I think they mean that there's a date engraved on the monuments that is 20 years in the future. Course, I havn't read this yet, so it's just a guess. But seeing as nobody else on here has, I don't mind posting this.:-)
Wolfram has said in past interviews that this book is just a beginning to opening people to thinking about CA in a grander scheme than just the game of life. His hope is that others will take these ideas and will expand on them in their own disciplines. His intention was for this to be more of a beginning guidebook, more than specific to one applied use of it.
It also does nothing to private interprise--if they want, they can keep paying for MS products and downloading the daily patches, or switch to open source themselves.
Wow. Allowing everyone to make a choice as to what they use that fits their situation and requirements the best. *gasp* What a concept. And to think, that came out of the mouth of someone on Slashdot. There ARE sane thinking people that post here!
It's a Sunday...what else is there to do but find some poorly written article that can give everyone something to meaninglessly debate about for a couple of hours? We've got the time...
What software do they run? Is there a viable Linux alternative? Do any of them run special programs that require Windows?
I mean, don't get me wrong, I use Linux as my personal desktop...it's just that in that large of a group, I don't think it would be ready for deployment. You just can't second guess what that many people are going to need. Course you could do an all Linux setup, and give something like a dualboot option or give 'em a 2nd computer for everyone that would need Windows, but I think that would just end up being too much to deal with.
Hopefully within a year or two, I'll be able to change my position...but I just don't think Linux is there yet. It's getting close though.
That is just a stupid comment. Use what makes the most sense for the job. That's what they did. If for them it had made sense for an all Linux setup (or an all Windows setup), then so be it. That doesn't automatically make it an insane choice.
I agree with you that Germany probably did the right thing for them. Course, I don't know their situation exactly, but right now those two choices for server and desktop OS are pretty set (ok, so I'd go w/ 2000 instead of XP, but oh well...). So if what you ment to say was that in the current situation it doesn't make sense to go with just one or the other, then yes, I agree with you. But chose your words more carefully next time...otherwise people might not pay attention to what you mean, and instead only look at what you say.
Hey, if people want to sue Morpheus for people illegally trading songs, fine...but sue every other tool that the process uses as well. ISPs, computer hardware makers, OSes...let's take 'em all down!
The lawyers are just trying to make a point that the wrong people are being sued. You know, they've already tried to make this point. I guess if they keep throwing these things out, the eventually people will have to understand what the problem is. Of course, if you make an arguement idiot-proof, they'll just find a bigger idiot...
Some people just want a brief list to skim in order to decide if it's worth downloading or not.
You have a good point...but why do we have to have to be limited to one option or the other? Wouldn't it be possible for Linus to release a miniscule and a detailed version of the changelogs, so that we can find out the heaftier details if we want to? With BK automatically making the heaftier changelogs, wouldn't that be rather simple to include that one as well as Linus's shortened one?
Describing the state of computing today as unstable and unreliable, he said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates "is really annoyed by the incredible pain we put everyone through in computing."
Can't....stop....laughing.
If this doesn't show that this is PR, I don't know what will.
Did you see Junkyard Mega Wars? There were 3 teams that built machines in 2 days to race against each other in 3 races: a speed race, a hill climbing race, and a water race. From the FAQ itself (whoops, forgot to actually read again, huh?), they do a comparison to that show. Of course, my hope would be that the courses are a lot tougher or just completely different than they were for that show...but that's probably a direction they're going for.
Though, it would be pretty cool to turn this into some kind of Mad Max deathmatch...but I guess we can't always get what we want.
Flamers and spammers have driven many underground, where we communicate in exclusive media more peacefully in peace, but with a less diverse and decidedly non-passionate group of people.
And that statement coming from a website where people scream at each other over whether or not your aunt should be able to compile a Linux kernel.
Have we forgotten about these two beauties already? It's already been done. Don't know if there has been another updated version of these to come back out, but I assume you can still get the Cappuccino machine.
Great little machine, if you've got the money for it, and have a reason for wanting it...(easy machine to haul around for gaming sessions). But this machine's exactly what you're looking for.
You're right in that we don't have the right to say what German's can and can not do. It's just that we're afraid of the same thing you are: having some other country's values slowly pushed upon us. We don't want that kind of censorship pushed upon us in the US.
Yeah, so we have to tolerate a bunch of weird groups in our country. I don't like anything Nazi as much as you. But give an inch and they'll take a mile. What happens when the people in charge don't like what the EFF is saying? Well, if they can censor the Nazis (as an example), why not the EFF? What stops them? The general public won't care, because they won't know the EFF's message.
So we have to let the Nazis talk. We don't have to listen to them. And that allows us to make sure that other minority groups that should be heard, are heard.
(Man, did I ever bite the flamebait from that AC...hehhe)
I live and work in the KC area, and this is the first I've even heard about this event...that in itself my be a reason it's a flop. I'm sure that there's plenty of interrest here, but it wasn't promoted well (at all?), especially twords the people that would benefit most from it. It's hard to get a good turnout when nobody knows about it...
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The article says it works only if the email is HTML formatted...was it?
I think they mean that there's a date engraved on the monuments that is 20 years in the future. Course, I havn't read this yet, so it's just a guess. But seeing as nobody else on here has, I don't mind posting this. :-)
Re-read the post your replied to.
I think you mean OpenBSD.
