- 1 s = 1 second, like it always has. - 1 m = the distance light travels in 1/c s. - 1 l = the volume of 0.1m x 0.1m x 0.1m (in other words, 1 m^3). - 1 kg = the mass of 1 l of water. - 1 N = the force required to accelerate sthg @ 1 kg/s^2 (in a vacuum). ... and all the rest are pretty much just ratios of one-something-to-one-something... -- - Sean
>Likewise kilometers per hour instead of meters per second.
You know, I've often thought that highway speeds should be posted in m/s.
"Honest, officer! I was only going 30!"
But seriously: - 5 m/s for parking lots. - 10 m/s for playground areas, lanes, etc. - 15 m/s for urban streets. - 20 m/s for major thoroughfares and rural roads. - 25 m/s for major highways. - 30 m/s for freeways. - 50 m/s for Montana freeways:-) -- - Sean
Compared to the annual advertising budgets of some multinationals, probably not that much... One would just have to get their act together and forgo all other advertising for a couple of years, I suspect. Of course, with a permanent advertising source like that, any other advertising will lose significance quite rapidly. And once proven to be possible, other companies will try to emulate. Frightening prospect...
>And who really "owns" the moon?
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that it is theoretically owned jointly by "all the people of Earth," or some such. Some nice warm fuzzy agreement that no-one will try to assert control over it for themselves.
Of course, as soon as some company tries to place advertising all over it, I have no idea how well said agreement will be able to prevent them, whether it'll be able to hold up, be enforceable, or even apply. Of course, IANAL.
Dunno about the Pizza Hut <=> PepsiCo angle, but I do recall reading something in the article about the fact that they were planning on videotaping the launch, and putting that in their telly adverts, or some such.
That's probably a bit closer to their target audience:-) -- - Sean
> I've said it many times before (and people don't like it), but I don't think "Linux For The Masses" is a good idea.
I probably don't have a hope in hell of changing your mind, but I do want to say this.
I disagree. Why? Simple. When (not if, but when) "Linux For The Masses" arrives, that means that I'll be able to use it at work. Right now, I have to use Windows. I don't like it.
When Linux is more widespread, I'll be able to use it in more places, not just at home.
Sure, I could change jobs, but the fact remains that most of the good ones out there are in MS shops. I want that to change. I want to be able to work just about anywhere, and run an OS that I like (ie: Linux). I'm Selfish.
Ahhh... I know why I didn't think of that myself... because I shouldn't HAVE to go into the source to disable them!
I mean, sure I can, and the ability is nice and all, and yes, it's something I'd be able to do.
But not for a lot of people. And if everyone else's performance is anywhere near mine (just look at the tty you started X from for a laugh), then I'm not the only one who this would be an issue for.
Now, granted, it's better to fix the problem than the symptom, for sure. Much better to fix the crash than hide the segfault, but I still think that it would be good... especially for non-programmers and newbies, to have an option where they wouldn't have to suffer from clicking another msgbox every coupla minutes.
I've tried to stay out of the flame war for a long time now, but.
I think you're reading more into this than is actually there. I'm sorry... I don't see anyone saying that GNOME is superior because of anything.
What people are saying, is simply that GNOME tends to focus more on the developer community, and KDE caters more to end-users. That both have their strengths and both have their weaknesses.
I don't see this as favouring either one or the other. People are trying to be equitable, and all of a sudden you come in accusing people of KDE-bashing.
Sorry... I don't see it.
All I see is a bit of paranoia on your part -- I'm sure it's not intentional, but you seem to be escalating an even discussion into a flame war. Which no-one really needs.
I think more could be accomplished by following the lead of Havoc, and other developers on both sides, and trying to bridge the gaps -- combine the best of both so they work together, rather than get all high and mighty, and fanning the flames even more.
KDE is superior in many ways. GNOME is superior in many ways. Lets' work so that we can use both, and harness the power of both, ok? -- - Sean
Please, please, please tell me that you'll be able to turn this "feature" off...
