In order to be successful Windows CE devices have to implement these:
* Long battery life: 2-3 weeks * Lightweight: some are making progress but most are still not as lightweight as they should be. * Easy to use: the Start menu doesn't exactly translate to WinCE that much
Once these are implemented Windows CE will gain a much stronger foothold.
According to Caldera's CEO, proprietary is something with a software license.
Well, without a software license it's in the public domain. Once in public domain, the creator can't stop it (unless you're the MPAA;)
Software licenses are necessary to assert the positions of developers and users. The licenses explain the limits of the users. In the GPL, the condition pressed on the users is that they have to release source code if they release another version of it. In many other software licenses it could be restrictions on copying it.
In general, this sounds very fishy. He may be backing down from Microsoft, but whatever he's doing it's not good for business.
* Macromedia Fireworks (uses PNG as its internal format but still lets you save to GIF) * Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 (the GIF format doesn't appear in the File Format box unless you convert to 256-colors, which in some cases ruins em, and also allows users to get used to not using GIF) * The GIMP (same as Corel PHOTO-PAINT, as you need to convert to 256 colors before GIF will be ungrayed)
Hmm, maybe if I download the source and compile M15 with pgcc (with '-march=pentiumpro -mcpu=pentiumpro -Os', or maybe -O9 instead of -Os) it could be as fast as it's supposed to.
Anyways, congrats to the people at mozilla.org, and I hope it's as stable as IE right now (that's right, this is being written in Windows since I can't handle Netscape 4 bringing down X with it all the time)
Maybe this weekend I'll install it (after taking the pointless standardized tests the state's making me take)
It would have to be very strong in order to prevent the tube containing the water from breaking and damaging components. You can't fit much in a 0.75in package, including a proper water-cooled processor.
This Toshiba would have one that's pretty inefficent because there's no indication that there's a refrigerator in it. The water would get hot over time and eventually the processor would be heated up more, not cooled down. Unless there was a slot for you to add more water, that is.
I'm wondering if the reason why they need a bachelor's degree is because they aren't accredited. They could get a lot more students and the class would be more meaningful if the course was accredited. Without accredidation, the course is meaningless for those without a previous college education.
However, it is a good brush-up course for those who already have a degree. It would also be a way to reach to the people who can't afford college or can't get into it for some reason.
There's GTK/GDK, for the Unix and Linux platforms. And DirectX for Windows.
What we need is a merger of both, using similiar function calls. Or maybe something that simulates DirectX for Linux.
However this is still great news, compared to the recent coverage of WAVE America and the first anniversary of Columbine fast approaching. This library will finally give us the respect we need.
Careful attention must be given to the process of making this library, or it could turn into a proprietary project run by one corporation, almost just like DirectX.
* First you would need to build a cross-compiler that compiles for the PS2's CPU * Next you would have to get it onto the PS2 somehow. You can't just go into Easy CD Creator and burn a CD for it. Obviously Sony is probably using a proprietry CD format which hasn't been implemented into a CD burning application * There probably is a keyboard for the PS2, but even with this the kernel would need to be rewritten to support it. * No Ethernet in it, so it's only suitable for servers which don't get enough traffic to fill a 56k line
Put all that together and you'll find that you need a lot of Coca-Cola (maybe by injection) in order to make this worthwile.
Concerning the Church of the Enlightened...someone should start the Church of the Geeks. Maybe something like:
The 10 Commandments
1. Thou shalt immolate thyself to destroy Evil's software patents 2. Thou shalt not covet DVD's unless thou supports DeCSS 3. Thou shalt read Slashdot every hour 4. Thou shalt homeschool thy children using UserFriendly and thy Linux box 5. Thou shalt covet no God but Linus Torvalds 6. Thou shalt make a pilgrimage to the Geek Compound 7. Thou shalt code all night and consume thy Coffee 8. Thou shalt not use Windows unless within VMWare 9. Thou shalt not covet Evil Software Corporations 10. Thou shalt not support the US Government
Or maybe not...but this kind of thing would be a good extension to AskJesus
On the other hand, alcohol at LegoLand worries me. Someone could easily circumvent those policies to the point where they can get themselves intoxicated. Or the alcohol could prove to be a bad influence on children.
Does this mean that there aren't any execptions to the number of planets in a solar system? If there was a planet really found it would mean that this theory is false, and scientists would have to revamp it to fit the evidence that's found.
