I only recommend using XSL if you enjoy pain, and lots of it.
Transforming XML-conformant data to a rendering format using XSL will give you a migraine for any non-trivial layout. You would be better off translating content on the fly using mod_perl - while perl is not a W3 kinda-standard, it certainly has more robust support in web servers, and unlike XSL, its a real programming language. If you don't like perl, there are Java and Python equivalents - my point is - you will want to use a real programming language unless you really enjoy serious pain.
Quakers, Mennonites, Old Order Amish, early Christians. Bhuddists.
But these cultures intentionally avoid contact with others in order to avoid the issue altogether.
You're also beginning to skirt the definition of culture. Bhuddists, in particular, exist in many cultures that hold as a predominant attribute, the morals I describe. There are Bhuddists in the United States, and yet no one describes the United States as non-violent.
There's nothing ethical about valuing 'the family', unless the selfish gene is itself considered 'ethical'
Thank you, you're now stating my point as your argument - that there are certain values we carry in our genes (which once again defeats your own earlier argument).
As to encouraging random killings, there are tribes in New Guinea where to become accepted as an adult one first has to kill a member of another tribe.
Thats not random killing - its ritualized - and it focuses on killing someone from another tribe (not one's own, which I explicitly state). My example holds.
There's nothing ethical about valuing 'the family', unless the selfish gene is itself considered 'ethical'
Firstly, cut out the philosphy school lingo - you're using lingo you don't understand. I'd be happy to see you demonstrate your proof from "first principles" - you haven't even stated your axioms, so you have nowhere to prove anything from (well, you _tried_ to state axioms, but they were essentially conjecture).
As for the source of moral absolutes - look in your DNA. Its the most complex algorithm ever concocted - if it can construct a working human from raw materials, it certainly can dictate some simple ground rules for using the equipment.
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VA Linux is just one of the most Linux-aware screwdriver shops out there for x86 clone hardware.
Yup, and they've made the gross miscalculation of getting into the commodity hardware game.
News flash Larry - if you aren't Dell or Compaq, you aren't making money on x86 systems. If I recall correctly, PCs are still a money loser for IBM.
Compaq makes its profits on highly scalable systems that VA simply can't match. Dell makes its profits on scale, volume, and its direct-only distribution process.
Having "linux luminaries" like Ted T'so on staff at VA might be cute for the occasional quote, but it really does zilch to bring more bacon to the pan. Why they gave ESR stock is beyond me, and given ESR's disrespect for the quiet period, I think I have been validated in this opinion.
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There is only one way to characterize Corel - a stock for bottom fishing.
Bottom fishing is the practice of buying essentially worthless stocks in the hope that something on the order of divine intervention will prop up the stock price. Its a highly risky strategy.
Corel is a hard-luck case that has fumbled from one strategy to the next in some ridiculous "grand plan" of Cowpland's to bury Microsoft. I can see Gates and Balmer rolling on the floor laughing at it all - the Java Suite, the WordPerfect-based Office killer, the linux distro. What a crock. Corel would throw money at a lemonade stand if you could convince Cowpland that it would put Microsoft out of business.
Compare Corel now to Adobe, who didn't get religious about fighting Microsoft - they're prospering.
Basically, Cowpland is a sub-par CEO who should have been ousted by the board years ago.
But if VA is such a lousy player at 5%, then so are HP and Dell, who only command 7%
But neither HP nor Dell sell themselves as a linux company - it doesn't appear that either are doing more than paying lip service and base level support for linux.
Dell still prints money selling NT boxes, and HP isn't giving up HPUX (for better or worse) anytime soon.
VA on the other hand, sells itself as the linux vendor of choice.
My own experience has made it clear to me that this is the last comapny I would want to deal with.
Preservation of life is not an absolute moral imperitive, either, as it is often morally acceptable to kill when defending your country or loved ones.
Once again, name one culture where this doesn't hold - making an exception to notion of preserving life to defend one's home/family is universally held.
You've done nothing more than shoot down your own argument for relativism.