I get so many segfaults when I run GNOME... it seems that about 70% of my programs crash on exiting. For the most part I don't care (yes, I'm sure this is an indication of a more serious problem somewhere), since they're exiting anyway, but I sure as hell don't want to click on a stupid dialog box every time this happens...
Please tell me I'll be able to turn this off somewhere! -- - Sean
I'm not at all active in the WinE community myself... I just DL the snapshots every month or so, hoping that I might be able to get HalfLife running:-)
Anyway, having said that, my understanding is that Corel is taking on all the yucky stuff that isn't "cool" or "fun"... ie: the stuff that no-one wants to do on their own, but which still needs to be done.
In that respect (if it's true), then they are performing an extremely valuable service, and are fully entitled to any bragging rights (so to speak) that come with that. -- - Sean
Yes, they do the same things, and one day, Linux/X may actually be half decent at it.
But for now, it's the difference between driving someplace in a nice new Limo/Mercedes/BMW/Porsche/Car-of-your-choice, and an 30-year-old, unmaintained 2CV.
Sure, they'll both get you to the same place, but one is actually enjoyable, whereas the other is barely more than a rusty bucket-of-bolts (nothing against the 2CV -- but they ain't the same as a BMW!)
Get familiar with them. Hell, I use GNOME right now, and it gets the job done. But it's nowhere near as fun as the WPS ever was (even in it's old, clunky 2.0 days)!!!
One's fun, the other's simply a utility.
* - * - * - * - *
I guess it's sorta like your first love... there's always a fondness that you'll never be able to quite recapture.
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Not necessarily very insightful or anything, just a tad amusing... -- - Sean
> Is promoting copyright abuse by others illegal, though? Is it as illegal as the original copyright abuse was? I'll agree that it sounds like the guy knew what he was doing: pointing people to mp3s which were illegally available on the web. Whether or not he had a guilty mind, however, shouldn't affect the law.
> The law should either specifically state that assisting others in breaking copyright law is illegal, or else it isn't. If it is illegal, then that sign at my local library that points to the Copier Room needs to come down too.
Whoa, whoa, whoa... hold on there!
I think it's time to rein in the horses there a bit, buddy!
Now, let's look at what you just said... you assert that, first of all, a person's intent should have no effect on whether or not they are guilty of a crime ("Whether or not he had a guilty mind, however, shouldn't affect the law."). I see an inherent self-contradiction in there, but I'll let it pass, for now.
Second, you claim (or at least, strongly imply) that any variation or permutation on a crime should be taken, de facto, as being the same as the crime ("If it is illegal, then that sign at my local library that points to the Copier Room needs to come down too.").
Now, are you sure you really want to go down this path? Let's follow it a bit. Pretty soon, you come to the take-no-prisoners stance. Zero tolerance. This is the same sort of mentality that leads to little kids being expelled from school for bringing Aspirin to class (well... it's a variation of a drug, and those are dangerous! We have a zero-tolerance policy on drugs! Kick the kid out!). Or howabout the case (no references on-hand, sorry -- maybe someone could provide them?) where the guy was expelled for giving his teacher a bottle of wine as a present? Oops! Can't have that! He didn't intend to drink it? Too bad! No exceptions! Doesn't matter what his intentions were... he's guilty as charged!
Granted, these are somewhat extreme cases, but nevertheless they follow the same principle. And it's not that big a step.
Now is that what you really meant, or did you just not think it entirely through?
Now, before I get too carried away, lemme add that the other extreme is just as bad. While the intentions of the accused should affect the judgement, they shouldn't necessarily become the focal-point. While in theory that would be nice, it leads all too-easily towards the dreaded thoughtcrime and the ultimate invasion of privacy that entails.
Which is why I defend the verdict -- whatever it was in its details. I confess to not having read the original article, although most of what I've said so far relies on it not one bit. I actually trust the courts, as they are, to come up with a judgement that takes into account the intent, criminal or not, of the kid. After all, despite the fact that the judge felt that he should be convicted as an accessory, that's not how (s)he ruled. Not sure of the details; something about it not being the crime he was charged with.
Umm... "spiel" means "play" (I think). "folkenspiel" means nothing, although "volkenspiel" would have something to do with people playing (remember? Volkswagon, not Folkswagon!)