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Most of your friends of family might be brainwashed and think that the nice company is right (might be better if you find some with a DVD player/disks). If so, try these phrases:
* "If you go overseas you can't legally play DVD's you buy there and return to the USA without hacking the DVD player" * "The law treats even legit customers as possible 'criminals'" * "It removes trust in the consumer."
Reply if there's stuff I forgot to put in.
Re:CNN has a report on this.
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Trouble is, I haven't heard it on CNN's cable channel. Reports like these which are only on the Internet reduce visibility and prevent everyone from knowing about it.
If any newspapers got hold of that article that would be a step closer.
Someone forgot to call the media
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This would have made a lot more impact if:
* They stayed there for a longer period * Newspapers and other media were there * More people showed up
We need a supplemental protest NOW. People will quickly lose interest unless those three conditions are met. Anyone in Southern CA willing to help set up a protest?
Protests aren't the only thing we need to do. We also need to set up a site kind of like the @dopt an MP site at www.stand.org.uk where you can fax and email your senator or representative.
Mattel could change the code slightly and release it closed-source.
Another thing, Mattel is a US company and the programmers were not US citizens. How is it possible to sue foreign programmers in US courts? Sounds like they're trying to push US law onto people who aren't in the US.
We could always block the entrance to the Capitol building in DC so Congress would be trapped inside, but...
If only I could make a site which would have premade letters to Congress about the DMCA and other geek issues (and the ability to send them directly by email or maybe fax), and was able to make this a highly-visited web site by both geeks and non-geeks, then we could be one step closer.
This is good, but we need protests done in other cities (like Silicon Valley, where the DVD lawsuits are taking place)
If only done in Washington, DC, the US government won't get the picture and just ignore it on the basis that the rest of the population has no problem with the DMCA.
And don't forget to submit your comments to the Library of Congress too (Deadline's the end of this month)
According to these results, PostergSQL seems more able to support multiple connections at once. Does this mean that the projects that are totally open source from the start are faster? Or is it because Interbase hasn't had time to be patched and/or fixed?
How about we all make sites that use this technology? And set our copyright dates to last year as well. Then we can prove that this is prior art (but faking prior may be illegal though, not too sure about that)
Actually maybe I can change GPLTrans to use this...something like http://helloworld.english2spanish.translator.cx/
or maybe http://www.yahoo.com.english2spanish.translator.cx /Computers_and_Internet
That was a dangerous situation for Boeing and possibly the US Government to be in. If a foreign organization found the spare parts then they could possibly steal Boeing's ideas and possibly start a space station.
On the other hand the parts may have been damaged, and if they were to be installed into a running and operational space station they may pose a danger to the crew on board.
This just shows how sensitive technology is these days.
According to the article Helixcode is only available for certain Linux distributions. This shows the need for Linux to be standardized. Without standardization Linux will suffer the same fate as Unix and will lose the advantages that it has had.
Also I see that the site has been Slashdotted. Will Helixcode look exactly the same as GNOME? Or has the interface radically changed?
Lately I've been hearing from the hacker/geek community that big business is no good and should be abolished.
We need big business to be alive.
This is the step in the right direction to ensure the survivial of big corporations. Sure there's some companies like AOL who want to screw others, but without big business you'd probably still be working at a factory for minimum wage. And you'd have trouble making a good enough living to even own a house.
As far as I can say, this is the best thing business is doing right now.
At least one school in this country "gets it." At my high school there's porn filters all over the place (a amateur radio site I go to is filtered out at school) as well as having the SSH and IRC ports blocked. Also there's only several computer classes, all which are boring to me (computer repair, VB, computer applications, and computer networking)
I'm also the VP of web design at my computer club, which has gone NOWHERE because everyone's into games. Oh well.
I'll print out this article and give it to the technology director and tell him how badly the school's off technologically.
What would be the first thing I should do to make the school exactly like Beacon?
Just want to let you guys know, my watch was blinking March 1st this morning. But I didn't get the Blue Screen of Death from it when I changed the date to February 29th. Hopefuly it'll remember 4 years from now that 2000 was a leap year.
Good luck to the people born on February 29th who are now considered by computers as non-existant:)
Will Sotheby's rip eBay off and not send them their properety deed, just like the other sellers on online auctions? Or will they just take the money and run, leaving eBay without support for their new auction company they bought?
Slashdot Mirror
In order to be successful Windows CE devices have to implement these:
* Long battery life: 2-3 weeks
* Lightweight: some are making progress but most are still not as lightweight as they should be.
* Easy to use: the Start menu doesn't exactly translate to WinCE that much
Once these are implemented Windows CE will gain a much stronger foothold.
