan chart. Greens are actually best matched with the Natural Law party.
Well, keeping this on topic, I find myself agreeing with Libertarians in that I don't think that we should pass such a law... right now. The people in congress are far too corrupt to even consider pushing something like that through them. Only the small companies will be hurt by the monstrosities that they are capable of creating. What we need right now is campaign finance reform, so that in the future we can have decent lawmakers who will pass such a law and make it fair.
* This does not mean I am a Communist. I do not approve of dictatorships.
> any physicists now argue we cannot experience these extra dimensions directly because they became rolled up more tightly than the width of a single atom during the Big Bang.
Do you have a problem with the concept of 'width of a single atom' or what are you saying? Or perhaps radius would be a better word?
Width or radius, neither would matter. "During" the big bang (0 - 5 seconds for example), there were no atoms. The universe was far too hot for any to form.
I went to their website and trolled around. I couldn't find any references to what OTHER applications they run. (Besides Office)
Can anyone provides links with more info?
(i.e. Does it run Half-Life?)
Half-Life? Pfft. If Lindows is going to push for compatibility with games people love, they should focus on getting the game that vast majority of Windows users have become enthralled with. The game that's built a cult following due to it's blazing fast action and amazing eye candy. The game that so many Windows users consider the coolest, most exhilarating and most addictive game ever:
and the mouse starts acting erratic. When wiggling the mouse around turns the red light back on, it's time for a new one.
Yeah, this usually happens to mine after I've been looking at pr0n for a few hours. The red light starts flashing, the wheel starts spinning, the mouse gets all hot and sweaty and starts to wiggle on it's own. I don't see how you can consider this a defect. It's really a big tur--
4. You can iterate it, to reduce any string down to 1 bit!
Okay, so you've got this 4 byte file zipped down to 1 bit using this miracle compression algorithm. Let's try to decompress this file. Assume the result is "Kate". Now also compress "SuSe", "1234" and "Nick" into a 1 bit files using that same algorithm. Go ahead and decompress these. See the problem?
Try looking at it from the ground-up. If the compressed data is 1 bit long, then you can decompress to 2 possible files. 2 bits, 4 possibilities. 3 bits, 8 possibilities. And so on. Keep in mind that there is information in what kind of compression system you are using. If I give you compressed data and ask you to decompress it, you're in a bit of a bind if you don't know what it was compressed with. GZip? RAR? LZW? Remember "One if by land, two if by sea?" Only 1 bit of information was sent, but the larger amount of information (land/_sea) was already with the people recieving the data.
Now I'm assuming that you *could* compress every possible file to 1 bit + [file extention] using a different compression algorithm. But the number of compression algorithms you'd need to create doubles for every bit you add to the compressed file. And those compression algorithims would very likely all be larger than the original uncompressed file itself!
Oh, and one more thing to think about: All the data on your hard drive can be considered one really large number. All your mp3s, documents, pr0n and operating system files etc. = n. And n changes every time the disk is written to.
(Nope. I haven't read any compression FAQs. Flame me if I'm wrong. You know you want to.)
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In A.D. 2002, war was beginning. What happen? SuSe get signal. Main injunction turn on. It's Gravenreuth! A regional court in Munich say "How are you gentlemen! All SuSe distribution are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." Apparently, somebody set SuSe up the bomb. The injunction forbids SuSE to continue to take off every 'zig' until SuSe knows what they are doing.
Attorney general v. Gravenreuth confirmed he was requested to send SuSe on the way to destruction on behalf of a third party, but declined to give further details. What Suse say! Christian Eagle, head of public relations at SuSe, stated his company will move 'zig' and provide more information at a later date. For great justice.
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Huh. Maybe I accidentally translated into Japanese first...
I watched a show on The Weather Channel where they were saying that the melted fresh water would contribute to a colder Europe since the water cycle would keep warmer water from reaching UK, France, etc. So, you would get more freezing up north.
I remember reading something about how the gravity of the ice in and around greenland keeps more water piled around the east coast of Europe. So if the ice melted, the sea level would actually go down near Europe as the water spread elsewhere and flooded other shores.
On the other hand, it's not a good idea to trust the stock predictions of somebody who does own stock in the company that they recommend, because it is in their own interests that others invest in it. A bit of a catch-22, don't you think?
How about we just stop listening to stock predictions?
Is that SuperDisk? I went to Best Buy to purchase a drive the other day, and they don't sell them anymore. And they had so much potential! I don't like Apple computers, but I have to admit that if they revive the LS120 it might change my opinion of the company.
Also the way the patents are being given out, i am going to patent the way i make my tea and coffee, well the way i set my computer (cabinet under the table) and how i drink diet pepsi while keying with one hand.
Um, trust me, there is *lots* of prior art for doing something else while typing with only one hand. Landfills across the world are chock full of gummed-up keyboards that attest to the fact...
And disillusioned customers stop buying music, so the record companies have the worst year in a long time... Also this attracts the attention of the Senate... Now who wins?
So let's buy music from decent companies. Like Green Witch Records. Support them, and in time they will get more artists.
Here's my letter. (Not as professional, I'm sure.)
