I agree to all of the above, but why is it that Linux doesn't support hot swapable PCI, CPU, etc?
One of the reasons is of course that for some devices the manufacturer believes that part of the value lies in the specifications and are therefore reluctant to release those. One other reason might be that a manufacturer does not perceive the linux-market as profitable. It might also be that a manufacturer hesitates to release binary drivers due to differences between distributions.
From a manufacturers point of view you could even argue that there isn't one Linux, there are as many different operating systems as there are distributions and that might hold them back since they then in fact would have to support not one, but at least 5 or 6 different operating systems.
I have no solutions, but I think that some of these problems needs to be resolved for Linux to continue to grow.
There are a couple of things you need to consider before you start your project. Who are the end-users? Are they computer literate? You need to have the teachers/professors with you right from the start, if the teachers/professors are experienced computer users they are most likely easier to convince to use new tools. If you have a mix of unexperienced/experienced teachers/professors you must consider the interface. It is absolutely vital that the tools have an intuitive interface and that the teachers can administer the courses themselves without hassle.
It is of course equally important that the students can use the tools. If you, for example, decide to use an online discussion forum, make sure that the students actually understand how to use it and it should preferably be running in a browser (no installation).
When I checked different tools I made sure that they worked on Netscape in linux, if it works there it works everywhere.
If you have a lot of students, make sure that there is an easy process to recover lost passwords, students tend to forget their passwords all the time and they should be able to mail it to themselves (instead of bothering a sysadm or a teacher).
Identification is always important and depending on the type of education; online tests, students sending in papers, etc, you should at some point consider the legal aspects of your system (i.e what happens if a student claims to have failed because Internet Explorer crashed his test, etc).
I have used a couple of online-forums, and my favourites are
With the current state of the US legal system nothing would surprise me. Why would suing 7 million e-mail users be more unbelievable than some of the utterly stupid lawsuits we have come to see as natural in the last few years?
I just checked. You have a nice recipe waiting for you.
From the look of the message-board I think it's a bad idea to flood it with spam, you would just piss of a bunch of people who enjoys sharing recipes. If you feel this is important go for the big boys instead, send polite letters explaining why you think they are fucking jerks.
I made a sign for our frontdoor saying "Rawburt's flyer storage - We take care of your storage problems. Only $10 per flyer and day" and send a bill to the supermarket once a week. Unfortunately my SO didn't appreciate it and she forced me to change the sign to "No flyers please". Amazingly that sign works.
Get them on every mailing list you know, find some porn-lists and put them there too. Go to a couple of freebie-sites and use the spammers e-mailaddress. Call IRS. If you can find a real mailing address, preferably a home address, subscribe them to every newspaper known to man, call 112 (that's our 911 in Europe) and tell them the spammers house is on fire. Send a package with 21 bananas, a can of maggots and a pound of roast beef. If you live nearby, sneak up to their office and nail the door shut. Paint the sidewalk outside their office pink. Submit a story to slashdot with the spammers website in the headline and get it accepted - repeat this once a week. Order expensive stuff in their name through mailorder. Send out fake advertisments in the spammers name.
Actually, they did. They just happened to live in the wrong state...
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Well, since there are infinitely many universes there must be some universes where no doubles ever come and visits.
I'm sure they are trying, but the time-police keeps us under close surveillance.
ME TOO!! ME TOO!!
Make sure to show and hand out some of the bootable cd distro's. Demolinux or . That is a great way to introduce Windows-users to linux.
Somewhere along the way you seems to have picked up time-travel too. How could you else have learned Linux 10 years ago :)
"...can't imagine something that could be worse then this for the software business and intellectual-property business."
And Jim, try not to choke on the P(roperty) word.
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
I agree to all of the above, but why is it that Linux doesn't support hot swapable PCI, CPU, etc?
One of the reasons is of course that for some devices the manufacturer believes that part of the value lies in the specifications and are therefore reluctant to release those. One other reason might be that a manufacturer does not perceive the linux-market as profitable. It might also be that a manufacturer hesitates to release binary drivers due to differences between distributions.
From a manufacturers point of view you could even argue that there isn't one Linux, there are as many different operating systems as there are distributions and that might hold them back since they then in fact would have to support not one, but at least 5 or 6 different operating systems.
I have no solutions, but I think that some of these problems needs to be resolved for Linux to continue to grow.
There are a couple of things you need to consider before you start your project. Who are the end-users? Are they computer literate? You need to have the teachers/professors with you right from the start, if the teachers/professors are experienced computer users they are most likely easier to convince to use new tools. If you have a mix of unexperienced/experienced teachers/professors you must consider the interface. It is absolutely vital that the tools have an intuitive interface and that the teachers can administer the courses themselves without hassle.
It is of course equally important that the students can use the tools. If you, for example, decide to use an online discussion forum, make sure that the students actually understand how to use it and it should preferably be running in a browser (no installation).
When I checked different tools I made sure that they worked on Netscape in linux, if it works there it works everywhere.
If you have a lot of students, make sure that there is an easy process to recover lost passwords, students tend to forget their passwords all the time and they should be able to mail it to themselves (instead of bothering a sysadm or a teacher).
Identification is always important and depending on the type of education; online tests, students sending in papers, etc, you should at some point consider the legal aspects of your system (i.e what happens if a student claims to have failed because Internet Explorer crashed his test, etc).
I have used a couple of online-forums, and my favourites are
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With the current state of the US legal system nothing would surprise me. Why would suing 7 million e-mail users be more unbelievable than some of the utterly stupid lawsuits we have come to see as natural in the last few years?
I just checked. You have a nice recipe waiting for you. From the look of the message-board I think it's a bad idea to flood it with spam, you would just piss of a bunch of people who enjoys sharing recipes. If you feel this is important go for the big boys instead, send polite letters explaining why you think they are fucking jerks.
I made a sign for our frontdoor saying "Rawburt's flyer storage - We take care of your storage problems. Only $10 per flyer and day" and send a bill to the supermarket once a week. Unfortunately my SO didn't appreciate it and she forced me to change the sign to "No flyers please". Amazingly that sign works.
Get them on every mailing list you know, find some porn-lists and put them there too. Go to a couple of freebie-sites and use the spammers e-mailaddress. Call IRS. If you can find a real mailing address, preferably a home address, subscribe them to every newspaper known to man, call 112 (that's our 911 in Europe) and tell them the spammers house is on fire. Send a package with 21 bananas, a can of maggots and a pound of roast beef. If you live nearby, sneak up to their office and nail the door shut. Paint the sidewalk outside their office pink. Submit a story to slashdot with the spammers website in the headline and get it accepted - repeat this once a week. Order expensive stuff in their name through mailorder. Send out fake advertisments in the spammers name.
I find it more odd that you question why people make their own choices.
Actually, they did. They just happened to live in the wrong state...
Check out http://www.axis.com/products/document_servers/ I have one of these hooked up to a digital photocopier (Ricoh Aficio 650), works like a charm. You can scan about 15-25 pages per minute and save in tiff or pdf.
It has been said before, and it needs saying again. Next september the new Atari is coming out!