It's a converter that goes from Cat5 (ethernet cable) to USB. They make them for people who want to plug into an ethernet network without needing a network card by using a USB port, and I'm pretty sure they work the other way as well.
The point is that not everyone can get normal broadband (my parents fall into this category). Satellite, however, is available almost everywhere if you've got the hardware to use it.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't this still mostly a one-way solution? All the people I know that have used satellite internet get decent downstream speeds (when it's not cloudy anyways) but are still forced to rely on a regular dialup connection for their upstream.
Has the technology been developed to make this a true broadband solution like cable/dsl is now? If so, I'm sure many rural types would be interested in jumping on that bandwagon...since they really have no other option.
My school only had a generic "supercomputing" course that didn't teach anything. I had to teach myself C/C++ from a textbook on my own time. I was fortunate enough, however, to have an independent study for a semester with a unix geek, that was the first time I ever got my feet wet with linux (I think it was caldera desktop...this was around 1996-7).
Personally, I think it's a great idea to try and introduce open source into the classrooms, but it's dangerous to homogenize any learning environment. The reality is that 90% of students that will need to use a computer will only need the basics (web-smarts, word processing), and only the CS types will need to worry about programming or configuring apache (and chances are they already know how on their own). It'll be nice to give those advanced students the chance to play around in a learning environment, but there's no sense in forcing EVERYONE to use something that they don't really need.
Ant is an excellent alternative to Makefiles. It might not solve all your problems, but you should at least be able to simplify your build process quite a bit.
Actually...that was Futurama, not the Simpsons. To be fair though, there have been plenty of political references throughout the years (George Bush + clown wig, for example).
Especially since it's been reported that the Futurama series won't be picked up for another season and will most likely die after the last unaired episodes are shown....
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It's not like many people are wasting time reading /. on a Saturday though.....
Somehow I get the feeling a panel that includes MS employees won't be that "objective"
Well I guess it's time for someone to invent one that goes the other way then :)
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It's a converter that goes from Cat5 (ethernet cable) to USB. They make them for people who want to plug into an ethernet network without needing a network card by using a USB port, and I'm pretty sure they work the other way as well.
So....get a usb to cat5 converter, and plug it into your network card like normal. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
I can't imagine the speeds available through this kind of service would justify the need for cat5.
And besides, you can get usbcat5 converters for relatively cheap, in the case that you can't use usb on your computer.
The point is that not everyone can get normal broadband (my parents fall into this category). Satellite, however, is available almost everywhere if you've got the hardware to use it.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't this still mostly a one-way solution? All the people I know that have used satellite internet get decent downstream speeds (when it's not cloudy anyways) but are still forced to rely on a regular dialup connection for their upstream.
Has the technology been developed to make this a true broadband solution like cable/dsl is now? If so, I'm sure many rural types would be interested in jumping on that bandwagon...since they really have no other option.
My school only had a generic "supercomputing" course that didn't teach anything. I had to teach myself C/C++ from a textbook on my own time. I was fortunate enough, however, to have an independent study for a semester with a unix geek, that was the first time I ever got my feet wet with linux (I think it was caldera desktop...this was around 1996-7).
Personally, I think it's a great idea to try and introduce open source into the classrooms, but it's dangerous to homogenize any learning environment. The reality is that 90% of students that will need to use a computer will only need the basics (web-smarts, word processing), and only the CS types will need to worry about programming or configuring apache (and chances are they already know how on their own). It'll be nice to give those advanced students the chance to play around in a learning environment, but there's no sense in forcing EVERYONE to use something that they don't really need.
Don't forget the heroic grabbing of the hat that fell off on the other side of the door, Indiana Jones style.
VMWare isnt an emulator though...it runs a completely self contained windows instance as an app under linux.
I'd highly recommend you check it out, it's better than dual-booting, since windows boots inside of the existing os.
They must have used a huge pringles can.
...but it's not a screener.
It's a cam. A pretty bad quality one at that from what I gather. Screeners are seldom available until a while after the theatrical release.
Sigh
I don't think it'd be that difficult to migrate their existing makefiles into ant-usable xml build files.
I do agree that ant is more java-friendly than anything else but that shouldn't discount it as a viable build environment solution.
Ant is an excellent alternative to Makefiles. It might not solve all your problems, but you should at least be able to simplify your build process quite a bit.
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Bionic Commando is hands-down one of the best side-scrollers ever.
Wasn't the balrog already naked? I can't imagine he would be able to retain clothing for that long anyways....considering he's on fire and all....
Actually...that was Futurama, not the Simpsons. To be fair though, there have been plenty of political references throughout the years (George Bush + clown wig, for example).
Wayne's World is probably the only SNL skit that translated into a half decent movie.
I dread the day they decide to make Goatboy: The Movie
Actually, it's a direct reference to Star Wars.
Remember how they made episodes 4-6 first?
Especially since it's been reported that the Futurama series won't be picked up for another season and will most likely die after the last unaired episodes are shown....
They should get Conan O'Brien back on the writing staff for the movie(s).
That'd spice things up a bit.
Read "The Onion" much?
Dear What-if machine,
What if life was more like a video game?