Dear Michael,
I admire your attempt to create a product that combines both Windows and Linux products into one. However, you're off your rocker if you think you can beat Microsoft in court over the "Lindows" trademark. Your best immediate bet would be to change the name to "LindOS" before you get too deep into litigation. And sadly enough, even if you do win in court, Microsoft will find some way to destroy your company. Microsoft has used many techniques to stifle it's competition, such as liscensing practices to squash BeOS, but the company's most powerful weapon is FUD. If you're trying to target the "average" customer, FUD will be a brick wall in your path. Keep a low profile, and start by marketing your product to the geek market, as Linux has done. But first you'll need to convince us that your product isn't just Linux + WINE. Only a truly good product will succeed in this arena.
> If true, that's quite a double edged sword - avoid death, to cause it later.
Shouldn't that be to cause it sooner?
No, the poster was right. Cancer will kill you faster than old age*. So even though aging also kills you, growing old allows you to live longer. Quite preferable to the alternative, if you ask me.
* Assuming you don't get it when you are old. If you get cancer at the age of 95, you're pretty much screwed no matter what.
Nah. Saddam has already gone ahead and built his killer-AI jets with Dreamcast units. It took a few more, but they were only $50 a pop! Even megalomaniacal dictators aren't crazy enough to spend $299.99 for a PS2...
Everybody's carrying on as if this is some sort of important event in the history of KDE. The Liquid theme is pretty, but jaysus, it's a friggin' theme! Let's get some perspective.
Right. Let's also not ignore the fact that it's a clear clone of Apple's "Aqua" theme, right down to the (IMNSHO annoying) horizontal line pattern in window backgrounds.
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Personally, I think the greens and libertarians should merge. I am a green, yet I'm not a socialist or pro dope. I'm a capitalist and a believer in freedom.
Maybe they should regroup as liberal greens?
I have a Libertarian friend and we are at complete odds on most issues. Techically speaking, I'm a left-leaning authoritarian* and he's a right-leaning Libertarian. Refer to the nolan chart. Greens are actually best matched with the Natural Law party.
Well, keeping this on topic, I find myself agreeing with Libertarians in that I don't think that we should pass such a law... right now. The people in congress are far too corrupt to even consider pushing something like that through them. Only the small companies will be hurt by the monstrosities that they are capable of creating. What we need right now is campaign finance reform, so that in the future we can have decent lawmakers who will pass such a law and make it fair.
* This does not mean I am a Communist. I do not approve of dictatorships.
Already a member of the Green Party, thanks.
Be careful what powers you let corporations have when you let them run amok without government regulation.
> any physicists now argue we cannot experience these extra dimensions directly because they became rolled up more tightly than the width of a single atom during the Big Bang.
Do you have a problem with the concept of 'width of a single atom' or what are you saying? Or perhaps radius would be a better word?
Width or radius, neither would matter. "During" the big bang (0 - 5 seconds for example), there were no atoms. The universe was far too hot for any to form.
This has been posted before here. [slashdot.org]
Hey... you're right... and I seem to recall having seen a link to that before, too! Let me think...
Oh, now I remember. The top of the page, second sentence of the submission.
Thank goodness we have you here to help weed out redundancy.
That'll take to long. Call it "Findows". Microsoft's lawyers will show up with a subpeona and a giant net.
(So I posted it twice. =p)
Name it "Findows". (Please wait 3 business days for Microsoft's injunction to ship.)
iFlak. Make the dolphin a translucent neon blue and put a hole in it's flipper for a handle.
I went to their website and trolled around. I couldn't find any references to what OTHER applications they run. (Besides Office)
Can anyone provides links with more info?
(i.e. Does it run Half-Life?)
Half-Life? Pfft. If Lindows is going to push for compatibility with games people love, they should focus on getting the game that vast majority of Windows users have become enthralled with. The game that's built a cult following due to it's blazing fast action and amazing eye candy. The game that so many Windows users consider the coolest, most exhilarating and most addictive game ever:
Solitaire.
and the mouse starts acting erratic. When wiggling the mouse around turns the red light back on, it's time for a new one.
Yeah, this usually happens to mine after I've been looking at pr0n for a few hours. The red light starts flashing, the wheel starts spinning, the mouse gets all hot and sweaty and starts to wiggle on it's own. I don't see how you can consider this a defect. It's really a big tur--
Oh wait, did you say erratic? Er... Nevermind.
Man you are hilarious. Brilliantly funny!
Thank you. =)
4. You can iterate it, to reduce any string down to 1 bit!
Okay, so you've got this 4 byte file zipped down to 1 bit using this miracle compression algorithm. Let's try to decompress this file. Assume the result is "Kate". Now also compress "SuSe", "1234" and "Nick" into a 1 bit files using that same algorithm. Go ahead and decompress these. See the problem?
Try looking at it from the ground-up. If the compressed data is 1 bit long, then you can decompress to 2 possible files. 2 bits, 4 possibilities. 3 bits, 8 possibilities. And so on. Keep in mind that there is information in what kind of compression system you are using. If I give you compressed data and ask you to decompress it, you're in a bit of a bind if you don't know what it was compressed with. GZip? RAR? LZW? Remember "One if by land, two if by sea?" Only 1 bit of information was sent, but the larger amount of information (land/_sea) was already with the people recieving the data.
