Doesn't anyone else feel it's time for a back to basics aproach with computers?
Yep, I do; it seems to be the fashion in the last few years to include all sorts of functionality in every application (modular design isn't an option anymore). I always thought that the one big advantage of a multitasking operating system was that you could run a few applications, and 'mix' the output of those applications. I like to use a drawing program for drawing, and paste the result in my wordprocessor; I don't have a need for drawing capabilities in my wordprocessor. And that's just *one* example!
the poorer the user, the more time they are apt to spend online.
This will not be the case in most (all?) countries in Europe, because you pay for your phonecalls, and thus being online, per tick or second (yes, even for local calls). So, at least in Holland, it's probably: the poorer you are the less time you spend online, if at all. How to make a sig without having an idea
Well, demonstrably is indeed the big problem here. If you blow your opponents out of the water before their product had a chance to mature (for instance Windows for pencomputers), it is indeed not possible to prove that consumers have been hurt.
Indeed; and before PC's in every home there were also Amiga's, Commodore 64's, Sinclair spectrums, Apples etc. in lot's of homes. So there already was a movement towards having computers at home. The pc, and certainly Microsoft, where not the first on that market.
They where certainly hurt financially. Do you think that the upgrade-race of recent years doesn't force people into buying more & more now apps and computers? My parents use one of my older computers, but it's a bit hard nowadays to buy software for it, because the machine is too slow, and the software too bloated. Conclusion, buy a new pc. Through this 'embrace' people pockets are being emptied at an alarming rate
Well, to start with there isn't going to be exactly one gene per 'property', something which scientist always thought. In general, there's now the same amount of complexity with a lesser amount of variables. To reach that complexity, there must also be other processes at work; it's these processes (material properties, mathematical functions) that will take some time to figure out! (sorry, no links) How to make a sig without having an idea
Good post!
The news about 'only 30,000' was brought here (in the Netherlands) as a victory, as in 'now it will be much easier to read & understand the genome). I believe it's a bit of a setback. There's now more to be sought in emergent & material properties and mathematical functions. And that's up till now not a widely researched field. How to make a sig without having an idea
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I don't think that it is a matter of belief - there's proof. Einstein had a theory about gravitational lenses, meaning light being bend by heavy objects. This theory has already been proven. How to make a sig without having an idea
Well, I meant that half jokingly, half serious. In the real world, it's up to the peoples themselves to refrain from contact with the bad, bad world out there. The only thing the church about this is spreading fear, in the hope that people don't stray from the 'straight path' *cough*. In the virtual world however, it is suddenly *not* up to the peoples themselves. In this world the church provides a filter so that people don't even see the big bad world. How to make a sig without having an idea
First of all, you don't have to install it all, it's all about having a choice. OTOH I have to agree partially with the writer: I think that far too much energy and talent is wasted on too many different editors, compilers, desktops, tools etc. I think that sometimes there is *too much* choice, and that makes it harder for the average user to decide (if it doesn't scare them off in the first place).
Wouldn't it be a good idea to chanel all the development energy out there, and focus a bit more on the things Linux is still lacking? I mean, there are still many sorts of applications not available for Linux users, so they still have to resort to Windows.
I agree; I also fail to see what exactly is so 3D about the screenshots - they're still too 2D. I imagine a real 3D Gui to be like the cyberspace as told about in William Gibson's books. That would be far more interesting. How to make a sig without having an idea
For years I heard people saying that a monopoly like Microsoft is eventually bad for the market, because of a lack of competition. And now, when there are rumours about Linux forking, it is suddenly bad to more have more competitors on the same marketplace.
Does this make any sense?
Yep, sounds like a very trustworthy guy to me!
I would bet that in 1 or 2 years, you still won't have heard anything from it, except for a few investors, who lost all of their money to this fraud. Sure wouldn't be the first time.
And BTW, does this machine 'o miracles have a whole brand spanking new OS? If yes, who shall write programs for it? If not, it would have to be very intelligent to avoid and repair all the errors that occur in an operating system How to make a sig without having an idea
'Scuse me, but part of science is *discovering* things that are not yet known to mankind. Now work with me for a little longer: how can you set a goal in the good ole engineering approach, if you are deep in uncharted territory?
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Yep, I do; it seems to be the fashion in the last few years to include all sorts of functionality in every application (modular design isn't an option anymore). I always thought that the one big advantage of a multitasking operating system was that you could run a few applications, and 'mix' the output of those applications. I like to use a drawing program for drawing, and paste the result in my wordprocessor; I don't have a need for drawing capabilities in my wordprocessor. And that's just *one* example!