According to Caldera's CEO, proprietary is something with a software license.
;)
Well, without a software license it's in the public domain. Once in public domain, the creator can't stop it (unless you're the MPAA
Software licenses are necessary to assert the positions of developers and users. The licenses explain the limits of the users. In the GPL, the condition pressed on the users is that they have to release source code if they release another version of it. In many other software licenses it could be restrictions on copying it.
In general, this sounds very fishy. He may be backing down from Microsoft, but whatever he's doing it's not good for business.
There already are, actually:
* Macromedia Fireworks (uses PNG as its internal format but still lets you save to GIF)
* Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 (the GIF format doesn't appear in the File Format box unless you convert to 256-colors, which in some cases ruins em, and also allows users to get used to not using GIF)
* The GIMP (same as Corel PHOTO-PAINT, as you need to convert to 256 colors before GIF will be ungrayed)
--
Vote for mind21_98 this November!
Hmm, maybe if I download the source and compile M15 with pgcc (with '-march=pentiumpro -mcpu=pentiumpro -Os', or maybe -O9 instead of -Os) it could be as fast as it's supposed to.
Anyways, congrats to the people at mozilla.org, and I hope it's as stable as IE right now (that's right, this is being written in Windows since I can't handle Netscape 4 bringing down X with it all the time)
Maybe this weekend I'll install it (after taking the pointless standardized tests the state's making me take)
It would have to be very strong in order to prevent the tube containing the water from breaking and damaging components. You can't fit much in a 0.75in package, including a proper water-cooled processor.
This Toshiba would have one that's pretty inefficent because there's no indication that there's a refrigerator in it. The water would get hot over time and eventually the processor would be heated up more, not cooled down. Unless there was a slot for you to add more water, that is.
I'm wondering if the reason why they need a bachelor's degree is because they aren't accredited. They could get a lot more students and the class would be more meaningful if the course was accredited. Without accredidation, the course is meaningless for those without a previous college education.
However, it is a good brush-up course for those who already have a degree. It would also be a way to reach to the people who can't afford college or can't get into it for some reason.
There's GTK/GDK, for the Unix and Linux platforms. And DirectX for Windows.
What we need is a merger of both, using similiar function calls. Or maybe something that simulates DirectX for Linux.
However this is still great news, compared to the recent coverage of WAVE America and the first anniversary of Columbine fast approaching. This library will finally give us the respect we need.
Careful attention must be given to the process of making this library, or it could turn into a proprietary project run by one corporation, almost just like DirectX.
Think about it for a moment.
* First you would need to build a cross-compiler that compiles for the PS2's CPU
* Next you would have to get it onto the PS2 somehow. You can't just go into Easy CD Creator and burn a CD for it. Obviously Sony is probably using a proprietry CD format which hasn't been implemented into a CD burning application
* There probably is a keyboard for the PS2, but even with this the kernel would need to be rewritten to support it.
* No Ethernet in it, so it's only suitable for servers which don't get enough traffic to fill a 56k line
Put all that together and you'll find that you need a lot of Coca-Cola (maybe by injection) in order to make this worthwile.
--
Vote for mind21_98 this November!
Concerning the Church of the Enlightened...someone should start the Church of the Geeks. Maybe something like:
The 10 Commandments
1. Thou shalt immolate thyself to destroy Evil's software patents
2. Thou shalt not covet DVD's unless thou supports DeCSS
3. Thou shalt read Slashdot every hour
4. Thou shalt homeschool thy children using UserFriendly and thy Linux box
5. Thou shalt covet no God but Linus Torvalds
6. Thou shalt make a pilgrimage to the Geek Compound
7. Thou shalt code all night and consume thy Coffee
8. Thou shalt not use Windows unless within VMWare
9. Thou shalt not covet Evil Software Corporations
10. Thou shalt not support the US Government
Or maybe not...but this kind of thing would be a good extension to AskJesus
On the other hand, alcohol at LegoLand worries me. Someone could easily circumvent those policies to the point where they can get themselves intoxicated. Or the alcohol could prove to be a bad influence on children.
--
Vote for mind21_98 this November!
Does this mean that there aren't any execptions to the number of planets in a solar system? If there was a planet really found it would mean that this theory is false, and scientists would have to revamp it to fit the evidence that's found.
--
Vote for mind21_98 this November! What, there isn't a fill-in candiate spot on your ballot?