I would really like to see a project like Reveal for windows.
Last time I checked, Enlightenment wasn't available for Windows:-) -- - Sean
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Ok, my one, single and only gripe about NeXTStep's looks (or OpenStep, or GNUStep or whatever):
The radiobuttons and checkboxes aren't consistent with each other. Checkboxes get checked and unchecked. Which is fine. Radio (option?) buttons get blanked out, which is also fine. But the two styles jar with each other...
I just wish they were a tad more consistent; either checking the checkboxes and buttoning the radio/option buttons, or blanking the checkboxes and blanking the buttons.
But seriously, it's my only gripe. Aside from that, the entire interface is beautifully, elegantly self-consistent. And a total dream to work in. -- - Sean
Sorry, I'm afraid I have to disagree with that. I like anonymity of moderators, as is currently the case. My biggest fear is that if it is known who is and is not a moderator, people will start "sucking up" to the moderators in an attempt to get higher scores on their posts. This isn't really an abuse of moderator status; you can't really blame a moderator for what other people are doing, and would, I think, be detrimental to Slashdot as a whole.
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I believe the metric system is defined as so:
... and all the rest are pretty much just ratios of one-something-to-one-something...
- 1 s = 1 second, like it always has.
- 1 m = the distance light travels in 1/c s.
- 1 l = the volume of 0.1m x 0.1m x 0.1m (in other words, 1 m^3).
- 1 kg = the mass of 1 l of water.
- 1 N = the force required to accelerate sthg @ 1 kg/s^2 (in a vacuum).
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- Sean
Sorry... this is INSIGHTFUL!!?!??!????
Somebody M2 this... quick!!
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- Sean
>The solution, in my view, is obvious...
Yeah! Nuke Hawaii and give Alaska back to the Russians!
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- Sean
Hmmm... one would tend to wonder why it was broken up into 1000 units, not 1024.
Or, at least I wonder, anyway.
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- Sean
>Likewise kilometers per hour instead of meters per second.
:-)
You know, I've often thought that highway speeds should be posted in m/s.
"Honest, officer! I was only going 30!"
But seriously:
- 5 m/s for parking lots.
- 10 m/s for playground areas, lanes, etc.
- 15 m/s for urban streets.
- 20 m/s for major thoroughfares and rural roads.
- 25 m/s for major highways.
- 30 m/s for freeways.
- 50 m/s for Montana freeways
--
- Sean
>But if they did do this-how much would it cost?
;-)
Compared to the annual advertising budgets of some multinationals, probably not that much... One would just have to get their act together and forgo all other advertising for a couple of years, I suspect. Of course, with a permanent advertising source like that, any other advertising will lose significance quite rapidly. And once proven to be possible, other companies will try to emulate. Frightening prospect...
>And who really "owns" the moon?
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that it is theoretically owned jointly by "all the people of Earth," or some such. Some nice warm fuzzy agreement that no-one will try to assert control over it for themselves.
Of course, as soon as some company tries to place advertising all over it, I have no idea how well said agreement will be able to prevent them, whether it'll be able to hold up, be enforceable, or even apply. Of course, IANAL.
>Would it fall under the GPL?
Don't be daft!
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- Sean
Dunno about the Pizza Hut <=> PepsiCo angle, but I do recall reading something in the article about the fact that they were planning on videotaping the launch, and putting that in their telly adverts, or some such.
:-)
That's probably a bit closer to their target audience
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- Sean
Same thing I've wondered in the past...
When ever I preview, I always go back to the original, make changes there, and post that one.
Of course, with a nice browser like Opera, you can go back, and all your form content will be preserved.
A bug or a feature? you decide... I like it.
Yeah, Windows. I suck. I'm also at work.
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- Sean
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- Sean
> I've said it many times before (and people don't like it), but I don't think "Linux For The Masses" is a good idea.
I probably don't have a hope in hell of changing your mind, but I do want to say this.
I disagree. Why? Simple. When (not if, but when) "Linux For The Masses" arrives, that means that I'll be able to use it at work. Right now, I have to use Windows. I don't like it.