Now I'm assuming that you *could* compress every possible file to 1 bit + [file extention] using a different compression algorithm. But the number of compression algorithms you'd need to create doubles for every bit you add to the compressed file. And those compression algorithims would very likely all be larger than the original uncompressed file itself!
Oh, and one more thing to think about: All the data on your hard drive can be considered one really large number. All your mp3s, documents, pr0n and operating system files etc. = n. And n changes every time the disk is written to.
(Nope. I haven't read any compression FAQs. Flame me if I'm wrong. You know you want to.)
Huh. How did you get that result?
This is what I was given:
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In A.D. 2002, war was beginning. What happen? SuSe get signal. Main injunction turn on. It's Gravenreuth! A regional court in Munich say "How are you gentlemen! All SuSe distribution are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." Apparently, somebody set SuSe up the bomb. The injunction forbids SuSE to continue to take off every 'zig' until SuSe knows what they are doing.
Attorney general v. Gravenreuth confirmed he was requested to send SuSe on the way to destruction on behalf of a third party, but declined to give further details. What Suse say! Christian Eagle, head of public relations at SuSe, stated his company will move 'zig' and provide more information at a later date. For great justice.
----
Huh. Maybe I accidentally translated into Japanese first...
I watched a show on The Weather Channel where they were saying that the melted fresh water would contribute to a colder Europe since the water cycle would keep warmer water from reaching UK, France, etc. So, you would get more freezing up north.
I remember reading something about how the gravity of the ice in and around greenland keeps more water piled around the east coast of Europe. So if the ice melted, the sea level would actually go down near Europe as the water spread elsewhere and flooded other shores.
Harry fucking Potter, Pokemon, and aggrivating adults.
That Harry really gets around, doesn't he?
Hope that was helpful.
Yep, thanks. =) You know, perhaps Sega will start to release some RPGs for the GameCube. Have you ever played Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast)? Wow!
On the other hand, it's not a good idea to trust the stock predictions of somebody who does own stock in the company that they recommend, because it is in their own interests that others invest in it. A bit of a catch-22, don't you think?
How about we just stop listening to stock predictions?
Is that SuperDisk? I went to Best Buy to purchase a drive the other day, and they don't sell them anymore. And they had so much potential! I don't like Apple computers, but I have to admit that if they revive the LS120 it might change my opinion of the company.
What is this about Square apologizing to Nintendo? IIRC, Nintendo has always been the one to snub Square.
Also the way the patents are being given out, i am going to patent the way i make my tea and coffee, well the way i set my computer (cabinet under the table) and how i drink diet pepsi while keying with one hand.
Um, trust me, there is *lots* of prior art for doing something else while typing with only one hand. Landfills across the world are chock full of gummed-up keyboards that attest to the fact...
Invented HIS ms-dos?
You mean bought his ms-dos...
Nope. Bought QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) and turned it into MS-DOS.
But now we have FreeDOS. =)
And disillusioned customers stop buying music, so the record companies have the worst year in a long time... Also this attracts the attention of the Senate... Now who wins?
So let's buy music from decent companies. Like Green Witch Records. Support them, and in time they will get more artists.
Here's my letter. (Not as professional, I'm sure.)
Dear Michael,
I admire your attempt to create a product that combines both Windows and Linux products into one. However, you're off your rocker if you think you can beat Microsoft in court over the "Lindows" trademark. Your best immediate bet would be to change the name to "LindOS" before you get too deep into litigation. And sadly enough, even if you do win in court, Microsoft will find some way to destroy your company. Microsoft has used many techniques to stifle it's competition, such as liscensing practices to squash BeOS, but the company's most powerful weapon is FUD. If you're trying to target the "average" customer, FUD will be a brick wall in your path. Keep a low profile, and start by marketing your product to the geek market, as Linux has done. But first you'll need to convince us that your product isn't just Linux + WINE. Only a truly good product will succeed in this arena.
-- Dominic Eldridge
(Sent both via form and email.)
From the post:
> If true, that's quite a double edged sword - avoid death, to cause it later.
Shouldn't that be to cause it sooner?
No, the poster was right. Cancer will kill you faster than old age*. So even though aging also kills you, growing old allows you to live longer. Quite preferable to the alternative, if you ask me.
* Assuming you don't get it when you are old. If you get cancer at the age of 95, you're pretty much screwed no matter what.
Maybe now Iraq can start its stockpile of PS2s.
Nah. Saddam has already gone ahead and built his killer-AI jets with Dreamcast units. It took a few more, but they were only $50 a pop! Even megalomaniacal dictators aren't crazy enough to spend $299.99 for a PS2...
Everybody's carrying on as if this is some sort of important event in the history of KDE. The Liquid theme is pretty, but jaysus, it's a friggin' theme! Let's get some perspective.
Right. Let's also not ignore the fact that it's a clear clone of Apple's "Aqua" theme, right down to the (IMNSHO annoying) horizontal line pattern in window backgrounds.