Most of your friends of family might be brainwashed and think that the nice company is right (might be better if you find some with a DVD player/disks). If so, try these phrases:
* "If you go overseas you can't legally play DVD's you buy there and return to the USA without hacking the DVD player"
* "The law treats even legit customers as possible 'criminals'"
* "It removes trust in the consumer."
Reply if there's stuff I forgot to put in.
Trouble is, I haven't heard it on CNN's cable channel. Reports like these which are only on the Internet reduce visibility and prevent everyone from knowing about it.
If any newspapers got hold of that article that would be a step closer.
This would have made a lot more impact if:
* They stayed there for a longer period
* Newspapers and other media were there
* More people showed up
We need a supplemental protest NOW. People will quickly lose interest unless those three conditions are met. Anyone in Southern CA willing to help set up a protest?
Protests aren't the only thing we need to do. We also need to set up a site kind of like the @dopt an MP site at www.stand.org.uk where you can fax and email your senator or representative.
Mattel could change the code slightly and release it closed-source.
Another thing, Mattel is a US company and the programmers were not US citizens. How is it possible to sue foreign programmers in US courts? Sounds like they're trying to push US law onto people who aren't in the US.
We could always block the entrance to the Capitol building in DC so Congress would be trapped inside, but...
If only I could make a site which would have premade letters to Congress about the DMCA and other geek issues (and the ability to send them directly by email or maybe fax), and was able to make this a highly-visited web site by both geeks and non-geeks, then we could be one step closer.
It seems like his brain's been really screwed up by the accident. He pretty much doesn't remember anything.
I sure hope he's able to program again, but if he isn't, the people at Slashdot are pulling for him.
This is good, but we need protests done in other cities (like Silicon Valley, where the DVD lawsuits are taking place)
If only done in Washington, DC, the US government won't get the picture and just ignore it on the basis that the rest of the population has no problem with the DMCA.
And don't forget to submit your comments to the Library of Congress too (Deadline's the end of this month)
According to these results, PostergSQL seems more able to support multiple connections at once. Does this mean that the projects that are totally open source from the start are faster? Or is it because Interbase hasn't had time to be patched and/or fixed?
How about we all make sites that use this technology? And set our copyright dates to last year as well. Then we can prove that this is prior art (but faking prior may be illegal though, not too sure about that)
x /Computers_and_Internet
Actually maybe I can change GPLTrans to use this...something like http://helloworld.english2spanish.translator.cx/
or maybe http://www.yahoo.com.english2spanish.translator.c
(note those URL's do not work in reality)
That was a dangerous situation for Boeing and possibly the US Government to be in. If a foreign organization found the spare parts then they could possibly steal Boeing's ideas and possibly start a space station.
On the other hand the parts may have been damaged, and if they were to be installed into a running and operational space station they may pose a danger to the crew on board.
This just shows how sensitive technology is these days.
According to the article Helixcode is only available for certain Linux distributions. This shows the need for Linux to be standardized. Without standardization Linux will suffer the same fate as Unix and will lose the advantages that it has had.
Also I see that the site has been Slashdotted. Will Helixcode look exactly the same as GNOME? Or has the interface radically changed?
Lately I've been hearing from the hacker/geek community that big business is no good and should be abolished.
We need big business to be alive.
This is the step in the right direction to ensure the survivial of big corporations. Sure there's some companies like AOL who want to screw others, but without big business you'd probably still be working at a factory for minimum wage. And you'd have trouble making a good enough living to even own a house.
As far as I can say, this is the best thing business is doing right now.
(note to moderators: this is not flamebait)
At least one school in this country "gets it."
At my high school there's porn filters all over the place (a amateur radio site I go to is filtered out at school) as well as having the SSH and IRC ports blocked. Also there's only several computer classes, all which are boring to me (computer repair, VB, computer applications, and computer networking)
I'm also the VP of web design at my computer club, which has gone NOWHERE because everyone's into games. Oh well.
I'll print out this article and give it to the technology director and tell him how badly the school's off technologically.
What would be the first thing I should do to make the school exactly like Beacon?
Just want to let you guys know, my watch was blinking March 1st this morning. But I didn't get the Blue Screen of Death from it when I changed the date to February 29th. Hopefuly it'll remember 4 years from now that 2000 was a leap year.
:)
Good luck to the people born on February 29th who are now considered by computers as non-existant
Will Sotheby's rip eBay off and not send them their properety deed, just like the other sellers on online auctions? Or will they just take the money and run, leaving eBay without support for their new auction company they bought?
(Just ranting, hope you find the above funny)