Do they deliver magnifying glasses with a music CD, because otherwise it's a bit hard to read the lyrics :)
Even now my CD's are sometimes hard to find. Now they're making them even smaller.
Second, AOL en Compuserve CD's made such nice coasters for my all my cups of coffee. Does smaller CD's also mean smaller cups of coffee?
Would that be the source of all evil then?
This will not be the case in most (all?) countries in Europe, because you pay for your phonecalls, and thus being online, per tick or second (yes, even for local calls). So, at least in Holland, it's probably: the poorer you are the less time you spend online, if at all.
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Well, demonstrably is indeed the big problem here. If you blow your opponents out of the water before their product had a chance to mature (for instance Windows for pencomputers), it is indeed not possible to prove that consumers have been hurt.
Indeed; and before PC's in every home there were also Amiga's, Commodore 64's, Sinclair spectrums, Apples etc. in lot's of homes. So there already was a movement towards having computers at home. The pc, and certainly Microsoft, where not the first on that market.
They where certainly hurt financially. Do you think that the upgrade-race of recent years doesn't force people into buying more & more now apps and computers? My parents use one of my older computers, but it's a bit hard nowadays to buy software for it, because the machine is too slow, and the software too bloated. Conclusion, buy a new pc. Through this 'embrace' people pockets are being emptied at an alarming rate
Well, to start with there isn't going to be exactly one gene per 'property', something which scientist always thought. In general, there's now the same amount of complexity with a lesser amount of variables. To reach that complexity, there must also be other processes at work; it's these processes (material properties, mathematical functions) that will take some time to figure out! (sorry, no links)
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Good post! The news about 'only 30,000' was brought here (in the Netherlands) as a victory, as in 'now it will be much easier to read & understand the genome). I believe it's a bit of a setback. There's now more to be sought in emergent & material properties and mathematical functions. And that's up till now not a widely researched field.
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A tour through an abandoned missile base: Abandoned missile base
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I don't think that it is a matter of belief - there's proof. Einstein had a theory about gravitational lenses, meaning light being bend by heavy objects. This theory has already been proven.
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Isn't catatonic the word you're looking for?
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Well, I meant that half jokingly, half serious. In the real world, it's up to the peoples themselves to refrain from contact with the bad, bad world out there. The only thing the church about this is spreading fear, in the hope that people don't stray from the 'straight path' *cough*. In the virtual world however, it is suddenly *not* up to the peoples themselves. In this world the church provides a filter so that people don't even see the big bad world.
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real life the pope doesn't allow use of condoms, but this E-pope does allow surfing with a E-condom. It's a strange world...
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First of all, you don't have to install it all, it's all about having a choice. OTOH I have to agree partially with the writer: I think that far too much energy and talent is wasted on too many different editors, compilers, desktops, tools etc. I think that sometimes there is *too much* choice, and that makes it harder for the average user to decide (if it doesn't scare them off in the first place).
Wouldn't it be a good idea to chanel all the development energy out there, and focus a bit more on the things Linux is still lacking? I mean, there are still many sorts of applications not available for Linux users, so they still have to resort to Windows.
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I agree; I also fail to see what exactly is so 3D about the screenshots - they're still too 2D. I imagine a real 3D Gui to be like the cyberspace as told about in William Gibson's books. That would be far more interesting.
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I was indeed being cynical, but I think gdiersing's answer was cynical as well. Or not, in which case I'm vewy, vewy afwaid *shudder*.
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No, no, no, you can't just "Xerox" a "Look & Feel" ;-)
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Sorry, misunderstood! Beating myself up with my mouse now!
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Ooooooh, sarcasm! Nice to see that you're above this all!
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For years I heard people saying that a monopoly like Microsoft is eventually bad for the market, because of a lack of competition. And now, when there are rumours about Linux forking, it is suddenly bad to more have more competitors on the same marketplace. Does this make any sense?
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Yep, sounds like a very trustworthy guy to me! I would bet that in 1 or 2 years, you still won't have heard anything from it, except for a few investors, who lost all of their money to this fraud. Sure wouldn't be the first time. And BTW, does this machine 'o miracles have a whole brand spanking new OS? If yes, who shall write programs for it? If not, it would have to be very intelligent to avoid and repair all the errors that occur in an operating system
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Use unsigned integers wherever possible - that's one way to run some unsigned stuff in Whistler!
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'Scuse me, but part of science is *discovering* things that are not yet known to mankind. Now work with me for a little longer: how can you set a goal in the good ole engineering approach, if you are deep in uncharted territory? I think that if mankind never did pure scientific research, we would never have come out of our caves!
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