How long till the masses realize climate is long term?
Exactly. And how many years of good data do we have on the earth's climate? 150? 200? So who can say for sure the reasons for Global Warming.
The temperature is increasing...but does that mean we're heading for disaster, or is this the earth working as it always has?
This got moderated interesting? Damn...
Wolfram has said in past interviews that this book is just a beginning to opening people to thinking about CA in a grander scheme than just the game of life. His hope is that others will take these ideas and will expand on them in their own disciplines. His intention was for this to be more of a beginning guidebook, more than specific to one applied use of it.
IRREGARDLESS IS NOT A WORD!
Sorry to be the Nazi...hell, I usually hate English and suck at it...but come on, let's at least think about what we're saying and what it means.
It's JUST regardless. No more, no less. Nice and simple.
(BTW, yes, this is off-topic. Mod it down. Whatever.)
It also does nothing to private interprise--if they want, they can keep paying for MS products and downloading the daily patches, or switch to open source themselves.
:-)
Wow. Allowing everyone to make a choice as to what they use that fits their situation and requirements the best. *gasp* What a concept. And to think, that came out of the mouth of someone on Slashdot. There ARE sane thinking people that post here!
Thanks for saying that. You made my day.
It's a Sunday...what else is there to do but find some poorly written article that can give everyone something to meaninglessly debate about for a couple of hours? We've got the time...
What software do they run? Is there a viable Linux alternative? Do any of them run special programs that require Windows?
I mean, don't get me wrong, I use Linux as my personal desktop...it's just that in that large of a group, I don't think it would be ready for deployment. You just can't second guess what that many people are going to need. Course you could do an all Linux setup, and give something like a dualboot option or give 'em a 2nd computer for everyone that would need Windows, but I think that would just end up being too much to deal with.
Hopefully within a year or two, I'll be able to change my position...but I just don't think Linux is there yet. It's getting close though.
Going all of one thing is insane.
That is just a stupid comment. Use what makes the most sense for the job. That's what they did. If for them it had made sense for an all Linux setup (or an all Windows setup), then so be it. That doesn't automatically make it an insane choice.
I agree with you that Germany probably did the right thing for them. Course, I don't know their situation exactly, but right now those two choices for server and desktop OS are pretty set (ok, so I'd go w/ 2000 instead of XP, but oh well...). So if what you ment to say was that in the current situation it doesn't make sense to go with just one or the other, then yes, I agree with you. But chose your words more carefully next time...otherwise people might not pay attention to what you mean, and instead only look at what you say.
Jesus, I sound like an old english professor.
Hey, if people want to sue Morpheus for people illegally trading songs, fine...but sue every other tool that the process uses as well. ISPs, computer hardware makers, OSes...let's take 'em all down!
The lawyers are just trying to make a point that the wrong people are being sued. You know, they've already tried to make this point. I guess if they keep throwing these things out, the eventually people will have to understand what the problem is. Of course, if you make an arguement idiot-proof, they'll just find a bigger idiot...
Some people just want a brief list to skim in order to decide if it's worth downloading or not.
You have a good point...but why do we have to have to be limited to one option or the other? Wouldn't it be possible for Linus to release a miniscule and a detailed version of the changelogs, so that we can find out the heaftier details if we want to? With BK automatically making the heaftier changelogs, wouldn't that be rather simple to include that one as well as Linus's shortened one?
Which one?
Can't....stop....laughing.
If this doesn't show that this is PR, I don't know what will.
Did you see Junkyard Mega Wars? There were 3 teams that built machines in 2 days to race against each other in 3 races: a speed race, a hill climbing race, and a water race. From the FAQ itself (whoops, forgot to actually read again, huh?), they do a comparison to that show. Of course, my hope would be that the courses are a lot tougher or just completely different than they were for that show...but that's probably a direction they're going for.
Though, it would be pretty cool to turn this into some kind of Mad Max deathmatch...but I guess we can't always get what we want.
Yeah, but if size is all that matters... :-)
I would personally take the SV24 any day of the week...but this guy wanted a laptop w/o the screen and keyboard. And that's exactly what those are.
Great little machine, if you've got the money for it, and have a reason for wanting it...(easy machine to haul around for gaming sessions). But this machine's exactly what you're looking for.
You're right in that we don't have the right to say what German's can and can not do. It's just that we're afraid of the same thing you are: having some other country's values slowly pushed upon us. We don't want that kind of censorship pushed upon us in the US.
Yeah, so we have to tolerate a bunch of weird groups in our country. I don't like anything Nazi as much as you. But give an inch and they'll take a mile. What happens when the people in charge don't like what the EFF is saying? Well, if they can censor the Nazis (as an example), why not the EFF? What stops them? The general public won't care, because they won't know the EFF's message.
So we have to let the Nazis talk. We don't have to listen to them. And that allows us to make sure that other minority groups that should be heard, are heard.
(Man, did I ever bite the flamebait from that AC...hehhe)
My friends have always said my memory stinks...now I can finally get it upgraded! ;-)
But that's just me.
I live and work in the KC area, and this is the first I've even heard about this event...that in itself my be a reason it's a flop. I'm sure that there's plenty of interrest here, but it wasn't promoted well (at all?), especially twords the people that would benefit most from it. It's hard to get a good turnout when nobody knows about it...