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Inertia is the only reason it won't happen before 2003. Of course there will still be a lot of 'Doze systems around in 2005 due to people not going out of their way to upgrade. But almost all new computers will primarily run an open source OS. This will be sped up by the next economic recession.
This is incredibly specious logic. Microsoft would simply reduce prices on its software in this event. It would hurt them in the short run, but Redmond has vast cashj reserves. They could ride out any recession - which would certainly decimate questionable business like RedHat, VA and Corel - none of which have the cash or market presence to ride out a multi-year recession.
because he's wrong to claim that there are moral absolutes, ethical prinicples which are culturally independent. There aren't. Ethical views are at least to some extent culturally determined
As an absolute, thats balderdash, and unfortunately your moderation belies the fact that very few moderators have a grounding in liberal thought.
There are a number of ethics that are a fixed aspect of human cultures. The family. Preservation of life. Do you know of a culture that does not value the family structure in some sense? Do you know of a culture that encourages random killing of its own?
It is nonsense to state relativism as a fact.
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I've predicted before, and I hold to it, that by the beginning of the year 2005 the dominant OS that everyone uses will be open source
Even if linux had the ease of use and multimedia support of either windows or the mac, inertia alone would prevent this.
As it stands, linux is really only making headway in one market - low-end servers. Linux is nowhere on clients - and if you think this is "flamebait", you need to stop deluding yourself.
Most likely, even with the most stringent legal action, Microsoft will have at a minimum, 80% of the OS market. Do you think all those users are going to uninstall Windows when the DOJ concludes their case?
Most people would likely be thankful if authorities were even more vigilant about tracking down DOS and virus authors.
My concern is that this increased policing will likely end up being a protection racket for the music and film industry as companies increasingly seek the use of legitimate force to back up DCMA etc.
In any case, it will take at least two decades for law enforcement to understand the technology in order to effectively police it. We've got a huge lead time to change the popular will in the meantime.
This is but the latest chapter in one of the most poorly run software companies ever.
Lets face it, they've had one good product - CorelDraw, followed by a string of failures and bungled strategies. I consider them a bandwagon-sitter when it comes to linux, so I don't give them any bonus points for the distro they made.
This book is really quite extensive and not only explains object oriented perl, but covers the concepts behind OO much more extensively than the other sources you mention.
I'm not particularly impressed with Advanced Perl Programming's coverage of OO.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is (or thinks they are) a real perl-head. You will undoubtably learn something new about the language.
My proviso is this - if you really are interested in object-oriented programming (moreso than simply being a way to write perl, but interested in the methodology itself), then you may want to try Python or another langauge. Perl folks are historically very defensive and perhaps insecure about their OO implementation - Advanced Perl Programming spends chapters explaining to great (and convoluted) pains how Perl's OO approach is superior...but like in Conway's book, you get the notion that it is an apologistic stance.
Don't get me wrong, I love perl and was on the advance list to get Conway's book. While I have my misgivings about OO Perl, this is still a great Perl book and belongs next to the Camel book on any serious PerlMonk's shelf.
While Apple has obviously given up trying to dethrone Windows (a good move, the constant taste-test like advertising did little to build brand), and as a result has become profitable again.
The iMac is the best selling computer now, two years running.
Steve Jobs changed the face of computing - he (re)introduced design and styling as an aspect of the purchase. Wintel cloners took twelve months to catch up to this, as well as other Mac innovations like widespread use of USB (which if you remember was originally derided).
It's easy to use because everyone uses it!Only an idiot would mark this as flamebait. Most of the product interfaces we see as completely straightforward (tv remote control, automobile driving arrangement) are only straightforward because they are utterly pervasive.
No one would understand what a steering wheel and stickshift does if they had never seen a car before.
The notion of the pervasive interface is a key as pect of ubiquotous computing. The fact that this was marked as flamebait truly demonstrates that/. is the blind leading the dumb.
Linux UIs need to be more than a few applets, a file manager, and a window manager. To make it useful it has to be pervasive, with defined motifs that are pervasive in all third party software. Apple has essentially achieved this. Windows isn't far behind. Linux? HA! Some programs are KDE-compliant, some GNOME, and now Eazel. You may call that diversity folks, but its also known as a MESS.