When Linux is more widespread, I'll be able to use it in more places, not just at home.
Sure, I could change jobs, but the fact remains that most of the good ones out there are in MS shops. I want that to change. I want to be able to work just about anywhere, and run an OS that I like (ie: Linux). I'm Selfish.
It's not here yet, but it will be.
And I can't wait.
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- Sean
Ahhh... I know why I didn't think of that myself... because I shouldn't HAVE to go into the source to disable them!
:-)
I mean, sure I can, and the ability is nice and all, and yes, it's something I'd be able to do.
But not for a lot of people. And if everyone else's performance is anywhere near mine (just look at the tty you started X from for a laugh), then I'm not the only one who this would be an issue for.
Now, granted, it's better to fix the problem than the symptom, for sure. Much better to fix the crash than hide the segfault, but I still think that it would be good... especially for non-programmers and newbies, to have an option where they wouldn't have to suffer from clicking another msgbox every coupla minutes.
Argh, enough ranting for now
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- Sean
Err... that's a good point; I don't know why I didn't think of it...
:-)
*SMACK* me now!
Erm, report crashes? Naw... I just try to fix 'em myself... which of course, only leads to more crashes
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- Sean
Whoa, whoa there...
I've tried to stay out of the flame war for a long time now, but.
I think you're reading more into this than is actually there. I'm sorry... I don't see anyone saying that GNOME is superior because of anything.
What people are saying, is simply that GNOME tends to focus more on the developer community, and KDE caters more to end-users. That both have their strengths and both have their weaknesses.
I don't see this as favouring either one or the other. People are trying to be equitable, and all of a sudden you come in accusing people of KDE-bashing.
Sorry... I don't see it.
All I see is a bit of paranoia on your part -- I'm sure it's not intentional, but you seem to be escalating an even discussion into a flame war. Which no-one really needs.
I think more could be accomplished by following the lead of Havoc, and other developers on both sides, and trying to bridge the gaps -- combine the best of both so they work together, rather than get all high and mighty, and fanning the flames even more.
KDE is superior in many ways. GNOME is superior in many ways. Lets' work so that we can use both, and harness the power of both, ok?
--
- Sean
Please, please, please tell me that you'll be able to turn this "feature" off...
I get so many segfaults when I run GNOME... it seems that about 70% of my programs crash on exiting. For the most part I don't care (yes, I'm sure this is an indication of a more serious problem somewhere), since they're exiting anyway, but I sure as hell don't want to click on a stupid dialog box every time this happens...
Please tell me I'll be able to turn this off somewhere!
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- Sean
I'm not at all active in the WinE community myself... I just DL the snapshots every month or so, hoping that I might be able to get HalfLife running :-)
Anyway, having said that, my understanding is that Corel is taking on all the yucky stuff that isn't "cool" or "fun"... ie: the stuff that no-one wants to do on their own, but which still needs to be done.
In that respect (if it's true), then they are performing an extremely valuable service, and are fully entitled to any bragging rights (so to speak) that come with that.
--
- Sean
Yes, they do the same things, and one day, Linux/X may actually be half decent at it.
But for now, it's the difference between driving someplace in a nice new Limo/Mercedes/BMW/Porsche/Car-of-your-choice, and an 30-year-old, unmaintained 2CV.
Sure, they'll both get you to the same place, but one is actually enjoyable, whereas the other is barely more than a rusty bucket-of-bolts (nothing against the 2CV -- but they ain't the same as a BMW!)
Get familiar with them. Hell, I use GNOME right now, and it gets the job done. But it's nowhere near as fun as the WPS ever was (even in it's old, clunky 2.0 days)!!!
One's fun, the other's simply a utility.
* - * - * - * - *
I guess it's sorta like your first love... there's always a fondness that you'll never be able to quite recapture.
OS/2 was my first love.
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- Sean
Howabout, just a name that sounds cool?
Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.
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- Sean
Transmeta's website code (letter-for-letter).
Pay careful attention to line 3.
0. <HTML>
1.