Gorgeous design usually rests upon draconian guidelines. Linux has no guidelines at all, and no one to enforce them if there were, so you can forget about a UI for linux that makes sense.
I agree with previous posters who cite this as a waste of time. Leave this type of thing to Apple, who is more willing to make ISV's tow the line.
if any corporation tried to waste its money in this way its shareholders would be up in arms
There are numerous things the government does that are unprofitable yet in the public interest. Running disaster relief agencies, organizing the courts, running the army - these are things that no businessman is interested in undertaking, as they are inherently unprofitable - yet still worthwhile.
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The acquisition of Andover by VA is not complete, "smart guy", it is in the process. As we speak, Andover is not part of VA.
What do you have against them? You seem to enjoy /.
Lousy service and inflated prices. Is that enough? My experience with them was horrible.
Transforming XML-conformant data to a rendering format using XSL will give you a migraine for any non-trivial layout. You would be better off translating content on the fly using mod_perl - while perl is not a W3 kinda-standard, it certainly has more robust support in web servers, and unlike XSL, its a real programming language. If you don't like perl, there are Java and Python equivalents - my point is - you will want to use a real programming language unless you really enjoy serious pain.
But these cultures intentionally avoid contact with others in order to avoid the issue altogether.
You're also beginning to skirt the definition of culture. Bhuddists, in particular, exist in many cultures that hold as a predominant attribute, the morals I describe. There are Bhuddists in the United States, and yet no one describes the United States as non-violent.
Thank you, you're now stating my point as your argument - that there are certain values we carry in our genes (which once again defeats your own earlier argument).
As to encouraging random killings, there are tribes in New Guinea where to become accepted as an adult one first has to kill a member of another tribe.
Thats not random killing - its ritualized - and it focuses on killing someone from another tribe (not one's own, which I explicitly state). My example holds.
There's nothing ethical about valuing 'the family', unless the selfish gene is itself considered 'ethical'
Firstly, cut out the philosphy school lingo - you're using lingo you don't understand. I'd be happy to see you demonstrate your proof from "first principles" - you haven't even stated your axioms, so you have nowhere to prove anything from (well, you _tried_ to state axioms, but they were essentially conjecture).
As for the source of moral absolutes - look in your DNA. Its the most complex algorithm ever concocted - if it can construct a working human from raw materials, it certainly can dictate some simple ground rules for using the equipment.
Yup, and they've made the gross miscalculation of getting into the commodity hardware game.
News flash Larry - if you aren't Dell or Compaq, you aren't making money on x86 systems. If I recall correctly, PCs are still a money loser for IBM.
Compaq makes its profits on highly scalable systems that VA simply can't match. Dell makes its profits on scale, volume, and its direct-only distribution process.
Having "linux luminaries" like Ted T'so on staff at VA might be cute for the occasional quote, but it really does zilch to bring more bacon to the pan. Why they gave ESR stock is beyond me, and given ESR's disrespect for the quiet period, I think I have been validated in this opinion.
Bottom fishing is the practice of buying essentially worthless stocks in the hope that something on the order of divine intervention will prop up the stock price. Its a highly risky strategy.
Corel is a hard-luck case that has fumbled from one strategy to the next in some ridiculous "grand plan" of Cowpland's to bury Microsoft. I can see Gates and Balmer rolling on the floor laughing at it all - the Java Suite, the WordPerfect-based Office killer, the linux distro. What a crock. Corel would throw money at a lemonade stand if you could convince Cowpland that it would put Microsoft out of business.
Compare Corel now to Adobe, who didn't get religious about fighting Microsoft - they're prospering.
Basically, Cowpland is a sub-par CEO who should have been ousted by the board years ago.
But neither HP nor Dell sell themselves as a linux company - it doesn't appear that either are doing more than paying lip service and base level support for linux.
Dell still prints money selling NT boxes, and HP isn't giving up HPUX (for better or worse) anytime soon.
VA on the other hand, sells itself as the linux vendor of choice.