2. <!-- There are no secret messages in the source code to this web page. -->
3. <!-- There are no tyops in this web page. -->
4.
5. <TITLE>Not yet the Transmeta home page</TITLE>
6. <BODY>
7. This web page is not here yet!
8. </BODY>
9. </HTML>
Not necessarily very insightful or anything, just a tad amusing...
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- Sean
Whoa, whoa, whoa... hold on there!
I think it's time to rein in the horses there a bit, buddy!
Now, let's look at what you just said... you assert that, first of all, a person's intent should have no effect on whether or not they are guilty of a crime ("Whether or not he had a guilty mind, however, shouldn't affect the law."). I see an inherent self-contradiction in there, but I'll let it pass, for now.
Second, you claim (or at least, strongly imply) that any variation or permutation on a crime should be taken, de facto, as being the same as the crime ("If it is illegal, then that sign at my local library that points to the Copier Room needs to come down too.").
Now, are you sure you really want to go down this path? Let's follow it a bit. Pretty soon, you come to the take-no-prisoners stance. Zero tolerance. This is the same sort of mentality that leads to little kids being expelled from school for bringing Aspirin to class (well... it's a variation of a drug, and those are dangerous! We have a zero-tolerance policy on drugs! Kick the kid out!). Or howabout the case (no references on-hand, sorry -- maybe someone could provide them?) where the guy was expelled for giving his teacher a bottle of wine as a present? Oops! Can't have that! He didn't intend to drink it? Too bad! No exceptions! Doesn't matter what his intentions were... he's guilty as charged!
Granted, these are somewhat extreme cases, but nevertheless they follow the same principle. And it's not that big a step.
Now is that what you really meant, or did you just not think it entirely through?
Now, before I get too carried away, lemme add that the other extreme is just as bad. While the intentions of the accused should affect the judgement, they shouldn't necessarily become the focal-point. While in theory that would be nice, it leads all too-easily towards the dreaded thoughtcrime and the ultimate invasion of privacy that entails.
Which is why I defend the verdict -- whatever it was in its details. I confess to not having read the original article, although most of what I've said so far relies on it not one bit. I actually trust the courts, as they are, to come up with a judgement that takes into account the intent, criminal or not, of the kid. After all, despite the fact that the judge felt that he should be convicted as an accessory, that's not how (s)he ruled. Not sure of the details; something about it not being the crime he was charged with.
Which is fine with me.
Okay, so call me a conservative.
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- Sean
Ja, es.
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- Sean
Umm... "spiel" means "play" (I think). "folkenspiel" means nothing, although "volkenspiel" would have something to do with people playing (remember? Volkswagon, not Folkswagon!)
Whatever.
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- Sean
> Doesn't enlightenment do this for you already?
:-)
I would really like to see a project like Reveal for windows.
Last time I checked, Enlightenment wasn't available for Windows
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- Sean
Ok, my one, single and only gripe about NeXTStep's looks (or OpenStep, or GNUStep or whatever):
The radiobuttons and checkboxes aren't consistent with each other. Checkboxes get checked and unchecked. Which is fine. Radio (option?) buttons get blanked out, which is also fine. But the two styles jar with each other...
I just wish they were a tad more consistent; either checking the checkboxes and buttoning the radio/option buttons, or blanking the checkboxes and blanking the buttons.
But seriously, it's my only gripe. Aside from that, the entire interface is beautifully, elegantly self-consistent. And a total dream to work in.
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- Sean
Umm... I used to think I would hate it. Coming from an OS/2 background, the idea of not being able to put icons on the desktop horrified me.
Then I got the chance to use WindowMaker.
Criticisms? Ummm.... no.
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- Sean
Sorry, I'm afraid I have to disagree with that. I like anonymity of moderators, as is currently the case. My biggest fear is that if it is known who is and is not a moderator, people will start "sucking up" to the moderators in an attempt to get higher scores on their posts. This isn't really an abuse of moderator status; you can't really blame a moderator for what other people are doing, and would, I think, be detrimental to Slashdot as a whole.
:-)
I support anonymous moderation!
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- Sean