My own experience has made it clear to me that this is the last comapny I would want to deal with.
Once again, name one culture where this doesn't hold - making an exception to notion of preserving life to defend one's home/family is universally held.
You've done nothing more than shoot down your own argument for relativism.
This is incredibly specious logic. Microsoft would simply reduce prices on its software in this event. It would hurt them in the short run, but Redmond has vast cashj reserves. They could ride out any recession - which would certainly decimate questionable business like RedHat, VA and Corel - none of which have the cash or market presence to ride out a multi-year recession.
As an absolute, thats balderdash, and unfortunately your moderation belies the fact that very few moderators have a grounding in liberal thought.
There are a number of ethics that are a fixed aspect of human cultures. The family. Preservation of life. Do you know of a culture that does not value the family structure in some sense? Do you know of a culture that encourages random killing of its own?
It is nonsense to state relativism as a fact.
Even if linux had the ease of use and multimedia support of either windows or the mac, inertia alone would prevent this.
As it stands, linux is really only making headway in one market - low-end servers. Linux is nowhere on clients - and if you think this is "flamebait", you need to stop deluding yourself.
Most likely, even with the most stringent legal action, Microsoft will have at a minimum, 80% of the OS market. Do you think all those users are going to uninstall Windows when the DOJ concludes their case?
Why not just have a small icon that says
EMAIL
and a small icon that says
WEB BROWSER
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Aqua is very cute, but as a UI, it appears to be completely counterintuitive. I can't figure out what half of the icons represent.
My concern is that this increased policing will likely end up being a protection racket for the music and film industry as companies increasingly seek the use of legitimate force to back up DCMA etc.
In any case, it will take at least two decades for law enforcement to understand the technology in order to effectively police it. We've got a huge lead time to change the popular will in the meantime.
Just try it and see.
This is absurd. Corel was only after their on-hand cash. The merger had almost nothing to do with long-term strategy.
Lets face it, they've had one good product - CorelDraw, followed by a string of failures and bungled strategies. I consider them a bandwagon-sitter when it comes to linux, so I don't give them any bonus points for the distro they made.
I'm not particularly impressed with Advanced Perl Programming's coverage of OO.
My proviso is this - if you really are interested in object-oriented programming (moreso than simply being a way to write perl, but interested in the methodology itself), then you may want to try Python or another langauge. Perl folks are historically very defensive and perhaps insecure about their OO implementation - Advanced Perl Programming spends chapters explaining to great (and convoluted) pains how Perl's OO approach is superior...but like in Conway's book, you get the notion that it is an apologistic stance.
Don't get me wrong, I love perl and was on the advance list to get Conway's book. While I have my misgivings about OO Perl, this is still a great Perl book and belongs next to the Camel book on any serious PerlMonk's shelf.
The iMac is the best selling computer now, two years running.
Steve Jobs changed the face of computing - he (re)introduced design and styling as an aspect of the purchase. Wintel cloners took twelve months to catch up to this, as well as other Mac innovations like widespread use of USB (which if you remember was originally derided).
No one would understand what a steering wheel and stickshift does if they had never seen a car before.
The notion of the pervasive interface is a key as pect of ubiquotous computing. The fact that this was marked as flamebait truly demonstrates that /. is the blind leading the dumb.
Reread my post - I said Apple had achieved this and windows was close. I never claimed that Windows had achieved a pervasive motif.
Wow, what a keen eye you have. Too bad they're building an independent visual motif to standard GNOME. The argument holds.
Gorgeous design usually rests upon draconian guidelines. Linux has no guidelines at all, and no one to enforce them if there were, so you can forget about a UI for linux that makes sense.
I agree with previous posters who cite this as a waste of time. Leave this type of thing to Apple, who is more willing to make ISV's tow the line.
All of these questions are idiotic, rhetorical, or easily answerable without going to an "authority".
There are numerous things the government does that are unprofitable yet in the public interest. Running disaster relief agencies, organizing the courts, running the army - these are things that no businessman is interested in undertaking, as they are inherently unprofitable - yet still worthwhile.
This is the mandate of government.